Shringla arrived in Moscow on Tuesday on his first foreign trip this year and called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and held wide ranging talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday highlighted the unique nature of India’s close and trust-based…

A many as four unidentified terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter in Anantnag, said Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday. Earlier, a source in CRPF said that two to three terrorists are believed to be trapped at the site of ongoing encounter in Anantnag. An encounter has started…

The French foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan’s envoy to protest claims by President Arif Alvi that a French bill cracking down on radical Islam stigmatises Muslims.  Addressing a conference on religion on Saturday, Alvi said, “When you see that laws are being changed in favour of a majority to isolate…

India’s defence budget for 2021-22 provides a large increase for procurements from local industry, senior officials from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi have said. Speaking in an MoD budget webinar on 22 February, Indian defence secretary Ajay Kumar said the new defence expenditure allocated about INR 702…

The Chinese military has given two of its combat vehicles a major makeover to improve their ability to take on Indian troops in high-altitude warfare, according to a Chinese defence technology magazine. On its official WeChat social media account on Saturday, the magazine said the track chassis on a number…

“Pakistan should be held accountable for its continued support to terror groups and terror financing. We’re here to remind FATF News and its members to not come under China’s pressure when they meet this week,” tweeted South Asia Press responding to Taha Siddiqui’s statement. Exiled journalists, human rights activists, and…

India has revised target dates for launches of its human spaceflight missions and the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing following COVID-19-related delays. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was targeting August 2022 for the launch to mark the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. However the first human spaceflight demonstration will now follow…

Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria reached here on a three-day visit on the invitation of Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat. The visit comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Bangladesh on March 26 and…

A boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen drifted into India’s territorial waters on Monday, with calls for immediate rescue mounting from UN agencies and humanitarian groups. The boat has a Satphone and the crew confirmed to humanitarian group ‘Arakan Project’ the presence of 65 Rohingya women and…

India and its key Indian Ocean Region partner Mauritius on Monday upgraded their defence and economic partnership by signing a special $100 million pact for supplying defence equipment. The two countries also entered into a comprehensive economic cooperation and partnership agreement (CECPA) that will enable smooth entry of Indian businesses…

A few hours before the vote, China’s ambassador to Canada called on the country criticising the vote and warning the country against interfering in the internal matters of China. Canada has joined the US in the list of countries that have described China’s inhumane treatment of the Uighur minority community…

The disengagement process between India and China began on February 10 and has been completed at the Pangong Tso friction point. The latest satellite imagery has revealed that following the disengagement of the People’s Liberation Army from the Pangong Tso region, some of the troops have been relocated to a…

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Main Battle Tank Arjun MK-1A to the nation, the Defence Ministry on Tuesday is all set to clear the acquisition of these tanks worth over Rs 6,000 crore by the Army. The Defence Ministry had recently cleared the induction of 118 Arjun…

Bharat Forge on Tuesday said it has received an order worth Rs 177.95 crore from the Ministry of Defence for supply of Kalyani M4 vehicles. The company has received the order from the Indian Army for protected vehicles under emergency procurement, Bharat Forge said in a regulatory filing. On Monday,…

India and France will cement its defence cooperation in April when Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier strike force will exercise with INS Vikramaditya in two phases in Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. The dates of the exercises are being scheduled between the two navies. The nuclear powered French carrier force,…

With the increasing dominance of the electronic spectrum, cyber warfare and artificial intelligence, the Army has laid the groundwork to introduce a futuristic communication system for providing secure and seamless interconnectivity between its warfighting elements and also enhance situational awareness. “The Indian Army is planning a LTE-based communication grid with…

India on Monday reiterated that it would stick to the No First Use (NFU) doctrine against non-nuclear weapon countries. Addressing the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that India is a responsible nuclear weapon State and it is committed as per its…

