By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As the world economies, shaken by COVID-19, look to relocate their manufacturing facilities from China, India today urged the member-states of a Bay of Bengal regional group to seize the opportunity to drive the industry shift to the region. “The shock of the […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Locked in a bitter turf war with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, India today reminded the Asian giant not to vitiate border peace if it wanted to grow bilateral relations. The tension in the Galwan Valley has persisted […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: On a day India said it was trying to de-escalate border tension with China in eastern Ladakh, the Asian giant added fuel to fire by repeating its claims over the Galwan Valley, the site of the June 25 bloody brawl in which 20 […]
(Editor’s Note: Opinions expressed are that of the writer’s) By Lieutenant Colonel Manoj K. Channan Post June 15/16 clash this year, China and India have reviewed and played up their ‘Perception Management’. The lull in the activities had seen some Indian soldiers in Chinese captivity being released, as […]
China too faces heavy casualties, war fears loom (Editor’s Note: The story was updated with ANI’s tweet on Chinese military casualties in paragraph 6.) New Delhi: As the world grapples with the battle against COVID-19, it is staring at the worst military conflict in 45 years between India […]
New Delhi: India today summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission Haider Shah and lodged a strong protest with him over the abduction and torture of two officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad by the Pakistani security agencies. The abduction, said India, violated the […]
New Delhi: A miffed India today downplayed a provocation from Nepal, made ostensibly at the behest of China, as the Himalayan country approved a map showing parts of Indian territory as its own. The controversy over the map, showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as Nepalese territory amidst a […]
New Delhi: India and China are actively engaged through diplomatic and military channels to peacefully resolve the ongoing dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the two sides have said in a sort of relief to the global community. The border tension, with a […]
New Delhi: In a strong message, India today asked two Pakistan High Commission staffers to leave the country over spying charges and has lodged a stern complaint with the neighbouring nation’s charge de’affaires here. The move came after security forces caught two Pakistan High Commission officials, Abeed Hussain […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today reminded China to honour the five existing bilateral peace agreements between the two countries since 1993, while reiterating that the nation was prepared to protect its sovereignty and national security. Responding to queries over the border stand-off along the Line of […]
By Rahul Bedi The mounting anxiety and steadfast focus on the proliferating Coronavirus pandemic has clearly eclipsed the assortment of material contracts that India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed over the past fortnight, alongside numerous others which are imminent. Starting in late February, when the corona contagion […]
New Delhi: Indian company Jindal Defence, part of O P Jindal Group, today announced its advent into small arms manufacturing in India. In a move aimed towards empowering indigenous manufacturing, Jindal Defence has signed a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Taurus Armas S.A., of Brazil for manufacturing an […]
New Delhi: India has set a target of $5 billion defence exports by 2025 and to achieve this target, the Narendra Modi government has taken several steps and carried out reforms in the policy, enabling seven-fold growth in defence export authorisation in the last two years. The measures […]
