Kochi: – Indian naval patrol ship, INS Suvarna, intercepted a suspicious boat in the Arabian Sea after a thrilling chase. 300 kilograms of narcotics were found on the boat, valued at Rs 30 billion in the international market. A defence department official informed that this ship had set sail from the Makran coast in Balochistan. The […]
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Kochi: Rear Admiral Jacques Fayard of the French Navy said that France looks at India as a trustworthy country providing complete security to the Indo-Pacific region. The Indian Navy is also participating in the La Perouse joint naval exercises between France, the United States, Japan and Australia. It is being said that these exercises that […]
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New Delhi: South Korean Defence Minister Seo Wook is on a three-day visit to India. It is said that the visit has been planned to strengthen the defence ties between India and South Korea. Important agreements are expected during the discussions between Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and South Korean Defence Minister Seo Wook. It […]
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New Delhi: India has organised naval exercises with the QUAD countries, the United States, Australia and Japan, along with France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The exercises will start at the beginning of April. It is being claimed that the objective of these exercises, which will be held in the Bay of Bengal, is […]
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Mumbai: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the ‘Air Independent Propulsion’ (AIP) system, which increases the capability of the submarines to stay submerged for a longer time, deep in the oceans. The AIP technology, which was only with the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, and China, is now there even with India. […]
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Bengaluru: The government has set a goal to reduce imports of defence equipment by $2 billion by 2022. For this indigenous manufacture of defence, equipment is being encouraged. 137 projects for defence equipment manufacture, with a cost outlay of $37 billion have been approved between 2016 and 2019. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that if […]
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New Delhi: India has taken the defence cooperation with the United States to a new height by signing the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA). India is preparing to sign a similar agreement with France. Bilateral talks are being held between the Indian National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, and Emmanuel Bonne, political Advisor to the […]
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New Delhi: – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed satisfaction saying that the ties between India and the United States have never been as strong as today. Whereas, the US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster said that the United States is standing firm behind India in the India-China border dispute and announced that the […]
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New Delhi: – Indian ‘Maritime Theatre Command’, responsible for the security of the seven and a half thousand long coastline, will be active in the next year. Since the last few years, large scale restructuring has been undertaken to increase the war capabilities of the defence forces and Maritime Theatre Command is considered to be […]
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Kolkata: – INS Himgiri, a stealth warship from the Nilgiri class, has been launched. Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat attended the ceremony where he asserted that the Indian defence forces are fully prepared to defend its land, marine and aerial borders. Seven stealth warships are being built under the Project 17 of the Indian Navy and INS Nilgiri, the […]
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