700 Local Youths Recruited By Terror Groups In J&K In 4 Yrs
Terrorist groups recruited 700 Jammu and Kashmir youths into their fold in the last four years, while 141 terrorists, the majority of them foreigners, are currently active in the union terri... Read more
Aircraft Carrier Vikrant Completes Last Phase Of Trials; MiG-29K Fighter Seen On Deck
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, Vikrant, has completed the fourth and final phase of sea trials ahead of its scheduled commissioning into the Indian Navy on 15 August this y... Read more
With Eye On Indian Ocean, China And Pakistan Kick Off Naval, Air Drills To Jointly Deal With Maritime Threats
All-weather friends China and Pakistan on Sunday kicked off their ‘Sea Guardians-2’ drills off the Shanghai coast by deploying their new high-tech naval ships and fighter jets to “jointly de... Read more
With China On Mind, France, Australia, India Will Enhance Security Cooperation
France and Australia have decided to ramp up security and strategic cooperation with India in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region (IOR) in what is being viewed as a big and effective st... Read more
Navy Warships To Get Indigenous SATCOM Terminals
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has okayed a programme for indigenous development of satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals that are housed on warships, submarines and naval planes. Read M... Read more
World’s Longest Nuclear Submarine Handed Over To The Russian Navy
An official press statement posted by the Sevmash submarine yard on Friday says the “Belgorod” (K-239) is a “research submarine”. Read More… Read more
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa To Step Down
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down next week, an official said, after protesters stormed the presidential palace and set fire to the prime minister’s home to ve... Read more
Centre Open To Public-Private Union To Build Up Space Industry: ISRO Chief
The government has come out with a policy to encourage participation of private companies in space technology as part of reforms in the field, ISRO chief S Somanath said on Saturday. Read Mo... Read more
India Considering Indo-Israeli Long Range Armed UAV After Putting Multibillion Dollar American Predator Drone Deal On Hold
After putting the American predator drone deal on hold due to a push for the Make in India initiative, the Central government is now considering the acquisition of an indigenous long-range u... Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh To Launch P17A Stealth Frigate On July 15
Strengthening the maritime capabilities of the Indian Navy, the second P17A stealth frigate built by warship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will be launched by Defence... Read more