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Topic: Karambir Singh

India’s three former service chiefs held a closed-door meet in Taiwan. Here’s the inside story

Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (IAF), Karambir Singh (Navy), and Manoj Mukund Naravane (Army) were invited by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ketagalan Forum.

Navy procuring 41 ships, plans to have 3 aircraft carriers in the future: Navy Chief

Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said the annual budget allocation had come down to 12% from 18% but assured the nation it was fully prepared to deal with security challenges.

Need to watch China’s global ambitions & respond within existing budget, says Navy chief

Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh’s remarks come a day after China releases defence white paper, mentioning increased global focus of its military.

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.

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is new Navy chief, supersedes Vice Admiral Bimal Verma

This is the 2nd time that officers of the armed forces have been superseded under the Modi regime — after the elevation of Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat.

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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.