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16th round of India-China talks yield ‘no immediate outcome’, parleys to continue

Corps commander-level talks between India and China were held for over 12 hours Sunday at Chushul-Moldo meeting point.

India’s submarine plans hit by dwindling fleet as Navy decommissions INS Sindhudhvaj

India is left with just 15 submarines, seven of which are the Russian Kilo class. Project 75 is in doldrums with foreign firms shying away from bidding process.

Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande leaves for Bangladesh on his maiden 3-day visit

The Chief of Army Staff is scheduled to hold one-on-one meetings with the three service chiefs of Bangladesh besides meeting senior leaders of the country, officials said.

As 16th round of India-China talks begin, Depsang Plains remains a challenge

Lt Gen. A. Sengupta, Commander of the 14 Corps, led the Indian delegation for the 16th round of talks held on the Indian side of Chushul Moldo Meeting Point.

As Indian Navy launches another indigenous ship, Dunagiri, a look at the building process

The 4th ship of the Project 17A Frigates, the in-house initiative of the Indian Navy as part of India's 'self reliance' objective, Dunagiri was launched in the Hooghly River at Kolkata Friday.

IAF chief against Air Defence Command without offensive abilities, calls it ‘ineffective’

Speaking at Centre for Joint Warfare Studies seminar, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said air power characteristics which give planner freedom to swing roles must be capitalised on.

Army likely to file for intellectual property rights over new digital-pattern uniform

Uniform designed by National Institute of Fashion Technology — ‘in close coordination’ with Army — described as unique in creation with ‘exclusive digital camouflage pattern’.

Army to conduct trials of AI enabled unmanned all-terrain vehicles in Ladakh next month

Trials will also be held in deserts before the Army selects its final product and goes for large scale acquisition.

Soft skill to tame the Dragon — Chinese interpreters for Territorial Army

Better language skill will help Indian teams to exchange viewpoints and to understand PLA during interactions such as Corps Commander-level talks, flag meetings, and joint exercises

India’s defence exports touch Rs 13,000 cr, private sector leads way with aerospace manufacturing

The Modi government has set a target of Rs 35,000 crore export in aerospace, and defence goods and services in the next five years.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.