Among the arrested was Qiu Ziming (38), an investigative journalist formerly with The Economic Observer. Authorities in China have said they have detained three people for “insulting” Chinese soldiers who died in the Galwan Valley clash last year, a day after Beijing officially confirmed the deaths. On Friday, the Chinese…

The train in Kashmir runs from Banihal in Jammu to Baramulla in north Kashmir – a distance of 137 km. There are 17 stations on the route. Tweeting about it, Union railways minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday, “Railways to resume train operations in Kashmir valley on Banihal-Baramulla section from…

 In a major boost to indigenous defence technologies, at least 51% of the 123 TEJAS fighters that will be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) will have the desi UTTAM radar, replacing Israeli radars that the first batch of aircraft will be equipped with. In all, IAF will get…

While the concept of Indo-Pacific is marked within the dimension of maritime security in geopolitical arena the bilateral military exercise, called—Yudh Abhays– of the land forces of both countries broaden the concept and mark it indeed significant for Indo- US security pact in the region. How that leads into supporting…

India on Sunday reiterated its commitment to the Maldives’ security and signed a USD 50 million defence Line of Credit agreement with it to boost the maritime capabilities of the strategic island nation. The USD 50 million credit line agreement for defence projects was signed between the Finance Ministry of…

In remarks that may worsen the already-strained ties between Islamabad and Paris, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday asked the political leadership of France “not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslims into laws”, warning that such steps would lead to serious repercussions in the shape of hatred and conflict.…

In a major shot-in-the-arm for French President Emmanuel Macron, who had vowed to act against rising extremism in the country, the French legislators in the lower house of the parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported in favour of a bill that would strengthen the supervision of mosques, schools and sports clubs as a…

Pakistan’s meteorological department has warned that drought-like conditions currently prevailing in parts of Sindh and Baluchistan provinces may exacerbate and cause water stress in cultivated lands, according to a media report. The National Drought Monitoring Centre, part of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), issued an advisory on Thursday which showed…

In January, under India’s neighbourhood first policy, Sri Lanka received 500,000 doses of free vaccines. They were administered as a priority to frontline health workers and members of the Armed forces. The State Pharmaceutical Corporation has signed the order with Serum Institute of India (SII) for 10 million doses, officials…

In the first major breakthrough in talks to resolve the nine-month military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China’s Defence Ministry announced Wednesday that Chinese and Indian troops on the southern and northern shores of Pangong Tso began “synchronized and organized disengagement” in line with the…

A “foreign” company—which is the parent of an Indian start-up—will launch a satellite along with 20 other satellites, when the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launches its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C51 (PSLV-C51) on 28 February. This has led to questions among the people following the matter as to whether…

Indian Army’s T-90 Bhishma tanks that have been deployed in Ladakh amid tensions with China were seen in action striking targets with precision alongside a US Navy brigade that has served in Iraq and Afghanistan as the two armies carried out war games in the Thar desert. The US Army…

Qiu accused of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ for poking fun at commander and questioning death toll. Nanjing police say they acted after reports from the publicPolice in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing have detained a popular blogger over social media posts that authorities say demeaned military casualties of…

Thec in a first, on Thursday deployed its most advanced Apache fighter helicopters in Sikkim, a frontier state with China. Two of four districts in Sikkim – North and East Sikkim – share boundaries with China along the eastern sector of the Line of Actual Control, along with Arunachal Pradesh.…

After eight months of deafening silence, the Chinese authorities have disclosed identities of their four soldiers killed during the Galwan valley clash last year. However, China has ensured to package the information with a shrewdly curated battle story. Published first on Friday by army-affiliated People’s Liberation Army Daily, the story tried to…

An Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, played a pivotal role in landing NASA’s historic Perseverance rover on the Martian surface on Friday. She leads the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the US space agency’s Mars 2020 mission. Mohan was also the first to confirm that the rover had successfully touched…

India has successfully tested its indigenously developed anti-tank guided missiles Helina and Dhruvastra in the desert ranges of Rajasthan.  Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Rudra Gunship launched anti-tank guided missile is one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. The test was conducted as…

