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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicMilitary spending

Topic: military spending

Global defence spending rose to $2.46 trillion in 2024 amid security challenges, shows IISS report

Data published by International Institute of Strategic Studies shows US, China and Russia were the top 3 countries with the largest defence budgets.

‘Flying rivers’ causing floods in India & Modi has to ‘spend more’ to build military — global media

Reports also discuss Indian diaspora's 'distrust' of Donald Trump, Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo, and Maldives-India ties.

India 4th highest military spender, China at $296 billion second only to US, says SIPRI report

America spent a whopping $916 bn, accounting for 37 percent of the total global expenditure. Russia, India & Saudi Arabia occupy next three spots.

Losses to Russian military power, 7% rise in China’s defence spending in 2022, finds IISS

Ukraine war increased defence spending across Europe; China's budget has affected its neighbours, finds Military Balance

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India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.