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TopicIndian Navy

Topic: Indian Navy

Payment hurdle fixed, Russia to build two stealth frigates for Indian Navy

The 2 advanced Talwar-class frigates are being built under a US$ 2.5 billion deal, with 2 more to be built in India’s Goa Shipyard with Russian help.

INS Vikrant will be delivered by 2021, fighter jet trials soon after that, Navy says

Top naval officer says construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard, is progressing at a 'brisk pace'.

Indian Navy says budget barely meets requirements, wants more funds for modernisation

The Navy has highlighted its high daily operative costs, maintenance of assets and the training of naval staff to seek more funds.

Selling INS Viraat as scrap is unfortunate but a financially-burdened Navy has no option

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Fire on Navy ship: Visakhapatnam is first of cutting-edge, indigenously-designed destroyers

The extent of damage on the under-construction Navy ship, Visakhapatnam, is still being ascertained, with an inquiry launched into the incident.

Wreckage of missing IAF’s AN-32 aircraft spotted in Arunachal Pradesh

The IAF aircraft went missing on 3 June with 13 personnel on board while on a routine flight from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian Navy base faces acute water crisis in Karwar, brings in supply from Mumbai

The Indian Navy's Karwar base requires nearly 6 MLD of water per day but has been receiving less than 1 MLD of water.

New Navy chief’s first order — no ‘quasi religious’ functions, please, we are the Navy

Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh wants to end ‘VIP culture’ within the Indian Navy, bats for greater equality within ranks in new order.

Search for missing IAF AN-32 aircraft continues, Navy joins efforts

The AN-32 aircraft went missing Monday with 13 people on board, 33 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam.

New Navy chief set to take over Friday but tribunal sword still hangs over appointment

Armed Forces Tribunal allowed appointment of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh but made it clear his continuation will be subject to a plea challenging it.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.