New Delhi: Global military expenditure reached an unprecedented high of $2.72 trillion in 2024, marking the 10th consecutive year of increase and the steepest year-on-year rise since 1988, according to a new report[pdf] by the Stockholm Internat...
Stacie Sire. (Photo: Boeing India)Bengaluru: In a major move, Boeing has appointed Stacie Sire as vice-president and managing director of Boeing India Engineering & Technology Centre (BIETC) and chief engineer for Boeing India. The appointment, a...
Gen Anil Chauhan, chief of defence staff, is the key figure behind the Future Warfare Course. (File photo)New Delhi: For the first time, representatives from India’s defence industry are set to participate for the first time in the triservices&...
Narendra Modi with Anura Kumara Dissanayake. (Photo: X/@narendramodi) New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, began a three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Friday. On the second day of his visit, the two countries signed a defence cooperation ag...
New Delhi: The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses has launched the fifth India-Africa Strategic Dialogue (IASD) in New Delhi. The two-day event, themed “India and Africa: Partnership in the Next Decade,” began on ...
The Army chief particularly praised Col Ponung Doming’s achievements as CO of a high-altitude Border Task Force. (File photo)New Delhi: Supporting gender integration in the armed forces, the Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, has robus...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying a wreath on the casket carrying the body of Dr Manmohan Singh. New Delhi: The home ministry has declared seven days of national mourning on the passing of India’s 13th prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, ...
Dr Manmohan Singh (September 26, 1932 – December 26, 2024)Dr Manmohan Singh, the distinguished economist who served as India’s 13th prime minister and fundamentally transformed the nation’s economic landscape, passed away on Thursda...
Army personnel stand guard near razor-wire barricades outside Manipur’s Leimakhong Army Camp of the 57th Mountain Division. (Photo via FB)In the lush hills and valleys of Manipur, the humanitarian tragedy of unprecedented magnitude continues to...
Security personnel patrol a village in Manipur.Guwahati/Imphal: In view of the worsening security situation in Manipur, the Union home ministry has dispatched an additional 20 companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) to the state to control t...