Rain fury in Uttarakhand, defence building collapses

Rain fury in Uttarakhand, defence building collapses

Heavy flow of water in Mandakini River at Rudrapryag due to continuous rains. File (For Representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: PTI The defence college building in Uttarakhand’s Maldevta collapsed on Monday as torrential rains pounded the state, flooding major rivers and their tributaries and causing landslides along the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath and … Read more

PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pay tributes to fallen soldiers on Kargil Vijay Diwas

PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pay tributes to fallen soldiers on Kargil Vijay Diwas

Preparations of the Kargil War Memorial are underway for the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas, commemorating the triumph of India in the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan, at Dras, in Kargil on July 25. | Photo Credit: ANI On the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 26 paid tributes to soldiers … Read more

Rajnath Singh chairs meeting of consultative committee for Defence Ministry on self-reliance 

Rajnath Singh chairs meeting of consultative committee for Defence Ministry on self-reliance 

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh | Photo Credit: File photo Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence on Self-reliance in Defence Manufacturing in Bengaluru on June 16. During the meeting, members of the committee from both the Houses of Parliament were apprised about the initiatives by … Read more

India, U.S. conclude roadmap for Defence Industrial Cooperation

India, U.S. conclude roadmap for Defence Industrial Cooperation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with U.S. Secretary of Defence Mr. Lloyd Austin ahead of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi on June 05, 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement India and U.S. on Monday concluded a roadmap for ‘Defence Industrial Cooperation’ which shall guide the policy direction for the next few years towards cooperation in high technology … Read more

India will be a developed nation by 2047: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

India will be a developed nation by 2047: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during the 12th convocation ceremony of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), in Pune, on May 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India will be a developed nation by 2047, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on May 15 while laying emphasis on the advancement of technology amid a rise in … Read more

IIT Madras, Defence Research and Development Organisation develop sensor technology for underwater communications

IIT Madras, Defence Research and Development Organisation develop sensor technology for underwater communications

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have developed a cutting-edge sensor technology for underwater communications that the Navy can apply. The indigenous technology will enable the fabrication of devices at a relatively lower cost as compared to international foundries, where not only is … Read more

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hand over patrol vessel, landing craft to Maldives

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hand over patrol vessel, landing craft to Maldives

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hand over a fast patrol vessel and a landing craft to the Maldives as India’s “gift” during his visit to the island nation from May 1 to 3. The Defence Ministry said this on Sunday, a day ahead of Mr. Singh’s visit … Read more

India to host Defence Ministers from SCO grouping

India to host Defence Ministers from SCO grouping

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu at a meeting in Moscow. | Photo Credit: AFP India will host Defence Ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) grouping, including China’s Li Shangfu and Russia’s Sergei Shoigu, later this week, India’s Ministry of Defence said on April 25. While Pakistan Defence Minister … Read more

Aero India 2023 | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calls for united efforts to counter security challenges

Aero India 2023 | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calls for united efforts to counter security challenges

Union Minister for Defence, Rajnath Singh at the India Pavilion during the Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI India does not believe in giving “sermons or cut-and-dried” solutions to countries in need of assistance, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. In an address to his counterparts … Read more