New Delhi, September 19,2 022: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay an official visit to Egypt from September 19-20, 2022. During the visit, Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral talks with Minister of Defence and Defence Production, General Mohamed Zaki. The two Ministers will review the bilateral defence ties, explore new initiatives to intensify military-to-military engagements […]
New Delhi, May 17, 2021: The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and handed over to Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Tech and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on May 17, 2021. One box each of the […]
New Delhi, March 14, 2021: Secretary of Defence of United States of America, General Lloyd J Austin will visit India from 19 to 21 March 2021. During his visit, Secretary Lloyd J Austin is expected to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior dignitaries of the Government of India. Both Sides are expected to discuss […]
New Delhi, September 4, 2020: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by delegation including Defence Secretary and other senior officials is visiting Moscow to participate in the 75th Anniversary Event to commemorate Victory Day by the Russian Federation in the meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Commonwealth of […]
New Delhi, August 9, 2020: Ministry of Defence has put an import embargo on a number of items. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the Nation on May 12, 2020 had given a clarion call for a self-reliant India based on the five pillars, i.e., Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography & Demand and announced […]
Rajnath Singh on July 10, 2020, spoke over telephone with Minister of National Defence of Republic of Korea (RoK) Jeong Kyeong-Doo. The two Defence Ministers had discussions on issues pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Rajnath Singh informed JeongKyeong-Doo on India’s contribution to international efforts against COVID-19 and discussed areas of mutual cooperation in the […]
Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Russian Federation from November 5-7, 2019 to co-chair 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) in Moscow. During his visit, the Defence Minister is expected to hold extensive discussions with Defence Minister of Russian Federation General Sergei Shoigu covering all areas of military-to-military cooperation and defence […]
Rajnath Singh held bilateral consultations with Defence Minister of Uzbekistan Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov during his visit to Tashkent in Uzbekistan from November 1-3, 2019. This was the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to Uzbekistan in about 15 years. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction at the enhanced level of defence […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India in the meeting of Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 1-2 November 2019. This will be the third CHG meeting after India became member of SCO. The last two CHG meetings were held on 30 November – 1 December […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for admission of girl children in Sainik schools w.e.f. academic session 2021-22 in a phased manner. The decision has been taken following the success of the pilot project started by the Ministry of Defence for admission of girl children in Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram two years […]
