Washington: The Biden administration feels that the rightist ideology in the defence forces is one of the bigger challenges in front of the administration. Therefore, the new Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, has ordered ‘stand-down’. As per this, the soldiers from the US defence forces will be reminded of the oath administered while joining the […]
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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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Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced, ‘India is very cautious regarding its population and activities against its integrity. USD 130 billion will be spent on modernisation of defence forces in the next seven to eight years. The maximum stress will be on indigenous manufacture of defence equipment.’ The Defence Minister made this announcement while inaugurating […]
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Tokyo/Beijing/Washington: – Japanese Defence Minister, Yasuhide Nakayama warned that if the international community does not give timely reactions to the revolt in Myanmar, the democratic country will join the Chinese ranks. This will increase the Chinese influence in the Southeast Asian region. Simultaneously, the Japanese Defence Minister demanded that the Myanmar military release Aung San Syu Ki […]
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New Delhi: G. Sathish Reddy, the chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), expressed confidence that there will be a significant rise in the export of defence equipment, over the next five years. The DRDO Chief spoke at a webinar, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The proportion of indigenously made weapons […]
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Bengaluru: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned that the head of every Indian, who is informed of the bravery and restraint of the Indian Soldiers during the conflict on the Line of Actual Control at Ladakh (LAC), will be held high with pride. However, if a strong power hurts the Indian pride, it will face a […]
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New Delhi: – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the union cabinet has approved the purchase of 83 Tejas fighter jets by expressing confidence that the Tejas will prove to be a game-changer for indigenous manufacture of defence equipment. This defence deal is worth nearly Rs 480 billion, and the Defence Minister said that this […]
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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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Jerusalem: – The Greek government has approved the defence cooperation agreement, worth $1.68 billion, with Israel. The Israel defence department gave this information. Israel Defence Minister Beni Gantz said that this agreement is a part of the long-term security partnership between Israel and Greece and is important from the point of view of stability in […]
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New Delhi: – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the talks with China, regarding the dispute over the border at the LAC in Ladakh, have failed. Thus, the Defence Minister indicated that the military deployment would continue from both sides and there are no signs of the tension diffusing. At the same time, the […]
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