India and US to initiate negotiations on 'Security of Supply Arrangement and a Reciprocal Defence Procurement Agreement' to promote long-term supply chain stability.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Austin will hold talks on Monday on a host of issues relating to bilateral defence cooperation, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
Doval met Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. India is SCO chair and Iran is set to be made a permanent member of grouping at its annual summit this year.
Pakistan instead sent in Wali Ahmed Khan, special assistant to its PM. All SCO member nations also signed a protocol, expressing their collective will to make the region secure, peaceful.
Gen Li will be in India for Shanghai Cooperation meet. This will be the 1st visit by a Chinese defence minister since tensions broke out at LAC between the two nations in eastern Ladakh in 2020.
Armed forces will have to prioritise Indian entities when placing orders for procurement. Move will strengthen security grid & bolster economy, said defence minister Rajnath Singh.
The proposals include six for the Army, six for IAF, and 10 for Indian Navy. Twenty-one of these worth Rs 82,127 crore have been approved for procurement through indigenous route.
The Union Defence Minister has asked the Directorate General Defence Estates (DGE) to effectively deal with encroachment & 'unnecessary' disputes at the Defence Estate Day function in New Delhi.
The test was done with all Ballistic Missile Defence weapon system elements at different geographical locations. Defence Minister congratulated DRDO & others for the successful trial.
Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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