The Indian Navy-US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Exercise 2026 will be conducted at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, from today till the 14th of this month. The Defence Ministry said the bilateral exercise aims to enhance interoperability and strengthen professional cooperation between the specialist diving and EOD teams of...
India on Thursday successfully concluded the Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers’ Meeting in Jaipur under its BRICS Chairship 2026, with member countries adopting a Joint Declaration aimed at strengthening industrial cooperation and promoting resilient, innovation-driven and sustainable growth across the BRICS bloc. Held under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation...
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Dhiraj Seth on Friday launched the indigenously developed Xtreme Weather Grade (XWG) Diesel, a specialised fuel designed to enhance the mobility and operational readiness of military vehicles in sub-zero temperatures. Developed jointly by the Indian Army and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the fuel...
The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in its new guidelines has stated that private space companies must limit the casualty risk of any planned space object re-entry to less than 1 in ten thousand. IN-SPACe, the single-window agency for all space-sector activities undertaken by private entities,...
The Indian Navy on Wednesday marked another milestone in its indigenous shipbuilding programme with the launch of Machilipatnam (BY 529), the seventh of eight Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). The vessel was launched at Cochin Shipyard by Goolrukh Anand in...
India’s ambitious human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, has achieved significant milestones, with critical launch systems, spacecraft components and mission infrastructure either completed or nearing readiness ahead of the first uncrewed mission, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Prime...
India has strongly condemned recent attacks on several maritime vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that targeting commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end. Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, said that after a brief pause in the ongoing conflict in the...
Indian Navy Sailing Ship Sudarshini has set sail for Portugal, wrapping up its month-long visit to the US to participate in the celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary of independence. "The Indian Naval Ship Sudarshini, a sail training vessel of the Indian Navy, departed Boston, USA, on July 25 as part...
India has delivered the first tranche of medical assistance to Kenya to strengthen the country's preparedness and response to the Ebola virus and other infectious diseases, according to an official statement. The first consignment, weighing 4.5 tonnes, was handed over by Indian High Commissioner Adarsh Swaika to Kenya's Cabinet Secretary...
India and Israel concluded the second round of negotiations for the proposed India-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA). During the four-day negotiations, between the 20th and 23rd of this month in New Delhi,  both sides held detailed discussions across all areas of the proposed Agreement and continued to make progress...