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Hari Singh Nalwa – General par excellence under Maharaj Ranjit Singh

  Hari Singh Nalwa (1791–1837) was one of the top generals of the renowned Sikh King Maharaj Ranjit Singh. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire, Nalwa was...

Taking Aerial Surveillance and Combat to the Next Level

  The globally operating company Schiebel Group focuses on the development, testing and production of the revolutionary CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). The company has ended 2021 on a satisfactory note, as its Chairman...

Combating Stealthy Drones: Scientists Turn to Hoverfly for Solution

With drones becoming more sophisticated and their detection becoming more difficult, scientists have now turned to the hoverfly also called flower flies with researchers reverse engineering the visual systems of hoverflies to detect drones'...

Kanhoji Angre – 18th century Maratha Navy Admiral

Kanhoji Angre (1667–1729) was the first notable chief of the Maratha Navy and popularly known as ‘Samudratla Shivaji’ (Shivaji of the seas). He occupies a unique position in India’s history as he was a...

Unprecedented Military Success of Shivaji as a Teenager

Legendary Maratha leader Chhatrapati Shivaji (1630–1680) was a member of the Bhonsle clan that carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur, which formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In...

QUAD Foreign Ministers Meeting Sidesteps Ukraine in Joint Statement, Focuses on Indo-Pacific, Pandemic and Brings into Sharp Relief India’s Growing Stature

  New Delhi: The Foreign Ministers of the four nation QUAD – India, US, Australia and Japan – at their fourth meeting held in Melbourne focused on a wide range of issues  with the grouping...

Budget 2022 Commits to Atmanirbharata in Defence

New Delhi: In keeping with the government’s commitment to Atmanirbhar or self-reliance in defence sector and boost the private sector, the Union Budget 2022-23 presented in Parliament February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has...

India-Central Asia Summit – January 27 to Boost Ties

  New Delhi: The upcoming virtual summit being hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 27 with Presidents of five Central Asian nations - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, assumes significance in...

Self-Reliance is Way Forward in Defence Sector, say Participants at a Seminar Ahead of DefExpo 2022

New Delhi: Even as the air is to clear over the holding of the 12th edition of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat which is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participants at...

DefExpo 2022 – Uncertainty Looms Over the Event?

  New Delhi: Even as preparations are on in full swing for the flagship event – DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar, uncertainty appears to loom over the event as the spectre of pandemic Covid-19 continues to...

Sino-Indian 14th Round Military Talks Deadlocked to ‘Meet Soon’

  New Delhi: Even as the 14th round of Corps Commander level talks between India and China on January 12, was deadlocked without any agreement, the two sides agreeing to meet soon was taken as a...

Army Working Towards ICDP Says Army Chief

Army Chief General M.M. Naravane said the Integrated Capability Development System (ICADS) promulgated by the Headquarters of Integrated Defence Staff (HQ-IDS) is being formulated and after completion of the five stage process, it will...

14th Round India-China Military Talks on January 12

New Delhi: Ahead of the 14th round of Corps Commander-level dialogue to be held in eastern Ladakh after three-month gap on January 12, there is need to examine the developments during this period which...
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