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Indian Navy submarine & fishing vessel collide off Goa coast, search for 2 missing fishermen on

Collision happened Thursday evening when the submarine was making a transit between two ports, it is learnt. 11 of 13 crew members of fishing vessel rescued so far.

Restoring public confidence after Uber & Strava rows is crucial. Armed forces must give clarity

Self-styled experts on social media cannot be allowed to ridicule IAF. Domain experts from IDS must brief media on the Indian military's state-of-the-art information security structure.

Uber isn’t a threat to India’s national security. IAF, Navy withdrawing MoU is overreaction

Armed Forces personnel are vulnerable to major threats in the digital age. But these threats must be evaluated based on the likely perpetrator and their motive.

India must spend right for two-front deterrence. ‘Jugaad’ against China & Pakistan won’t cut it

India just needs clear deterrence against both likely adversaries. With China, it lies in raising costs of aggression to levels it should find unaffordable. For Pakistan, it has to be punitive.

Romeos done, Navy to install indigenous software-defined radio in all its aerial assets

SDR, which has been developed by Navy along with BEL, is already fitted in surface ships. Device helps in carrying out signal processing using radio frequency communication systems.

‘Humanity’, not ‘mankind’ & ‘mess staff’, not ‘mess man’. Navy takes step to adopt gender-neutral language

Navy has identified words used day-to-day to make them more gender-neutral. Moreover, all 3 services are ensuring provisions for women, like maternity leave, updated uniforms & more.

Rs 1,194 cr contracts signed during first 2 editions of Swavlamban summit, says vice chief of Navy

Vice Chief of Naval Staff Krishna Swaminathan was speaking at curtain-raiser of summit's 3rd edition, to be held on 28 & 29 October. Summit aims to boost self-reliance in different sectors.

After Modi, Rajnath Singh to travel to Russia in December, commission INS Tushil

INS Tushil is first of two stealth frigates being built by Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard under $2.5-billion inter-governmental deal with Russia for four ships.

BJP, Congress on same page over Telangana naval base. Both accusing BRS of missing wood for the trees

KTR alleges 12 lakh trees will have to be axed for naval base, but state govt officials maintain the number won't be more than 1,000 and that there will also be transplantation.

As Navy beefs up its submarine arsenal, here’s how VLF stations will provide secure communication

Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone for 2,900-acre Very Low Frequency (VLF) station in Telangana Tuesday. Apart from the new station, India has a VLF facility in Tirunelveli.

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