India joins select band of countries in achieving capability of deck landing

India on Thursday joined the select band of nations in achieving the capability of Deck Landing of fighter aircraft when the LCA Naval Prototype 2 (NP2), piloted by Capt Shivnath Dahiya safely executed the first contact of the arrestor hook syste...

2+2 Dialogue: Sushma, Sitharaman to visit US on July 6

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United States for the first meeting of the ‘2+2 Dialogue’ on July 6 with Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James N Mattis. ...

US approves sale of 6 Apache attack helicopters to India

In a major boost to Indian defence capabilities, the US on Wednesday agreed to sell six Apache helicopters for an estimated cost of 930 million dollars. Defence Security Cooperation Agency in a statement said, 'The State Department has made a ...

India’s vision for the Indo-Pacific Region Remains Positive: Modi

Hailing the rising East which has inspired India for thousands of years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that India’s vision for the Indo-Pacific Region remains a positive one. With each Southeast Asian country, he said, India ...