Armed Forces

On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman delivered her eighth consecutive budget speech for the Financial Year (FY) 2025-26, which allocated Rs 6.81 lakh crore for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This fiscal year's...

New Delhi: There is an imperative need to motivate students interested in defence and military technology and for this purpose Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) should set up research laboratories in premier institutes...

New Delhi: India achieved a historic milestone in defence technology by successfully conducting a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile on November 16.  The missile, indigenously developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation...

New Delhi: IIT-Kanpur recently made significant advancements in defence technology with the development of an indigenous drone tailored for the Indian Army, described as a "swadeshi" version of the Kamikaze drone. This innovative device...

New Delhi: The 17th edition of the India-Germany Military Cooperation Sub Group (MCSG) meeting held over two days from October 1 in Berlin. The discussions focused on new initiatives to further enhance the scope of...

Lucknow: The three-day Armed Forces Festival ‘Sashakt aur Surakshit Bharat: Transforming the Armed Forces’ which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on September 6, saw participation of Indian Institute of Technology...

Lucknow: The two-day Joint Commanders’ Conference in Lucknow concluded with a powerful focus on transforming India’s military for future challenges. The event, presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, brought together the top military...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2024, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 announced that the Government has allocated Rs 6,21,940 crore for defence spending in the Union Budget 2024-25 – up...

New Delhi: Giving further boost to aatmanirbharta and augment battle capabilities of the armed forces, especially to operate at high altitudes, the defence ministry has started the process to procure 156 light combat helicopters...

New Delhi: The Modi government has set a time frame of one year from the swearing-in of the new government next month for rolling out Theaterisation. Sources in the defence and security establishment said that...

Belfast: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius May 16 in Washington called for Berlin and Washington to hit 3 percent GDP spending on defence, while also stating his support for reintroducing conscription to the German...

New Delhi: The integrated tri-services exercise Bharat Shakti displayed the indigenous defence capability of the armed forces along with the integration and jointness that are being achieved in various aspects like communications, training, inter-operability...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the new state-of-the-art Admin-cum-Training building of the Naval War College at Goa on March 5, 2024. The modern edifice is named the ‘Chola’ in commemoration of the...