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The Indian Army is betting big on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deal with threats. (AP File Photo)

Army deploys AI-based surveillance system

Indian Army deployed an AI-based suspicious vehicle recognition system in eight locations in northern and southern theatres

06 Aug 2022 11:19 PM

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the National War Memorial on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath approves swarm drones buy

Drone swarms is a new frontier in military tech, where hundreds of small drones in a coordinated manner are programmed to take down a target

26 Jul 2022 11:32 PM

As per the Army’s RFI, the network must be inaccessible to an unauthorised and illegitimate user and other radio access technology (RAT) networks. — Representational Image/Flickr

Indian Army issues RFI to set up 5G network at 18,000 feet heights

The Army has come out with Request for Information (RFI) to set up 4G and 5G-based mobile cellular communication network

26 Jul 2022 9:59 AM

The first reports of the construction of the Chinese village “Pangda”, which is around 2 km within Bhutan, had first appeared in 2020. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Chinese villages in Bhutan's Doklam now fully occupied

Satellite images show China is nearing completion of a second village and starting the construction of another village

21 Jul 2022 7:43 AM

The talks are being held at a time of increased tensions in the skies over the LAC as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force is carrying out aggressive exercises in the Tibet region. (PTI file image)

Amid growing tensions: India, China hold 16th round of talks

The 15th round of talks in March had failed to achieve any breakthrough in further disengagement from the friction points in Ladakh

18 Jul 2022 7:36 AM

With the delivery of Vikrant, India will join a select group of nations with the capability to indigenously design and build an aircraft-carrier. (Image: Indian Navy)

New INS Vikrant to join Navy in mid-August

With the delivery of Vikrant, India will join a select group of nations who can indigenously design and build an aircraft-carrier

11 Jul 2022 7:32 AM

(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)

Army and Navy recruitment process under Agnipath starts

The Indian Army plans to recruit 40,000 soldiers under the Agnipath scheme in the current financial year in two batches

02 Jul 2022 7:09 AM

Government unveils Agnipath, radical new plan to recruit youths to armed forces

After the completion of four years, up to 25% of the Agniveers from a batch would be selected to serve as regular cadre in the armed forces

14 Jun 2022 11:30 PM

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a plenary session at the 19th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP /Danial Hakim)

China is hardening its position along LAC; US Secretary of Defense

This is the second time this week that a senior US official has commented on the India-China stand-off

12 Jun 2022 6:43 AM

The post of CDS has been vacant after the death of General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in December last year. (ANI)

Centre amends rule for appointment of CDS, retired officers in fray

This is for the first time that retired Lts. General, Air Marshals and Vice-Admirals will also be eligible for the post of CDS

08 Jun 2022 7:22 AM

A generation of Indians from all over the country from last 50 years have visited Amar Jawan Jyoti to pay their respect to fallen Indian soldiers and it has etched strongly in the emotional psyche of Indians. (Twitter)

Inverted Rifle, helmet shifted from India Gate to War Memorial

In January, the eternal flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti was extinguished

28 May 2022 11:12 AM

Abhilasha Barak was awarded the coveted “wings” along with 36 Army pilots by the director-general and colonel commandant of Army Aviation at a valedictory ceremony at the Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik. (Twitter)

Army gets first woman combat aviator

Capt. Abhilasha Barak, who hails from Haryana, was commissioned in the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018

26 May 2022 7:15 AM

Abhilasha Barak to be first woman to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator

Capt. Abhilasha Barak, who hails from Haryana, was commissioned in the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018

26 May 2022 12:06 AM

China trying to prolong Ladakh's standoff to keep boundary issue alive: Army chief

Pande also said in the last couple of years the Army has decided to rebalance and reorient to deal with the situation in eastern Ladakh

10 May 2022 1:23 AM

General Manoj Pande takes over as the 29th Chief of Defence Staff (COAS) of Indian Army from General MM Naravane. (PTI Photo)

General Pande takes charge as 29th Chief of Army Staff

Pande, who was serving as VC of Army Staff is the first-ever officer commissioned into the Corps of Engineers to become the Army chief

01 May 2022 12:58 AM

Lieutenant General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju. — By arrangement

Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju to take over as army vice-chief

Lt. Gen. Raju's appointment is one of rare instances as he has been promoted as Vice Chief without heading any of Army’s regional commands

30 Apr 2022 9:48 AM

Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari speaking at a seminar on logistics, organised by IAF on the theme ‘Orchestrating Logistics Support for Air Combat Operations’. (Photo: Twitter)

Air Chief says IAF must be ready for small, intense ops at ‘short notice’

This new paradigm of high-intensity ops, coupled with minimal build-up time will require major operation logistics changes, said Chaudhari

29 Apr 2022 12:26 AM

Newly appointed Chief of the Army Staff Lieutenant General Manoj Pande. Pande will assume charge on May 1. (PTI Photo)

Lt.Gen. Manoj Pande is next Chief of Army

Lt. Gen Pande, now serving as the Army’s vice-chief, will be the first officer commissioned into the Corps of Engineers to become Army Chief

19 Apr 2022 7:26 AM

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh. (PTI)

Negative list will push India's defence self-reliance: Rajnath

These include sensors, weapons and ammunition, naval utility helicopters, patrol vessels, anti-ship missile and anti-radiation missiles

08 Apr 2022 12:59 AM

Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the second part of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (SANSAD TV/PTI)

Rajnath Singh assures Parliament that Indian missile system is reliable and safe

He, however, did not elaborate on the lapse last week when an Indian missile got released 'accidentally' and landed in Pakistan's territory

16 Mar 2022 2:21 AM

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