Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’, the country’s national honour, for his “distinguished statesmanship and influential global leadership”.
Modi received the award on Wednesday from the Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama...
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India has expressed deep concern over the abduction of three Indian nationals in Mali amid a series of terrorist attacks in various parts of the West African country. A day after the Indians were abducted, New Delhi on Wednesday called upon the Mali government to take all necessary measures to...
In a significant advancement for India's indigenous military aviation, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is redesigning the internal weapons bay of the upcoming Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Mk2.
The primary goal of this optimisation is to enable the fifth-generation fighter to...
India is taking significant strides to modernise its nuclear triad, the three-pronged capability to launch nuclear weapons from land, sea, and air that forms the bedrock of its strategic defence.
While the sea and land-based legs of this triad are being fortified with advanced submarines and...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Pete Hegseth have agreed to firm up a 10-year framework to further expand defence and strategic ties between India and the US.
The decision on the defence framework was mentioned in a Pentagon statement that was released on Wednesday...
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has dismissed the notion that Pakistan impinges on the relations between the US and India, which are based on their complementarity and not on third countries. He also dismissed the claims of US President Donald Trump that he forged the ceasefire...
The US gives India priority as its “key defence partner in South Asia”, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has affirmed to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a Pentagon Spokesperson, Colonel Chris Devine.
“When he spoke to Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, Hegseth emphasised the priority the US...
The United States, Japan, India and Australia have pledged to work together to ensure a stable supply of critical minerals, as worries grow over China’s dominance in resources vital to new technologies. The four countries said in a joint statement that they were establishing the Quad Critical...
A Bangladeshi smuggler was killed and a BSF jawan injured in a face-off near the India-Bangladesh boundary in West Bengal’s Nadia district when a group of traffickers attacked the border guards, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred near the Halderpara border outpost under the...
An encounter is underway between security forces and terrorists at Chatroo area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said on Wednesday. He said that based on a specific intelligence report, a joint search operation was launched in Kanzal Mandu, Kishtwar.
“Contact has been...
A high-stakes competition has erupted among five major states—Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana—to become the manufacturing hub for India's prestigious Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
As the nation pushes forward with this ambitious fifth-generation...
India's long-standing ambition to develop a homegrown jet engine is approaching a significant milestone. The Kaveri Derivative Engine (KDE), a specialised power plant for unmanned aircraft, is scheduled to commence its final in-flight testing phase in Russia by late 2025.
Officials from the...
Opinion In Next Operation, Why India Will Need to Strike Pak Airbases First to Neutralize Potential J-35 Stealth Threat
The potential acquisition of Chinese J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighters by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is compelling a significant shift in Indian military strategy, according to defence analysts.
Experts suggest that to counter the advanced threat, the Indian Air Force (IAF) must...
