More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said.The troops retreated over the border to “save their own lives”, according to Continue Reading
With the revival of armed regional militias to stop the Afghan Taliban offensive, Afghanistan is edging towards a new civil war. Headed by old mujahideen warlords, these armed bands are Continue Reading
India successfully test-fired its next-generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile from a defence base off the Odisha coast, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said in a statement. The missile Continue Reading
GlobalFoundries is betting that as the global chip industry keeps spending money to accelerate toward the leading edge, those who hang back will enjoy their own spoils. “Legacy” and “mature” Continue Reading
The Army now wants to acquire 1,750 futuristic infantry combat vehicles (FICVs), with state of the art weapons and capable of swiftly transporting soldiers, through a new Make in India’ Continue Reading
Two bombs exploded on Wednesday morning near a ward administrator’s office in downtown Yangon, injuring two security officers.The newly appointed ward administrator, who came to check the scene, was shot Continue Reading
YANGON: Desperate residents of a Myanmar townhit by clashes between the military and an anti-junta defence force pleaded for help Wednesday as the UN warned the fighting may have forced Continue Reading
India is keeping a close watch as China takes the lead to mediate in Afghanistan as the US prepares to withdraw from the landlocked nation. While China has earlier tried Continue Reading
Cutting through the red-tape, the Union defence ministry has decided to ask the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to build a 4.25-kilometre tunnel under the 5,091-metre-high Shinkun La pass to make Continue Reading
BEML Limited, one of the leading public sectors under the Ministry of Defence, GoI, has rolled out the first prototype of Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II, built on BEML TATRA Continue Reading