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  New Delhi: The draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020 unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on March 20 aims at further increasing indigenous manufacturing and reducing timelines for procurement of defence equipment. These and several...

New Delhi: The north-eastern sea border got a big boost with the Indian Coast Guard ship Varad joining the fleet at Paradip in Odisha on March 18. It has joined as the third Offshore Patrol...

  New Delhi: Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar on March 19 laid the foundation stone for construction of the building of Pay Accounts Office (Other Ranks), Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre (RRRC) at Delhi Cantonment in...

New Delhi: The Indian Army with a strength of about 1.4 million personnel has overtaken China, which has cut down its strength by half, making India having the world’s largest ground force. China has now...

  Washington: Pentagon, the world’s largest office building, is shutting down to most visitors and allowing its staff to work remotely as part of enhanced precautionary measures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, according...

New Delhi: There has been an increase in the allocation and expenditure in respect of Indian Army in both revenue as well as capital budget over and above the previous year, a Parliamentary panel...

  New Delhi: The defence forces was examining how to supplement boots on the ground with the latest technology so as to optimise use of manpower, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat told...

  New Delhi: The step motherly treatment of the people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) is leading to increasing unrest and the possibility of their rising and demanding that they cannot be with Pakistan and...

New Delhi: Even as it battles the deadly Coronavirus Covid-19, spreading beyond its epicenter Wuhan, China continues to focus on expanding its navy to counter Taiwan. The Chinese state-run media reported that the country was...

  New Delhi: The government on March 12 asserted that 38,000 sq km of Indian territory was under China’s occupation in the Union Territory of Ladakh, and that Arunachal Pradesh and the entire Union Territories...

  New Delhi: Government is taking measures for modernisation of the Armed Forces through procurement of new equipment and upgrading of existing equipment so as to ensure that they are equipped to meet the entire...

New Delhi: With leadership having played a crucial role in the 1999 Kargil conflict, former Army Chief General VP Malik said that training leaders at all levels is necessary and the focus has to...

  New Delhi: India ranked second after Saudi Arabia in arms imports while it was ranked 23rd in arms exports with the main client countries being Myanmar (46 per cent), Sri Lanka (25 per cent)...