Four IAF Rafale jets and two C-17 transports, along with over 120 air warriors, have arrived in Darwin for Exercise Pitch Black 2026, the Royal Australian Air Force's largest-ever multinational air combat drill involving 20 nations. Read More

Two weeks after raising the Army's first integrated battle groups along the China border, chief General Dhiraj Seth toured forward formations in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh to review operational readiness. Read More

In this joint op-ed, Dr Aparaajita Pandey and Bhanavi Mathur write that empires once conquered through fashion as much as force, and that today’s states are reviving textile heritage as a deliberate instrument of geopolitical strategy. Read More

US president renews threat against fortified tunnel complex near Natanz as fresh satellite imagery shows construction still under way. Read More

MBDA, Europe’s largest missile manufacturer, has appointed Jean-Brice Dumont, a senior Airbus executive, as its next chief executive officer, with effect from November 1, 2026. Read More

Ahead of the 27th anniversary of Operation Vijay, the Indian Army has sent a team of veterans and serving soldiers up Gun Hill, the Dras-sector peak once known as Point 5140, to retrace one of the most closely studied artillery operations of the 1999 Kargil War. Read More

Defence minister addresses naval personnel in Visakhapatnam ahead of commissioning of INS Mahendragiri, the navy's sixth Project 17A stealth frigate. Read More

Sixth Nilgiri-class warship under Project 17A joins the fleet at Visakhapatnam, a month after sister ship Dunagiri entered service in Kolkata. Read More

Germany has posted its first resident liaison officer to India’s IFC-IOR in Gurugram, a symbolic step that coincides with advancing talks on an $8–10 billion Indo-German submarine programme. Read More

Women must be recognized as innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, community leaders and decision-makers if India’s clean energy transition is to succeed, experts said at the latest edition of the India-Germany climate talks, hosted by the German embassy in New Delhi on Thursday. Read More