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Actually, the Indian Air Force has never been without a Dassault aircraft

IAF has been using fighter jets made by Dassault, a French company since 1953. It deployed Mirage 2000 to drop laser-guided bombs during Kargil war.

The Indian Army surgical strike people do not know about

Arun Shourie discussed with ThePrint an operation conducted under PM Vajpayee that he described as much bigger than the one in 2016.

Russia is said to plan air-defence deal with India next week

Russia is expected to supply advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India.

After resignations by J&K’s special police officers, Modi govt gives them a pay hike

Being locals, the SPOs, who fight militancy alongside the army and regular police, have emerged as the most vulnerable targets for militants in the Valley.

What happened when Nehru and a former Nazi Germany engineer built first & only India-made operational combat fighter

The HF-24 Marut, which could carry 1,800 kg of bombs, 100 rockets (68 mm) and four 30 mm cannons, played a role in the famous Battle of Longewala.

This is what China is doing to protect its nuclear weapons

China is working on the development of super-hardened silo technology for its Dong Feng missiles at Taiyuan Space Launch Centre in Shanxi province.

Indian Navy in desperate hunt to find badly injured sailor far away from help at sea

Indian Navy’s Commander Abhilash Tomy is incapacitated in his vessel, which was damaged in a storm Friday.

Without proof, Rahul Gandhi’s allegations on Rafale are baseless: Rajnath Singh

Singh said that without a verification of Hollande's claims on Ambani's role in the Rafale deal, no conclusions can be drawn.

Dassault contradicts Hollande, says it chose Reliance Defence for Rafale offsets

Dassault statement comes a day after former French president Hollande claimed that the Indian government proposed Reliance Defence. 

Dassault didn’t pick Anil Ambani’s Reliance as Rafale partner: French ex-president

Francois Hollande’s claim could mean trouble for Modi govt which has so far maintained it had no role to play in selection of Reliance Defence.

On Camera

Education, aspiration & 3 de-hyphenations: A changing Kashmir votes and vents

In Kashmir Valley, 3 de-hyphenations stand out. Youth have de-hyphenated from radicalism; de-hyphenation with Pakistan; and security agencies’ success in de-hyphenating weapons and people.

Indian airports currently lag behind global ones in a key revenue stream, but change is in the air

India’s major airports earned average of $4.3/customer in 2023-24 from non-aeronautical sources, much lesser than $7.2-15.9 of global ones, according to rating agency ICRA.

Indian Coast Guard conducts pollution response seminar and mock drill in West Bengal

The event was organized by the ICG at its headquarters coast guard district.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?