Administration says visit cancelled due to 'logistics issue' as over 60 delegates had to be catered to, but security apprehensions may have triggered the change of plans, it is learnt.
Navy deployed assets in southern Indian Ocean in response to inputs about sinking of Chinese fishing vessel Lupeng Yuanyu 028 with 39 crew members onboard.
P-8I was deployed during 2017 India-China standoff in Doklam & 2020 border row in Ladakh, due to its radar capabilities to carry out surveillance and improved readings of on-ground situation.
The development comes amid US-led sanctions on Aeroflot & Mahan Air due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine & an alleged plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to America in 2011.
Review by committee set up by Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification found no design flaw, but metallurgical issues & maintenance problems at the service level, it is learnt.
Rationale behind change is that officers holding rank of Brigadier & above are mostly posted at headquarters or establishments where officers from across Arms & Services work together.
Attack on 20 April was carried out by a combined team of JeM & LeT operatives. JeM’s 'proxy outfit' PAFF says it will release full footage of Poonch ambush.
The first ‘made-in-India’ C-295 will be rolled out in 2026 and the entire order is slated to be completed by 2031, at the rate of eight aircraft per year.
According to a 2014 study, the proportion of SC/ST employees in high-level positions was positively associated with Railway’s productivity and productivity growth.
Statement follows social media posts giving out names of 21 officers belonging to one of two Manipur communities locked in violence — Kukis and Meiteis — and alleges favouritism.