China, Pakistan Confirm Bus Blast a Terrorist Attack for 1st Time; Premier Li Urges Bringing Perpetrator to Justice
The shuttle bus blast in Pakistan which killed nine Chinese and four Pakistanis was confirmed to be a terrorist attack, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged Pakistan to bring the perpetrators... Read more
Days after entering its second century, the Chinese Communist Party has set out its priority for the new era — tightening ideological control over 1.4 billion Chinese people. This week... Read more
Rostec Gets Ready to Reveal Its New Russian Fighter Jet
Russia’s defense industry is set to unveil a “fundamentally new aircraft” later this month. Russian defense giant Rostec published a Youtube video on Tuesday teasing a new fighter jet that i... Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Tashkent and discussed the fast-evolving situation in Afghanistan in the face of withdrawal of US forc... Read more
With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a “negative manner”, Beijing sa... Read more
The ongoing dramatic pull-out of the US and the NATO forces from war-ravaged Afghanistan and the increasing power push by the Taliban has India’s defence and security establishment worried.... Read more
Russia Rules Out Military Tie-Up With India on Afghanistan Issue
Russia is not in favour of a military alliance with India to help out the Government in Kabul, but is interested in close coordination while the Afghan issue seems to be acquiring new dimens... Read more
The three neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists, arrested in Kolkata, were setting up terror modules in West Bengal and may have links with Al-Qaeda and Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Isl... Read more
India, US Close To Signing $700 Million Deal To Acquire 100 ‘GE 404’ Engines For Tejas Mk1A Fighter Jets
In what would signify further deepening of defence ties between India and the United States (US), the former is set to sign a deal to acquire 100 fighter jet engines worth $700 million from... Read more
The government of Afghanistan may, at some future point, seek India’s military assistance if talks with the Taliban fail amid a withdrawal of US troops from there, the country’s... Read more