Xi Jinping Orders Chinese Military to Scale Up Combat Readiness
Chinese president, Xi Jinping on Monday ordered his country’s army to be ready to ‘act at any second’, stressing on ‘full-time combat readiness’. He urged the a... Read more
India Likely to Finalise USD 2.5 Billion Deal to Procure 56 Transport Aircraft for IAF
India is likely to finalise in the next few months a mega deal to procure 56 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force at a cost of USD 2.5 billion, official sources said on Tuesday. The p... Read more
China on Monday vehemently refuted the US charge that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a bio lab in the country and asserted that the pandemic was likely to have been caused by separate... Read more
Jaishankar to Begin 3-Day Visit to Sri Lanka Today
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will go to Colombo on Tuesday for a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, during which he will hold talks with the country’s top leadership and discuss issues... Read more
US House Presents Bill to Terminate Pak Designation as Major non-NATO Ally
Introduced by Republican Congressman Andy Biggs, the bill removes Pakistan’s designation as a major non-NATO ally, a status that allows for various benefits such as access to excess US defen... Read more
Chinese Firm Given Contract Worth Rs 1,126 Crore for Delhi-Meerut Rail Tunnel Even as LAC Standoff Continues
Even as India continues to face aggression by China along the LAC and the Indian Army is engaged in a standoff with the Chinese PLA for the last 8 months, the Modi government has awarded the... Read more
India Plans Deployment of Nuclear-Capable Agni-V this Year
Riding high on the success of 30 missions in last three months, India plans to deploy its longest range most potent nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V this year. With the 5,000-plus km... Read more
Ramp up Defence Production Facilities to Join the Top Three
If India buys 12% of the world’s arms exports by value, but exports just 0.17% of it, there is a huge opportunity that needs to be seized. For the Union Budget 2021 to be announced on 1 Febr... Read more
With no let up in the India-China border tension, the Modi government is now looking to expedite work on border infrastructure, especially on roads leading to forward areas in Arunachal Prad... Read more
India became a non permanent member of the United Nations security Council (UNSC) on January 1 for a two-year term. Monday will be the first active day of India in the stint. India’s k... Read more