COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi inspecting the guard of honour during the NDA 150th Course’s passing-out-parade ceremony at the Khetarpal Parade Ground in the institution. (Photo: HQ IDS)Khadakwasla, Pune: The National Defence Academy’s 150th Co...
An S-400 battery.New Delhi: India and Russia are in active negotiations for the purchase of an additional batch of S-400 “Triumf” (rechristened “Sudarshan Chakra” in India) long-range air-defence systems, Moscow confirmed on T...
Johnnette Technologies’ JM-1 Loitering munitions (File photo) Pune: Noida-based manufacturer of unmanned combat systems – Johnnette Technologies Private Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with Munitions India Limited (M...
File photo of Indian troops under Unifil mission in south Lebanon near Israel border.New Delhi: The number of troops and other personnel deployed on international peacekeeping missions has fallen to its lowest level in at least a quarter century, wit...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI. (File photo)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal to fit all 258 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force with an advanced anti-jamming, anti-spoofing navigation system. This procurement mo...
Marco Rubio (L) with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on May 23, 2026. (Photo: X/@SecRubio)New Delhi: The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arrived in India on Saturday on a high-stakes visit intended to reinforce a strategic partnership that has been u...
The selfie taken by Maj Gen Sachin Mehta (L) soon after the chopper crash. (Photo via X)New Delhi: A single-engine Cheetah helicopter carrying three Indian Army officers crashed, on Wednesday, in the high-altitude terrain of Tangtse, in eastern Ladak...
The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...
New Delhi: India sent its most senior special forces officer to the United States this week for the first time as a participant, not just an observer, at the world’s largest special operations gathering, signalling a quiet but meaningful step i...