— By HumaNew Delhi: India has doubled the number of MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones it operates on lease, giving the Indian Navy additional long-endurance surveillance capacity at a time when activity by Chinese naval and research vessels across the ...
Indian and Singaporean warships. (File photo)— By Huma Siddique New Delhi: The second Asean-India Maritime Exercise is set to put an increasingly important question at the center of the Indo-Pacific: how can countries that depend on the se...
New Delhi/Jakarta: 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&rsqu...
U Min Aung Hlaing (L) with Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on June 1, 2026. (Photo: MEA) New Delhi: Myanmar’s president, U Min Aung Hlaing, assured the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday that Naypyidaw would not permit I...
A BrahMos missile. (Photo: IMDS/Public Domain) New Delhi: The defence secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, confirmed on Saturday that a deal to supply BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Vietnam has already been signed, while negotiations with Indon...
Narendra Modi (R) with Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, on December 5, 2025. (Photo: PMO)Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent two-day state visit to New Delhi has been hailed by both governments as a landmark moment in the I...
Pete Hegseth (L) and Rajnath Singh after signing the agreement. (Photo: X/@SecWar)New Delhi: India and the United States have renewed their 10-year defence framework agreement, signalling continued strategic alignment between the two countries. This ...
Vladimir Putin (L), Narendra Modi (C), and Xi Jinping at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, on September 1, 2025.The evolving strategic scenario in Asia, marked by China’s military ascendancy and America’s recalibrated foreign-policy approach, de...
A 7.7-magnitude of earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, 2025 (Photo courtesy: Myanmar Now)New Delhi: In the wake of 7.7-magnitude earthquake that devastated Myanmar, the Quadrilateral Dialogue (Quad) partner nations – Australia, India, Japan, an...
Rajnath Singh (L) and Pat Conroy. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh)New Delhi: India and Australia have taken a major step in strengthening their defence ties by signing an agreement allowing mutual midair refuelling of military aircraft. This agreement, annou...