Kochi: – Vice Admiral AK Chawla said that despite the tension reigning on the LAC in Ladakh, China could not think of any misadventure in the Indian Ocean Sector and the Indian Navy has a major role in ensuring that. While addressing a press conference in Kochi, Vice Admiral Chawla issued a stern warning to […]
Kochi: Basin Trials – the trials in shallow waters, of the first-ever indigenously built aircraft carrier ‘INS Vikrant’, were completed successfully. Sources in the defence ministry informed that the marine trials of Vikrant would be started at the beginning of 2021. Indian Navy is equipped with the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and the induction of […]
New Delhi: Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started a spate of testing, various versions of the supersonic BrahMos missile. On Tuesday, another test of the supersonic BrahMos missile was conducted in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands. The anti-destroyer missile launched from the warship INS Ranvijay, hit the target in the Bay of Bengal, with […]
New Delhi: The telecom company Ericsson has claimed that the number of 5G users in India will reach 350 million by the year 2025. 5G services have still not started in India, and the company predicted that the services would begin in 2021. Tests are being conducted to start the 5G services in the country, […]
New Delhi: – India assured Vietnam of complete cooperation for the modernisation of its defence forces. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held discussions with Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngô Xuân Lịch via videoconferencing. At this time, stress was given on strengthening defence ties between India and Vietnam. This is the third such meeting held between the defence, commerce and […]
New Delhi: – After the deployment of the Garud from the Para Forces of the Air Force, along with the Special Frontier Forces, now the Pangong lake region will be patrolled by the elite MARCOS unit from the Indian Navy and special boats for this purpose will soon be sent there. Therefore, commando units from […]
New Delhi: – The Indian government will be spending ₹3.5 trillion (USD 51 billion), over the next ten years, to strengthen the Indian Navy, who is responsible for the security of the Indian marine borders. The Minister of State for Defence, Shripad Naik announced that new warships, submarines and other ultramodern equipment would be purchased, […]
Abu Dhabi: Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar reached Seychelles, after finishing his visits to Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Before this, during his UAE visit, Foreign Minister Jaishankar announced the decision to make the strategic ties between India and UAE more comprehensive, learning a lesson from the Coronavirus pandemic. While the India-UAE strategic relations […]
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is on a visit to Nepal, and he met Bharat Raj Paudyal, the Foreign Secretary of Nepal. Both the diplomats concurred on strengthening bilateral cooperation. Since the last few months, relations between India and Nepal have been strained. The decisions of the Nepalese Prime Minister, in favour of […]
Chennai: The Nivar cyclone, which hit the southern coastline, has caused devastation in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry. The damages have not been assessed till now. Three people in Tamil Nadu and one in Andhra Pradesh have died in the calamity. Fortunately, a huge number of residents from the coastal areas had been moved […]