Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar will take charge as the next Chief of the Indian Navy after the incumbent, Admiral Karambir Singh, retires on November 30, the Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday... Read more
Nepal Army chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma on Tuesday embarked on a four-day visit to India to step up defence ties between the two neighbouring nations. During his visit to New Delhi on the inv... Read more
NSA Ajit Doval Holds Bilateral Talks with Tajik and Uzbek Counterparts
Ahead of a regional security dialogue on Afghanistan, NSA Ajit Doval and his Uzbek counterpart Victor Makhmudov on Tuesday held that the new Afghan regime should first seek legitimacy within... Read more
Indian, Israeli Defence Research Organisations to Back Start-Ups to Develop GenNext Tech
The defence research organisations of India and Israel on Tuesday inked an agreement to support innovation by the start-ups as well as the micro, small and medium entrepreneurs for developme... Read more
A day after questioned elections, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government on Monday set about painting as a historic democratic victory what many of the world’s democracies condemned... Read more
Tehreek-i-Labbaik (TLP), the hardline religious group in Pakistan on Monday said that it was ending its sit-in in Wazirabad, reported Pakistani news outlet Dawn. The sit-in went on for more... Read more
Three-day Maritime Conclave Opens at Goa
With senior-most naval officers of 12 nations in attendance, the three-day Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) opened today. This is the third edition of the conclave and is being organised by the N... Read more
China Says Indian ‘Govt-Backed’ Group Evil Flower is Attacking It, Shuts Down Airlines Data
In this week’s Chinascope, we look at a MeToo scandal involving one of the most senior Chinese leaders, Yahoo search leaving China, State media accusing an Indian hacking group of cyber-atta... Read more
Indian Troops on High Alert After China’s Twitter Posts Threaten Military Action in Arunachal: Report
Chinese entities have upped the ante against India and threatened military action in Arunachal Pradesh through a flurry of posts on Twitter. The aggressive social media campaign comes on the... Read more
Team members of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) have filled the spacecraft with fuel, have performed many of the final tests, and are running rehearsals as they approach DART’... Read more