Career diplomat, currently joint secretary at the Lok Sabha Secretariat, will succeed Ravi Shankar, who has been named ambassador to Greece. Read More

DRDO successfully flight-tested the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket at its minimum 60-kilometre range in Chandipur, completing trials that bookend the weapon's full engagement envelope ahead of induction into the Army. Read More

An unmanned Drishti-10 aircraft operated by the Indian Navy crashed into the sea off Porbandar in Gujarat on Wednesday afternoon during a routine training sortie. It prompted the navy to order an investigation into the accident. Read More

Washington has signalled it will seek Lawrence Bishnoi's extradition from India after unsealing racketeering indictments tying his jailed-run syndicate to the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. Read More

India and Indonesia on Tuesday agreed to jointly develop the strategically located Sabang port on Weh Island off the northern tip of Sumatra, giving New Delhi a presence on both sides of the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest maritime chokepoints and a vital artery for China’s energy imports. Read More

In a boost for the “Make in India” initiative, Indonesia will import Astra beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missiles from India, following the missile's proven success during Operation Sindoor. Read More

Indonesia has decided to induct India's indigenously developed Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, becoming one of the weapon’s first overseas customers, even as the two countries close in on a larger deal covering the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile. Read More

Days before Modi’s Jakarta visit, Indonesia has posted its first liaison officer to India's Gurugram-based maritime surveillance hub, even as talks on a second BrahMos missile battery take centre stage. Read More

Twelve-year-old Amarya Bajaj has become the first Indian boy to win the Dutch Junior Open Under-13 title, beating top-seeded players from Singapore, Hungary, England, and Egypt along the way. Read More

DRDO invites industry to build a fibre-optic and sonar network stretching across the Ninety East Ridge, the Bay of Bengal, and the waters around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as New Delhi looks to close a long-standing gap in undersea surveillance. Read More