Why The Defence Ministry Prefers To Buy Weapons Through Inter-Governmental Agreements
The Indian Navy is reportedly keen on forging an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with the US or France to procure 26 fighter jets for its indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, schedul... Read more
Taliban Accuses Pakistan Of Allowing US Drones In Afghan Airspace
The Taliban’s acting defence minister has said Pakistan allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in... Read more
Eye On Indian Ocean: India & Tanzania To Set Up Task Force
In an important development from India’s strategic perspective, India and Tanzania have agreed to set up a task force in defence. Read More… Read more
A Robust India-Japan Partnership Is Largely Courtesy Shinzo Abe
The assassination of Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stunned the world. Abe leaves behind a formidable legacy in Asia of a visionary leader inspiring the formation of t... Read more
21-Day Indo-US Joint Special Forces Drill Concludes In Himachal
The 13th edition of India — USA joint special forces drill, Exercise Vajra Prahar — 2022 culminated at Bakloh Cantonment in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Read More… Read more
Infantry Combat Vehicles In, Soviet-Era BMP-2 Out: How Army Plans To Modernise Mechanised Infantry
The Army is in the process of acquiring a range of niche technologies developed indigenously as part of modernising its Mechanised Infantry arm, defence sources familiar with the development... Read more
Govt Notifies Third Positive List To Minimise Defence Imports
In a bid to give further impetus to boost the domestic defence industry, the government on Sunday approved a third ‘Positive Indigenisation List’ (PIL) that would reduce the import dependenc... Read more
As the world witnesses a catastrophic energy crisis with the ongoing war in Ukraine, Talibani officials said that they are close to striking a deal with Moscow over the import of Russian oil... Read more
US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo has called for the bolstering of supply chain resiliency between “trusted partners” like the United States and India to maintain a free and open In... Read more
China’s Deafening Silence
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in an interview with Nikkei Asia on Wednesday, to quote excerpts, said, “‘We have informed the Chinese Government of the need to restructure the debt and the... Read more