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

Morning Digest: May 1, 2023

Morning Digest: May 1, 2023

File photo of smoke rising from burning aircraft inside Khartoum Airport during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan Army, rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes Sudan’s Army and its rival paramilitary said on April 30 they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further … 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

PM, Home Minister busy with political work, terrorists took advantage of it: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Poonch attack

PM, Home Minister busy with political work, terrorists took advantage of it: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Poonch attack

File photo of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray. The party on April 22 slammed the BJP government | Photo Credit: PTI Slamming the BJP-ruled Centre over the recent terror attack on an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on April 22 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister … Read more

In message to China, top Himalayan Buddhist leaders hold meet in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector; CM Pema Khandu attends

In message to China, top Himalayan Buddhist leaders hold meet in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector; CM Pema Khandu attends

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu speaking at the national conference on the theme of ‘Nalanda Buddhism – retracing the source in footsteps of Acharyas: From Nalanda to Himalayas and Beyond’ –at the holy Gorsam Stupa, Zemithang, in Tawang on April 17. | Photo Credit: ANI Sending out a strong message to China, which recently … 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

Rajnath blames foreign rule for Indians’ lack of knowledge of past

Rajnath blames foreign rule for Indians’ lack of knowledge of past

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressing the convocation ceremony of Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun on December 24, 2022. Photo: Screengrab via YouTube/@Rajnathsinghbjp Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on December 24 said three centuries of British rule had prevented Indians from learning about their glorious traditions. “A strong awareness of the country’s glorious past, its great … Read more

Yangtse faceoff | No fatalities or serious casualties on Indian side, Rajnath tells Parliament

Yangtse faceoff | No fatalities or serious casualties on Indian side, Rajnath tells Parliament

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, on December 13, 2022 | Photo Credit: PTI Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops tried to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Yangtse area of Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh and “unilaterally” change the status quo, which was contested by Indian troops in a “firm and resolute” … Read more

Rajnath proposes role for women in U.N. peacekeeping

Rajnath proposes role for women in U.N. peacekeeping

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the maiden India-ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting, organised to commemorate the 30th anniversary of India-ASEAN relations, in Siem Reap, Cambodia on November 22, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made two proposals for expanding the scope and the depth of the India-ASEAN (Association of South East … Read more

Rajnath proposes India-ASEAN cooperation on women in peacekeeping, tackling marine plastic pollution

Rajnath proposes India-ASEAN cooperation on women in peacekeeping, tackling marine plastic pollution

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the maiden India-ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting, organised to commemorate the 30th anniversary of India-ASEAN relations, in Siem Reap, Cambodia on November 22, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made two proposals for expanding the scope and the depth of the India-ASEAN (Association of South East … Read more