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Indian army fires Hellfire missiles from Apache helicopters for first time

The AH-64E Apache attack helicopter carried out live firing at the Pokhran ranges in Rajasthan, engaging targets with Hellfire missiles in what the army called its first such field exercise with the American gunship. Read More
 
 

ICCR marks 77th Foundation Day

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) marked its 77th Foundation Day on Wednesday, with Director General K. Nandini Singla stating that Indian civilisational values are gaining renewed relevance at a time when the world is witnessing conflicts, wars and growing anxiety. Read More
 
 

Gen Upendra Dwivedi takes flight in LCH Prachand

The Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday visited state-owned plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru to review indigenous aerospace capabilities and ongoing Army Aviation projects. Read More
 
 

Israel & US-Iran War: Tehran forces a pause, sets terms of ceasefire

After weeks of US strikes and escalating threats from Trump, a Pakistan-brokered two-week truce has come into effect – on terms largely dictated by Tehran. Read More
 
 

BEL to roll out India’s sky shield from Chitrakoot

In a landmark development for India’s indigenous defence manufacturing ambitions, state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited has been allocated 75 hectares of land at the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor’s Chitrakoot node. Read More
 
 

Sagar Defence gets licence to make explosives and ammunition

The Pune-based startup, known for its autonomous weapons platforms, will set up a new production facility in Andhra Pradesh. Read More
 
 

IAF seeks industry partners to develop hydrogen-powered airship

The IAF has floated a request for proposals for a multi-utility airship platform capable of persistent surveillance, communication relay, and drone launch operations. Read More
 
 

BSF explores reptiles as border guards on Amit Shah’s directive

Following a directive from the Union home minister, the Border Security Force is reportedly exploring the deployment of snakes and crocodiles as biological deterrents along unfenceable riverine stretches of the India-Bangladesh border. Read More
 
 

Are elections compromising our border and national Security?

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes that India’s practice of diverting border-guarding forces for election duty is a strategic blunder that successive governments have recklessly normalized. Read More
 
 

Debunking the myth of IPS superiority over CAPF cadres

In this op-ed, former DIG BSF Jagjeet Singh Bhalla argues that the longstanding claim of IPS superiority over CAPF cadre officers is an administrative fiction that dishonours those forces’ operational reality. Read More
 
 

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