Quad, France And UAE Join Hands In 2 Naval Exercises To Dominate Indo-Pacific
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and finance minister Bruno Le Maire will be in Delhi next month while IAF chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria will be in France. At least 8 Rafal... Read more
44 Companies Given FDI Approvals For Joint Production Of Defence Items With Foreign Companies: MoS Defence Naik
A total of 44 Indian companies, including public sector units, have got approvals related to foreign direct investment (FDI) till now for joint production of defence items with foreign compa... Read more
Indian Army Leases Four Heron UAVs From Israel
NEW DELHI : The Indian Army has leased four Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for possible deployment along the 3,488-km India-China border. Rea... Read more
Indian Navy Pilots To Train On Anti-Submarine Helicopters In The US; MH-60R Seahawks To Arrive Soon
Soon a team of Indian Navy pilots and ground staff will leave for the US to be trained for the new helicopters the navy is expected to receive later this year. The Indian Navy is expected to... Read more
ISRO’s GISAT-1 Launch Will Help India Keep An Eye On Borders Real-Time
It would help in quick monitoring of natural disasters, episodic and any short-term events. India plans to launch on March 28 an earth observation satellite that will provide it near real-ti... Read more
Break Down Civil-Military Silos, Indigenise Customs & Doctrines, Modi Tells Armed Forces
Asking the armed forces to shed the legacy system and practices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called for enhancing indigenisation in the national security system, not just in sourci... Read more
India, Iran, Russia To Be Part Of New US Push To Find Settlement In Afghanistan
Soon after Blinken’s letter was accessed by Afghanistan’s Tolo News on Sunday afternoon, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, spoke over the phone... Read more
The 2021 BRICS leaders’ summit, slated to be organised by India as the chair, might present an opportunity to hold the bilateral summit on the same dates. Indian Foreign Secretary, Harsh Shr... Read more
Focus On Building Peace, Stability In Indo-Pacific, Quad To Take A Summit Leap With Eye On China
Less than a month after the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Quad nations, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed that the leaders of the four countries will meet soo... Read more
India, China Friends, But ‘Rights And Wrongs’ Of Border Friction Clear: Wang Yi
India has consistently denied China’s allegation of provoking friction along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and have said that Chinese border troops were the first to tre... Read more