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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at flag-in ceremony of ARMEX-21 expedition team at South Block in New Delhi.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the flag-in ceremony of ARMEX-21 expedition team at South Block in New Delhi.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered grievance management application, in New Delhi.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, greets U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, upon his return at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacts with soldiers during his visit to Karu, Ladakh.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with troops of Indian Army’s 14 Corps in Ladakh.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Leh as he is on three day visit to Ladakh.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks during a visit to the INS Vikrant, an indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), in Kochi.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh waves during a visit to the INS Vikrant, an indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC), in Kochi.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived at Karwar Naval Base and received by Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, CinC Western Naval Command alongwith Rear Adm Mahesh Singh, FOK. Defence Mini...

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Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar addresses the plenary session of the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with the team of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports, Pahalgam and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, during the flag-in ...

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Ministry of Defence officials sign a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels (PCVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Panaji.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during inauguration of Kimin-Potin Road in Assam's Lakhimpur district.

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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during inauguration of Kimin-Potin Road in Assam's Lakhimpur district.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) via video conference, in New Delhi.

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DG Border Roads Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry briefs Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the achievements and ongoing projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), during the launch of ‘Ce...

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flags-off first ever Solo Woman Motorcycle Expedition by Ms Kanchan Ugursandi to Umling La Pass, Ladakh and back, at New Delhi.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Secretary (Defence Production) Raj Kumar, releases first edition of 'SIDM Members Directory 2020-21' - A 360...

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Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launches a ‘Services e-Health Assistance & Tele-consultation (SeHAT) OPD portal through video conferencing, Delhi.

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US Carried Out Airstrikes In Afghanistan, Says Pentagon

Taliban with their forces is now controlling more than 400 district centres, which is more than half of Afghanistan.

Jul 23, 2021

| PTI
Russia Successfully Test Launches Hypersonic Missile

Russia's Defence Ministry said the missile was launched from an Admiral Groshkov frigate located in the White Sea, in the north of Russia

Jul 19, 2021

| Associated Press (AP)
Army Chief Meets Italian Defence Minister, Discusses Military Cooperation

The Chief of Army Staff is on a two-day visit on the second leg of his two-nation tour of the UK and Italy.

Jul 08, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
'Kamikaze' Terror Drones Now A Tactical Weapon With Strategic Impact

How do we tackle these unseen and untracked monsters in skies?

Jun 30, 2021

| Major Manik M Jolly (Retd)
India To Roll Out New System To Deal With Drone Attacks, Other Emerging Challenges

A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has taken key decisions in this regard.

Jun 30, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Jammu IAF Attack: Drone Probably First Time Came 15-km Inside Indian Territory

What has raised concern this time is the distance travelled by drone and that too without being detected.

Jun 27, 2021

| Tarun Upadhyay
Classified UK Defence Documents With Secret Information About Warship Found At Bus Stop

An employee of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had reported the loss of the documents last week.

Jun 27, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Gen Rawat Chairs Meeting To Iron Out Differences On Rolling Out Theatre Commands

The sources said though the Army and the Navy were in favour of rolling out of the theatre commands, the Air Force has some reservations over them.

Jun 23, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
DRDO's Anti-Covid Drug Gets DCGI's Nod For Emergency Use

'The drug is expected to save precious lives due to the mechanism of operation of the drug in infected cells. This also reduces the hospital stay of COVID-19 patients,' the defence ministry said.

May 08, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Rajnath Singh Grants Emergency Financial Powers To Armed Forces To Fight Covid Crisis

The emergency powers were sanctioned to the armed forces last year too when the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out.

Apr 30, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau

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Rising Pitch Of Charges Over Rafale Deal Has Shades Of Bofors

Can the Rafale deal be as potent a scandal for the Modi government as Bofors had been for Rajiv Gandhi in 1987?

Sep 27, 2018

| Pranay Sharma
Ring The Ammo Import Panel

India’s security challenges, new and traditional, are the focus of this book. It also deals with concerns like internal, economic and cyber security.

Aug 29, 2018

| Manoj Joshi
Rafale Deal: This Secrecy May Be A Fig Leaf

Deviations from universal practices in bilateral deals, even regarding defence procurement, cannot be beyond the scrutiny of Parliament and the public

Aug 02, 2018

| Sudhansu Mohanty
The Cart Can’t Pull The Horse

And the Defence Planning Committee can’t really improve defence management

May 16, 2018

| Ashok K. Mehta
Leapfrog? Just A Chimera Chase

A reworked bid gifts India the prospect of owning 110 medium-role combat aircraft. Nevertheless, the IAF may be down to 15 squadrons by 2032.

Apr 11, 2018

| Manoj Joshi
Lessons Without A Leash

A new national-level ‘augmentation course’ has been introduced to make our canine soldiers smarter and teach them to listen and guard us better

Jan 18, 2018

| Arushi Bedi
Nationalism Made In USA

Defence cooperation is part of India’s increasing subordination to US geostrategy

Jan 18, 2018

| Prakash Karat
Finally, To Make A Plane And Fly It

An upgraded Dornier can be India’s first indigenous light civil transport aircraft. The decks are clearing.

Jan 11, 2018

| Ajay Sukumaran
Bright Spots In The Woods

An unconventional community initiative is helping kids in a tribal Kerala belt to face a broader world

Nov 09, 2017

| Minu Ittyipe
March, As The Money Jingles

Militaries have a stranglehold on the political economies of Southeast Asian nations. This superb work of research illuminates them like never before.

Oct 20, 2017

| C. Uday Bhaskar
Of Human Shields

Can one of the largest and most disciplined armies of the world use human shields?

May 25, 2017

| Rajesh Ramachandran
Kashmir Diary

Former Northern army chief Lt. Gen (Retd) D. S. Hooda on what motivates soldiers to live under rigid conditions in Kashmir, what motivates them to lay down their lives...

May 11, 2017

| Lt Gen (retd) D.S. Hooda