Admiral Krishna Swaminathan. New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took command on Sunday as the 27th chief of the naval staff. He now steps into the role at a time when the service is pushing hard on modernization and facing intensifying strat...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
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...
Gen Upendra Dwivedi and his wife arriving at the NDA’s Khetrapal Parade Ground, on May 29, 2026. (Photo: NDA)Khadakwasla, Pune: Forty-five years after joining the National Defence Academy’s Charlie Squadron as a young cadet, General Upend...
Edmund Hillary (L) and Tenzin Norgay.There is a reason Mount Everest is spoken about differently from other mountains, with a fascination that feels almost mythic. More than a peak, Everest has become a mirror to human ambition. The story of Everest ...
INS Vikrant New Delhi: Three years of real-world conflict – the Israel-Hamas war, Israel & US-Iran war, Houthi strikes on commercial shipping, China’s naval build-up – have steadily undermined the argument that missiles and...
New Delhi: The ministry of defence is looking for technology companies to design and build a significantly upgraded digital system for managing the Indian Navy’s weapons and armament supply chains. A formal request for information (RFI) has bee...
There is a particular kind of infrastructure that only reveals its true value when things go wrong. It sits quietly, doing its job, attracting none of the attention that crises generate and emergency aid attracts. Then the crisis comes – the re...