As part of Indian Navy’s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash arrived at St Denis, Reunion Island, France yesterday, on 03 Oct 19 for a three day visit. INS Tarkash, commanded by Captain Sathish Vasudev, is a potent frontline frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of […]
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Bangladesh Naval Ship Somudra Avijan arrives in Visakhapatnam
Bangladesh Naval Ship (BNS) Somudra Avijan arrived Visakhapatnam on a four-day visit to the Eastern Naval Command(ENC) yesterday, 14 Sep 19. The Bangladesh Navy ship was accorded a warm welcome by officials from the ENC and Eastern Fleet with the Indian Naval Band in attendance on arrival. During the ship’s stay at Visakhapatnam, a series […]
Successful flight-tests of Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile
In a major boost for Indian Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) yesterday successfully flight tested indigenously developed low weight, fire and forget Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The missile was launched from a man portable Tripod launcher and the target was mimicking a functional tank. […]
Indian Naval Ship Tarkash makes a port call at Cadiz, Spain
In continuation of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made a port call at Cadiz, Spain today, on 19 Aug 19 for a three days visit. The port call by INS Tarkash at Cadiz is a demonstration of India’s warm ties with Spain and its commitment to […]
Second India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue held
The Second India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED) was held today in New Delhi, under the chairmanship of Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog and Mr. TimurMaksimov, Deputy Minister of the Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The Second meeting of the IRSED focussed on six core areas of cooperation, namely, […]
Close coast surveillance on mind, India commissions Coast Guard Vessel C-441
A new Coast Guard vessel was commissioned by Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala Tom Jose at Vizhinjam harbour, today, under the aegis of Regional Commander Western Region, Inspector General Vijay D. Chafekar. The function was witnessed by senior officers from Army, Navy, Air Force, BSF, Police, Airport Authority, Central & State Authorities and National Cadet […]
India and Thailand hold office consultation on security and economy
The Fifth Foreign Office Consultations between India and Thailand was held on 18 March 2019 in Bangkok. The Indian side was led by Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary(East), Ministry of External Affairs and the Thai side was led by Busaya Mathelin, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cabinet condoles demise of Manohar Parrikar, lists his achievements, […]
India successfully test fires the Guided PINAKA from Pokhran ranges
Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) yesterday successfully test fired the Guided PINAKA from Pokhran ranges. The weapon system is equipped with state-of-the-art guidance kit comprising of an advanced navigation and control system. In both the missions, the weapon systems impacted the intended targets with high precision and achieved desired accuracies. Telemetry Systems tracked and […]
Bulk production clearance for Dhanush Artillery Gun
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has received the bulk production clearance (BPC) from the Indian Army and the Ministry of Defence on February 18, 2018 for production of 114 nos of ‘Dhanush’, the first ever indigenous 155mm x 45 calibre artillery gun. The weapon is the first long rang artillery gun to be produced in India […]
Parallel Taxi Track Operation by all women crew
In a first for the Indian Air Force,the “OTTERS” squadron of Western Air Command has undertaken Parallel Taxi Track (PTT) Operations with a full women crew in the Dornier 228 aircraft. The pilots, Sqn Ldr Kamaljeet Kaur and her co-pilot Sqn Ldr Rakhi Bhandari carried out successful parallel taxi track landing and take-off operations at […]