New Delhi: India has announced an aid of $500 million for the ‘Greater Male Connectivity Project’ (GMCP) in the Maldives. The President of Maldives specially thanked the Indian Prime Minister for the aid, whereas, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that similar cooperation would continue even in the future. Comparing the depth of the Indian […]
New Delhi: – After sanctioning the purchase of 101 items, in the defence equipment list, under Make in India, the defence ministry is likely to announce a major decision for the Indian Navy. The defence ministry will be inviting tenders for building the widely discussed, ‘Project P-75’, envisaging manufacture of 6 stealth submarines. It is […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2,300 kilometres long ‘Submarine Optical Fibre Cable’ (OFC) laid between Chennai and Andaman-Nicobar Islands. The Prime Minister expressed confidence that with this cable High-speed internet will be available in Andaman-Nicobar Islands and will increase the connectivity on the islands. He added that this would benefit education, […]
New Delhi: Indian Foreign Minister s Jaishankar held talks with Foreign Ministers of the United States, Israel, Australia, Brazil, and South Korea. It is being said that these talks were pertaining to increasing cooperation to counter the Coronavirus pandemic. But the importance of these collective talks between the Foreign Ministers of six countries, after a […]
New Delhi: While the tension with China is at its peak, there are indications that the meeting of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) with participation from India, the United States, Japan and Australia will be held soon. Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a telephonic discussion on Thursday night. […]
Washington: US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, warned that if China signed the USD 400 billion agreement with Iran, all the sanctions applicable to Iran would also become relevant to China. Sanctions will be imposed against the Chinese Communist Party and companies connected with it. Pompeo also alleged that the China-Iran agreement would create instability […]
Tehran: – Senior officials of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reported that the Iranian exercise to destroy the THAAD missile defence system of the United States was successful. At the same time, the IRGC published photographs of the US airbase in Qatar. It is being said that this action is a warning to the […]
New Delhi: – Indonesian Defence Minister, General Prabowo Subianto, who is on a visit to India, held discussions with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The stress of the discussion was on expanding defence cooperation between the two countries. Supply of defence technology to Indonesia was discussed in the meeting. There are reports that India may […]
New Delhi: India will be making a fast track purchase of six Predator-B drones, also known as the Soleimani Killer drones from the United States. The decision has been taken because of the rising tension with China and moves for the purchase have already started. More importantly, the United States relaxed the norms governing the […]
Washington: China has been castigated in the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), presented in the US Congress, over the Galwan Valley conflict. There is an explicit mention in the amendment suggested to the NDAA that this conflict was a result of aggressive and expansionist policies of China, and this is a cause of serious concern. […]