The Government of India has announced creation of a new position for the management and optimum utilization of the granted funds (currently worth Rs 2 lakh 50 thousand crore) for Defence. Accordingly, Shobhana Joshi has been appointed as Secretary for Defence Finance. She has been working as Senior Accountant in the Defense department. Till date […]
Turkey has once again started issuing threats to the European Union soon after Ahmet Davutoglu’s resignation as Prime Minister of Turkey, who was dealing with Europe on the migrants’ issue. A few days before President Recep Erdogan warned EU that Turkey will not accept all the terms enforced upon it and rather it will have […]
Sadiq Khan has taken charge as the Mayor of London. The media from all over the world has taken a note of Sadiq Khan who has created a history by getting elected as the first Muslim Mayor of London. ‘I belong to a very normal family’, saying so Sadiq Khan expressed his gratitude towards the […]
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe was in Russia on Friday 6th May. Official sources of both countries confirm that Abe met with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi and discussed issues of considerable importance including that of the disputed ‘Kuril Islands’. Both countries have shown willingness to view this issue in particular, […]
New Delhi, 26 May (PTI): India to impose ban on imports of milk, dairy products and non-IMEI numbered mobile phones from China declared Union Minister of Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman. She further stated that this ban was due to the substandard quality of these Chinese products .As per the World Trade Organisation regulations ban cannot be […]
The Look East policy of India has now become Act East’ stated the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee adding further that India was now looking to strengthen strategic and economic ties with the Pacific island nations including New Zealand. India would work in the direction of establishing firm ties with New Zealand on all fronts, the […]
ISRO successfully launches the seventh and final satellite India has created history by successfully launching the seventh and the final satellite ‘IRNS1G’ completing the ‘Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System’ (IRNSS – IRNAS) series. India thus joins the likes of developed nations like the US, Russia and France who have their own ‘Global Positioning System’ (GPS). […]
The co-operation that Iran and Russia share in the defence area is growing firmer with time. Having already supplied the ‘S-300’, a very advanced air defence system to Iran, Russia, it is believed, plans to guide Iran about ‘electronic’ warfare too. In a bilateral meeting the Defence Ministers of both the countries agreed to […]
With tension mounting in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia is all set to buy 12 submarines from France. These will be built in Australia and the program claims to create a good amount of employment that will in turn boost the economy of the country, asserted the Australian Prime Minister, ‘Malcolm Turnbull’. However, Australian Defence experts […]
To protect European allies from Russia The American ‘F-22’, the most advanced combat aircrafts have touched down in the Romanian airbase. The deployment of these warplanes, a show of strength, is meant to send out the message, that should the need arise, the US is committed to protecting its allies. Meanwhile the pilot of these […]