ISRO has embarked on a mission to take start-ups in the space sector to a higher orbit with a string of initiatives to help them realise their business potential. It is keen on formulating an exclusive space start-up program — “Space Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)”, Secretary in the Department…

As the disengagement process between Indian and Chinese troops stationed at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) progresses and the situation at the border de-escalates, the event proves that the ‘pre-1962 war mindset’ of Indians is over, said former diplomat Phunchok Stobdan on Friday. “The psychic burden of the 1962…

The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved further delegation of financial powers under capital procurement that empowers command heads of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy to make expenses to the tune of Rs 100 crore at their own discretion. A senior defence official said this move — which comes…

Arjun’s Vishad Yog has ended. He will ride to battle. The Mahabharat hero was seized by pangs of conscience, when he eyed the phalanx of kinsmen whom he may have to slay. Then Krishna delivered the Gita, and Arjun bucked up to perform his dharma. The rest is epic. Now,…

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd hopes to increase indigenisation of Light Combat Aircraft TEJAS from the existing 52% to 65%. The TEJAS aircraft may be described as an Indian innovation but nearly half of it is being held up by international manufacturing in avionics and propulsion. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)…

The India-China disengagement at the Pangong Tso in Ladakh is under conditions favourable to India, which is a success, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen. Y.K. Joshi has asserted. Joshi said that the Army’s action to occupy heights on the southern bank of the lake last August turned the tables on…

Leading Indian private defence major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Thursday successfully completed delivery of the last and 100th K9 Vajra 155mm/52 calibre Tracked Self-Propelled Howitzer, which was flagged off by Army Chief General M.M. Naravane at Hazira near Surat in Gujarat. With the company delivering ahead of schedule the massive…

This is not the first time that Pakistan is proposing a peace plan. The more than 70 years of joint history is replete with instances of doublespeak and treachery by Pakistan — peace proposals followed by ceasefires and then their subsequent violation. But this time it was the turn of…

The army also gave a detailed briefing on how internet-warfare was used by Pakistani establishments to brainwash youngsters through social media platforms. They were given a detailed presentation by senior Indian army officers on the role of the Pakistani army in helping cross-border infiltration and supplying arms, and instances of…

Larsen & Toubro will construct two more units of Kudankulam nuclear power plant which is India’s first light water reactor of six units with a generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts electric (MWe), the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. “L&T is already executing similar works of Kudankulam three…

India’s first and only Space Public Sector Unit (SPSU), New Space India Limited (NSIL), has finally taken wings and will be launching a communication satellite dedicated to augment direct-to-home (DTH) services in the second half of this year using a foreign launch service. To do this, NSIL, which was established…

Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov plans to start making its AK-203 assault rifle in India this year and wants to attract a wider audience with a hi-tech shotgun, chief executive Dmitry Tarasov said. Named after the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle that has been used for decades in wars around…

The new US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will hold a meeting with his counterparts from India, Australia and Japan on Thursday to discuss the approach of President Joe Biden’s administration on the ‘Quad’ and its role in countering China in the Indo-Pacific region. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Australian…

Unidentified armed men opened fire on a security check-post in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, killing at least four paramilitary soldiers. The attack took place on Thursday in Kahan area of Kohlu district. The armed men opened fire on Zaman Khan check-post which resulted in the death of four Frontier Corps…

India is bolstering defences in the North East with reorientation of existing troops, raising of new armoured units to take on the Chinese challenge and a fresh focus on increasing connectivity to ASEAN neighbours. As part of a multi-pronged plan to improve border security along the contentious China border, revised…

The Indian Navy has participated in the Maritime Exercises with a number of countries recently including Japan, Russia, Australia and the US, despite the COVID-19 pandemic posing challenges. Indian Navy had conducted PASSEX with Russian Federation Navy (RuFN)in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR) in December 2020. The PASSEX with…