Tokyo: India’s Rajnath Singh co-chaired the Japan-India Defence Ministerial Meeting with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi lwaya here today. During the dialogue, the two ministers discussed various issues of mutual concern, including ways to further strengthen the existing bilateral co-operative arrangements and adopt new initiatives towards achieving peace and […]
Pathankot (Punjab): Glimpses of a sortie of Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, along with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was on August 15 named for Vir Chakra, here today. This was the last sortie flown by the Chief of Air Staff in a […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence has made projections to the 15th Finance Commission for budgetary support to fund the armed forces’ modernisation projects. The commission, headed by former bureacraft N. K. Singh, held a meeting with the defence ministry officials led by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
Dr Ajay Kumar, a 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Kerala cadre, has been appointed as Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr Kumar, who will replace Shri Sanjay Mitra, a 1982-batch IAS officer of […]
India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh has approved certain decisions regarding re-organisation of Army headquarters (HQ). The approval has been given based on a detailed internal study conducted by the Army headquarters. The decisions are as follows: A separate Vigilance Cell under COAS with Tri-Services representation – At […]
India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with United States of America Secretary of Defence Dr. Mark T. Esper on Aug 20. Rajnath Singh congratulated Dr. Esper on his appointment as the US Secretary of Defense. Both the ministers expressed happiness at the significant progress […]
New Delhi: India today decided to revise its defence procurement rules, to simplify the acquisition process of arms and ammunition, apart from making the procedures inclusive of the entire military industrial ecosystem. The exercise is to be completed in six months from now. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
United Nations: Pakistan today failed at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in raising Jammu and Kashmir’s status after India abrogated the autonomy of the region under the Indian Constitution earlier this month. China and Pakistan even together couldn’t prevail over UNSC to take up the matter. UNSC instead […]
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today said it doesn’t intend to privatise the 41 ordnance factories, but only provide it a corporate character to ensure efficiency in their functioning. At a meeting between the ministry officials’ committee and labour union leaders today, in continuation of a similar […]
Pokhran (Rajasthan): India today hinted that its nuclear weapons doctrine of ‘no first use’ against a rival could change based on future circumstances. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, after paying homage to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajyapee at the nuclear weapons testing site here, told reporters that […]
New Delhi: India will soon have a single-point military adviser for the government to ensure better synergy among the four armed forces of the nation in planning their future. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff, most possibly a four-star […]
New Delhi: India is trying to prevent its 164,000 employees of its 41 ordnance factories that manufacture weapons for its 1.4-million armed forces from going on a strike from August 20. The labour unions of the 41 ordnance factories had issued a notice to the Ordnance Factory Board […]
New Delhi: India has reserved defence modernisation projects worth 500 billion rupees ($7 billion) for startup, Department of Defence Production Joint Secretary Sanjay Jaju said today. At a Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers seminar on ‘Startups-Cutting Edge for Technology Infusion into Defence’ here, Jaju said the Government of […]
By General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Army Staff Snap Shot Have to look beyond state-owned military production, research efforts Startups, Corporate have to join hands for technology infusion Mechanism being worked out for startup involvement in defence sector The Government of India has spoken a lot about […]
