Kiren Rijiju. (File photo)New Delhi: India will be sending its earth sciences minister, Kiren Rijiju, to the Maldives to attend the oath-taking ceremony of new pro-China leader Mohamed Muizzu on November 16. Deputing Rijiju is being seen as a signifi...
Indian Navy warships in Malaysia New Delhi: As part of the Indian Navy's long range deployment in South East Asia, the ships of First Training Squadron (1TS) -INS Tir, INS Sujata, and ICGS Sarathi arrived at Port Klang in Malaysia on Monday....
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, skipped the G20 summit that was held in New Delhi recently. This is something he hasn’t done since taking over the presidency of China, in 2012. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, he attended the summit virtua...
New Delhi: The Indian armed forces are likely to break tradition of naming its integrated theatre commands (ITCs) based on their geographical area of operations, like several countries, and number them instead, media reports said on Tuesday. The Indi...
The Indian Navy ships at the Jakarta port. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s two frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, mission deployed in southeastern Indian Ocean Region, arrived in Jakarta on July 17.&ld...
Flag of the Indian armed forces.New Delhi: The Indian military is likely to get its first integrated theatre command in August, at least two media outlets reported on Wednesday. This is going to be the first major reorganization of the country’...
A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics) New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, gave its green signal to the armed forces to purchase 31 MQ-9B SeaGuardian, also known as Predator B, drone...
INS Vikrant (R11) and INS Vikramaditya during the exercise. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: In a first, the Indian Navy’s both battle carrier groups led by aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant have carried out one of the...
Sukhoi over IOR. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft went on an outing over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) for eight hours, this week, the service said. This comes mid China’s expans...
An Indian Navy Poseidon P-8I. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: A large Chinese deep-sea fishing boat capsized in the Indian Ocean, some 900 nautical miles from India’s territorial waters, on Tuesday. China’s transport ministry has confirmed...