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Armour Day: Steel, spirit and the making of India’s Armoured Corps
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
The 2569th birth anniversary of the Buddha and the significance of the holy relic exposition in Ladakh
Holy Relics of Tathagata Buddha (Photo: IBC) By Dr. Portia B. Conrad Every year, on the full moon of Vaishakha, Buddhists across the world stop. Lamps are lit. Monasteries fill with chanting. This year the day carries something extra - the ...
Indian Army seeks 83 tracked carriers to deploy Akashteer air-defence systems in armoured combat zones
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for 83 tracked platforms purpose-built to carry the Akashteer air-defence command-and-reporting system into mechanized combat zones, addressing a capability gap that became pa...
In Nepal, Chinese investment comes with strings and opportunities
Development assistance is never only about development. This is not a cynical observation, it is a structural one. When a country allocates capital to a neighbour's infrastructure, it is also investing in supply chains, in diplomatic relationship...
US’s Boeing Chinook CH-47F versus Russia’s Mil Mi-26: Which helicopter will fill IAF’s ultra-heavylift gap?
Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has begun the process to procure three of the world’s most powerful cargo helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the wet lease basis.The ministry has issued a...
BRICS fractures over Iran war and Palestine: India’s wavering stand leaves bloc without a voice
BRICS diplomats at the BRICS MENA meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: A meeting that was meant to project the strength and solidarity of the world’s most consequential emerging-economy bloc ended on Friday, in New Delhi without the one...
India’s defence spending surges 8.9% to $92.1 billion in 2025, driven by Operation Sindoor, Sipri report says
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: India’s military expenditure rose sharply by 8.9 per cent in 2025 to reach $92.1 billion, cementing the country’s position as the fifth-largest defence spen...
Trampling of Trust: The nightmare of a ‘deshbhakt’
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)The veterans of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) have served this nation in uniform with uncommon elan, dignity, and devotion. Long after they have laid down their uniforms...
Address the deformities in CAPF structure
Fresh officers during a pass-out ceremony at the CRPF Academy at Kedarpur, Gurugram, Haryana. (File photo for representation.) When Parliament passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, it did more than legislate...
Who was General Zorawar Singh? The ‘Lion of Ladakh’ who conquered the Himalayas
General Zorawar Singh Kahluria was one of the greatest military commanders in 19th-century India. Born in 1786 in the small hill kingdom of Kahlur in present-day Himachal Pradesh, he came from a Rajput family of the Kahluria clan – a lineage wi...Results
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