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Navy, Army and IAF finally agree to procure armed drones from US in $3 bn deal

The Navy, Army, and IAF's decision comes just days before US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's visit to India later this month.

Army denies ‘protocol violation’ as helicopter with two 3-star officers makes emergency landing

Incident brings back memories of 1963 crash that claimed lives of five top Indian military commanders, and led to new protocols regarding top officers flying in the same chopper.

Covid vaccination approved for kin of armed forces personnel, veterans in service hospitals

The process is likely to commence next week after completion of registration of armed forces medical facilities on Co-WIN.

Break down civil-military silos, indigenise customs & doctrines, Modi tells armed forces

Addressing Combined Commanders Conference in Gujarat, PM Modi highlighted the need to develop the military into a ‘future force’ taking note of rapidly changing technological landscape.

India’s resolute response on borders has helped in resolution of key issues — Rajnath Singh

The Defence Minister also said that India has nurtured close relations and partnerships with like-minded countries to further the common security interests.

2 accidents in 2 weeks kill 2 Army and BSF men, Ordnance Board ammo in spotlight again  

Both accidents involved the 105 mm field guns of Army and BSF, whose ammunition is manufactured by the Ordnance Factory Board.

China will continue to assert itself, seeks to dominate Indian Ocean Region, says CDS Rawat

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rawat also said India's armed forces will increasingly need to achieve more with less, which requires a relook at current force structures, doctrines & tech.

Jindal Steel, Russian team inspect Anil Ambani’s Gujarat shipyard that’s up for sale

Russia is eyeing the shipyard to buttress its pitch for building six new conventional submarines under Project 75 India, while Jindals see it as a captive client of its own.

Self-reliance in defence, cyber challenges in focus at Combined Commanders’ meet starting today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the Combined Commanders’ Conference, which will be held in Gujarat between 4 and 6 March.

India, Philippines sign key defence pact, set ball rolling for BrahMos missile sale 

The agreement is a framework for procurement of defence equipment by the Philippines from India but is not a contract for Brahmos supersonic missiles.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.