In this article, RC Sharma, veteran BSF commandant, writes about the Supreme Court’s sharp oral observations on the new CAPFs Act and urges the government to take it as a nudge from the apex court to implement its 2025 ruling immediately. Read More

Modi and Putin will hold bilateral talks, with the Su-57 fighter sale, trade, energy and Ukraine on the agenda ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. Read More

India is raising defence-diplomacy funding to ₹400 crore and expanding its overseas military attaché network to nearly 90 by 2030, tying strategic outreach more closely to arms exports. Read More

Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), said it has rolled out the 400th fuselage for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter from its 52,000 sq. m. facility in Hyderabad. Read More

Adani Defence & Aerospace has signed a five-year agreement with Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), the India-Russia joint venture that manufactures AK-203 assault rifles in the country, to supply indigenous 7.62x39mm small-calibre ammunition for the rifle. Read More

The Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the southern Red Sea, roughly 1,000km further out, ask for something else entirely, a navy that can sustain itself far from home for long stretches. That is not a capability gap unique to Pakistan; it is an expensive one that few middle powers possess. But it means Pakistan enters this crisis with a fleet built for a different war. Read More

India and Belgium are moving to give their defence partnership a robust industrial foundation, with 10 agreements set to deepen cooperation in areas including rocket assembly, ammunition, drones, naval systems and advanced defence technologies. Read More

In this op-ed, Dr Aparaajita Pandey writes that Israel’s strike on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase exposes an emerging strategic rivalry with Türkiye and a wider shift towards a fragmented, multipolar Middle Eastern security order. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes about how the government's continued sidelining of CAPF cadre officers is eroding morale in forces that have repeatedly proven their worth in battle. Read More

Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, the Chennai-based drone maker majority-owned by fertiliser and agrochemical group Coromandel International, on Wednesday opened a new manufacturing facility at Aymicheri in Kancheepuram district. Read More