The visit by the foreign minister of Benin, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, to India has been concluded as the leaders of the two countries exchanged views on various regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest. The minister was notably on a two-day visit to India from December 16-18, 2023 with an aim to further strengthen bilateral…
India has stationed two guided-missile destroyers – INS Kochi and INS Kolkata – off the coast of Aden as part of maritime security in the north Arabian Sea. Notably, both the destroyers are patrolling the high seas off the coast of Aden as part of maritime security and anti-piracy operations. Even though the Indian Government…
Indian Coast Guard has deployed six Disaster Relief Teams (DRTs) for rescue and relief operations in Tamil Nadu after the state administration sought its assistance for rescue of stranded citizens and supply of relief material to the local population in the flood affected areas. An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of ICG with an integral helicopter on-board…
The Defence public sector undertaking shipyard, Mazagon Dockyards Limited (MDL) has submitted its response to the Indian Defence Ministry tender worth Rs 20000 Crores for building three new Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy. As of now, the bids by the DPSU have been received by the MoD for the mega project, which will be…
“Aditya-L1”, India’s first solar mission, will reach its destination, Lagrange Point 1, early next month, to be precise, around the first week of January 2024, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has confirmed. Meanwhile, ISRO will conduct a series of tests related to India’s maiden human Space mission, Gaganyaan, in the course of the next year,…
The thirteenth round of negotiations for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) took place from the 18 September to 15 December, 2023. The round included sessions both in person, in London and Delhi, and virtual talks. As with round 12, these negotiations focussed on complex issues including goods, services, and investment. The UK and India will…
Indian Navy and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Naval Headquarters symbolising their commitment to promote technology development, innovative solutions and joint R&D. Noteworthy, Rear Admiral K Srinivas, Asst Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refits) and Professor Subramaniam Ganesh, Officiating Director IIT Kanpur concluded this MoU. The…
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received a defence order of Rs. 4,522.25 Crore (Rs 5336 Crores after tax) from the Indian Army for the supply of Fuses for various calibres. This is over and above the other additional orders signed in December by the Defence PSU The above mentioned contract has been…
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has cleared the procurement of 6,400 new rockets for the Pinaka weapon system worth Rs 2800 Crores. Notably, the approval has been given to the acquisition of two types of these rockets, known as Area Denial Munition Type 2 and Type-3, defence sources told ANI. The rockets would be…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully test fired its in-house designed and developed SAMAR air defence missile system. Worth mentioning, the missile has been developed by a unit under the IAF’s Maintenance Command. It is to be noted that the IAF has developed the Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) air defence…
