US takes dialogue route to calm ties with India
A clear outcome of the interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G-20 meet at Osaka seems to be the easing up of worries in...
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India successfully test-fires Nuclear capable ”Prithvi-II” missile
India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II on Thursday night as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha coast. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile,...
Pakistan’s large-scale terrorism industry prevents it from behaving like normal neighbour: S Jaishankar
Pakistan’s state-sponsored “large-scale industry of terrorism” prevents its government from behaving like a “normal neighbour”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.In a live video link from New Delhi to address the Leaders’...
India Approves Procurement of 10 More P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft
India’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has approved the procurement of 10 more Boeing P-8I Neptune advanced maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the Indian Navy, according to media reports. MoD’s Services Capital Acquisition Plan...
India annuls Israeli missile deal in favor of domestic alternative… again?
India has reportedly canceled its $500 million contract for Israeli anti-tank missiles after the country’s defense manufacturing sector conducted successful tests and promised to deliver an indigenous alternative within two years. Following a series...
Race to global space superpower: India’s ambitious space missions to look out for in the future
India’s premier space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), recently said that it is looking to build a space station within a decade. The space station would take around five to seven years...
How Israel Helped India Win The Air War During Kargil
Twenty years ago, as a 24-year-old journalist, I had flown three sorties on Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter-bombers in July 1999 as the Kargil war wound down. The stories, which focused on the...
Why India’s work on Iran’s Chabahar Port is stalled despite US exemption
Uncertainty looms large over the future of the strategically-important Chabahar Port that India is building in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. Despite India getting exemption for the development of the port from the sanctions imposed by...
IAF upgrading Mirage 2000, eyeing 5th Generation LCA
Upgrading Mirage 2000 and getting a 5th Generation Light Combat Aircraft will help the Indian Air Force in bridging the technological divide and ensuring a lethal arsenal, top air forces officers said on Monday....
Army will use sound to disperse stone-pelters
Security personnel who often face off with stone-pelters and civilians during crucial anti-terror operations in Kashmir will no longer depend on pellet guns to disperse the human obstacles. The Ministry of Home Affairs has...
