India and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence cooperation during the 13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting held in New Delhi . The meeting was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UAE’s Under Secretary of Defense Lieutenant General Ibrahim Nasser Alawi,...
India launched on Wednesday a $1.5 billion, first-of-its-kind radar imaging satellite built in collaboration with NASA, deploying it to help enhance global monitoring of climate change and natural disasters. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, is the first such collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation and U.S....
In a step towards achieving self-reliance in defence, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commenced construction of its first indigenously built Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) at the Chowgule & Company Pvt. Ltd. shipyard in Goa. The girder laying and commencement of erection ceremony on Wednesday marked a key milestone...
The first images of Earth were captured in 1946 through a motion camera picture. The world stood still from far above while its floor held the chaos on its surface and beneath all the land. Almost eight decades from then, the world will now see what is on and...
The 14th edition of the India-Singapore Joint Military Exercise commenced  in Jodhpur. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra will continue till the 4th of next month. The exercise will be conducted as a tabletop exercise and computer-based wargame aimed at validating operational procedures for mechanised warfare. It will culminate in an equipment display...
India has sent a consignment of humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia. In a social media post, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said that the consignment consists of 10 tonnes, which includes essential medicines, surgical items, hospital essentials and biomedical equipment. He also added that India...
Development and ground testing of the Human-Rated Launch Vehicle of the country’s first human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, has been completed. This was stated by Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha The Minister said, propulsion systems for the crew module and service...
The Ministry of Tourism has rolled out operational guidelines for the ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment – Development of Iconic Tourist Centres to Global Scale’ (SASCI) scheme, aimed at transforming select tourist destinations into globally competitive attractions. Under the scheme, the Centre intends to provide funding support for...
The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, will launch the NISAR Earth Observation satellite, developed jointly with the American space agency NASA, on the 30th of this month at 1740 hours from Sriharikota. GSLV F16 heavy lift rocket will place the satellite into a 743 km Sun Synchronous orbit. The NISAR...
The ED or Enforcement Directorate issued a legal notice to tech giants Meta and Google in an illegal betting app probe ED summoned representatives from both companies to appear at its Delhi headquarters on July 21 2025. The Enforcement Directorate is a law enforcement agency of the Government of India....