Joe Biden (L) and Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (Photo courtesy: POTUS/X)New Delhi: The president of the United States, Joe Biden, reached the national capital to attend the Group of Twenty, or G20, summit, on Friday. After arriving in the city, t...
The India-Myanmar border. (Map not to scale.)Kirstjen Nielsen, former secretary of the United States’ homeland security once said: “People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it’s very simple: border security...
Rajnath Singh defers his Sri Lanka visitNew Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was scheduled to leave for Sri Lanka on Saturday, had to defer his visit to later date.Citing unavoidable circumstances for the development, the defence ministry s...
Kenyan defence minister Aden Bare Duale in India (PC: X)New Delhi: Kenyan cabinet secretary for Defence Aden Bare Duale on Monday arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India to hold bilateral defence talks.On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath ...
Jaswant Singh RawatTawang: During the last phase of 1962 India-China war, the Indian Army units were struggling with a shortage of manpower and ammunition in the eastern sector.On November 17, 1962 Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat’s battalion was s...
Indian Army convoy (PC: Twitter)New Delhi: The defence ministry intends to procure 2,150 high-mobility vehicles for the Indian Army to operate along the line of actual control with China and line of control with Pakistan.The high-mobility vehicles wi...
New Delhi: The joint exercise between Indian Army and Mongolian Army named “Nomadic Elephant” culminated on Saturday at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. The exercise was successful in sharing best practices and paving the way for enhanced synergy...
A French Rafale (M) landing in US aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush. (Photo: US Navy)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has granted the “acceptance of necessity” to the Indian Navy to purchase 26 Rafale ...
A French navy Rafale (M). (File photo)New Delhi: India may sign deals worth around ₹90,000 crore with France soon. The deals include 26 Rafale (Marine) or Rafale (M) warplanes and three additional Scorpene (Kalvari-class) submarines for the Ind...
Indian Army soldiers rehearsing in New Delhi before leaving for Paris to take part in France’s Bastille Day parade. (Photo by special arrangement.) New Delhi: An Indian contingent comprising 269 personnel from the triservices left for Pari...