The prime minister, Narendra Modi, had a telephonic conversation with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday. Read More

In the wake of the defence minister and senior Army officers talking about taking Pakistan-occupied Kashmir back, former ADG BSF SK Sood writes on if it is possible for India to do so. He analyses the various factors that would come into play, in case India launches a military campaign to wrest back #POK. Read More

India carried out a successful training launch of Prithvi II short-range ballistic missile, on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. The missile was fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. Read More

The government has approved the “acceptance of necessity” for three capital acquisition proposals – two for the Indian Army and one for the Indian Navy, on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. Read More

The president, Droupadi Murmu, met the president of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, at Indore, on Tuesday, on the sidelines of 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention. Read More

The prime minister, Narendra Modi, met the president of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on the sidelines of 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Indore, on Monday. Irfaan Ali is on an official visit to India from January 8 to January 14. He is the chief guest of the 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, chaired a roundtable conference with foreign envoys for the forthcoming Aero India. Ambassadors, high commissioners, chargé d’affaires and defence attachés of over 80 countries attended. Read More

The Indian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force are all set to hold a two-week joint air drill – “Exercise Veer Guardian – 2023” – at Japan’s Hyakuri airbase, the IAF said. The exercise will start from January 12 and end on January 26. Read More

In a breakthrough against the transborder narcotics-smuggling network in Punjab, the Border Security Force and Fazilka Police, in a joint operation, seized 31.02 kilograms of heroin and arrested two kingpins of a cartel engaged in drug trafficking. Read More

This is the story of the Indian Air Force’s first heavy bomber and the indigenous “jugaad” (ingenuity) that helped the service develop this capability, as told by the force itself on social media. Read More