New Delhi: The “Five Eyes” (FVEY) intelligence-sharing alliance, comprising the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, has backed Canada to varying degrees on its diplomatic spat with India over the Ottawa...
S Jaishankar being welcomed by senior Pakistani officials after landing at Islamabad’s Nur Khan airbase. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: India’s foreign minister, S Jaishankar, arrived in Islamabad for the Shanghai Coopera...
A General Atomics MQ-9B Predator drone.New Delhi: India has finally signed the MQ-9B Predator drone deal with the United States on Tuesday. The agreement, worth $3.1 billion (around ₹26,000 crore) will see India acquire 31 drones distributed am...
Dikson, a Mudyug-class Russian diesel-powered icebreaker. (Photo via Creative Commons)New Delhi: Russia is exploring opportunities to collaborate with Indian shipyards for the construction of four non-nuclear icebreaking ships, intended for its state...
Rajnath Singh inaugurating the infrastructure projects through videoconferencing. (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has virtually inaugurated 75 projects worth ₹2,236 crore on Saturday. He did so at an event held at th...
Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana.New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard has concluded a prolonged search operation with the recovery of Commandant Rakesh Kumar Rana’s remains. The discovery was made on Thursday, more than a month after a disastrous...
Indian Army soldiers firing a Spike man-portable ATGM during a drill. (File photo)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information for the procurement of over 20,000 next-generation anti-tank guided missiles along with 1,500 la...
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has sanctioned two crucial defence acquisitions on Wednesday, which are aimed at substantially enhancing the country’s military capabilities. The CCS ap...
An MK-54 Torpedo. Seen in the background is a US Navy P-8 Poseidon. New Delhi: The United States state department has approved the potential sale of 53 MK-54 lightweight torpedoes to India. The torpedoes are intended to enhance the capabilities ...
Security personnel patrolling a road in Assam while schoolboys seen walking along with their bicycles. (File photo)New Delhi: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six months in four districts of Assam due to recent dist...