Progress on Positive Indigenisation List
Putting Atmanirbhar Bharat on fast track, 72 items out of total of 214 items mentioned in 1st and 2nd Positive Indiginisation List (PIL) have been indigenised by Defence Public Sector Continue Reading
India must rethink Myanmar policy as junta loses grip over territory
Myanmar’s military junta is fast losing control over large swathes of territory, especially in the strategic coastal province of Rakhine which may necessitate an urgent rethink of New Delhi’s policy Continue Reading
More Sukhois to be armed with BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with over 500km-range
Source – The Print ( Snehesh Alex Philip) BrahMos difficult to intercept by surface-to-air missilesUnlike the land-launched, the air version of BrahMos gives military planners more options to hit deeper Continue Reading
CANADA DOESN’T RECOGNISE KHALISTAN REFERENDUM: CONSUL GENERAL PATRICK HEBERT
Canada does not recognize the recent unofficial Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) referendum to express support for a separate Sikh nation-state, Consul General of Canada in Chandigarh Patrick Hebert remarked on Continue Reading
First made-in-India light combat helicopters for IAF today
Source – India news ( Swati Bhasin) The light combat helicopter weighs 5.8 tonne and has armour protection, night attack capability and crash-worthy landing gear for better survivability The first Continue Reading
After 8 Years of Service, India lost Contact with Mars Orbiter
Source: timesofindia.com BENGALURU: India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft, which was designed to last for six months when launched on November 5, 2013, has lost communication with the ground stations, bringing an Continue Reading
Abhinandan’s 51 Swordarms replaced by Mig-29 squadron
Source – TNN The IAF has kicked off the phased retirement of its existing four MiG-21 ‘Bison’ fighter squadrons, with the first one in Srinagar being “number-plated” on Friday. It Continue Reading
Frightening fighter jet gap in Indian Airforce
Between its 70th and 90th anniversaries, the Indian Air Force has seen considerable capability accretion across all domains. Over the first two decades of the new millennium, the IAF ordered Continue Reading
Indian Navy in Seychelles
The Indian Navy participated in its maiden exercise with the Bahrain-based multilateral partnership Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) as an associate partner earlier this week. At the India-U.S. 2+2 in April Continue Reading
India abstains at UNSC as Russia annexes Ukrainian territory
Source – World news ( Prashant Jha) Ten countries voted for the resolution. Along with India, China, Brazil and Gabon abstained. Russia, as a permanent member of the council, vetoed Continue Reading