China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage aired by Chinese state television and a video released by the Russian navy showed the ongoing drill, known as “Marine Security Belt 2024.” China sent the…
The Department of Defense (DoD) of United States (US) has announced additional security assistance as an extraordinary measure to address some of Ukraine’s most pressing security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration’s fifty-fifth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA)…
A light combat aircraft Tejas crashed near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on Tuesday during an operational training sortie, the first such incident involving the indigenously-built jet. However, the pilot was ejected safely and no casualties were reported. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), IAF said “One Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force met with…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it had fired more than 100 Katyusha rockets at several Israeli military posts in response to Israeli shelling of the Bekaa region the previous night. At least one civilian was killed and several others were injured after Israel launched four strikes on the eastern Lebanese city Baalbek, two security…
The Danish Parliamentary Committee for Higher Education and Science met the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation/ Secretary, Department of Space (DoS) on March 8, 2024. The Danish Committee was headed by H.E. Ms. Katrine Robsoe. Senior officials of ISRO/DoS participated in the meeting. Noteworthy, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the national space agency of…
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S. Jaishankar, paid a visit to Japan on 07-09 March 2024. EAM called on H. E. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, and conveyed Prime Minister Modi’s greetings to him. EAM also briefed PM Kishida about recent developments in India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, and sought his…
In an overnight joint operation during intervening nights of 11 & 12 Mar 2024, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), based on intelligence inputs, apprehended a Pakistani Boat with 06 crew and narcotics onboard, worth approximately Rs 480 Crores. The Boat was apprehended about 350 Km from Porbandar into Arabian Sea in a sea-air coordinated operation…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s outreach to Russian President Vladimir Putin helped prevent a ‘potential nuclear attack’ on Ukraine in 2022, CNN reported on Saturday. In late 2022, the US began preparing for Russia potentially striking Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, in what would have been the first nuclear attack in…
Maldives has, for the first time, acquired surveillance drones from Turkiye for patrolling its vast exclusive economic zone, Turkish media reports. According to the report, efforts have begun by the state to establish a drone base in Noonu atoll Maafaru to operate the military drones brought from Turkiye to conduct monitoring of Maldives’ ocean territories….
Border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh agreed to undertake joint efforts to “bring down to absolute minimum” the incidents of attack on BSF personnel by criminals from the neighbouring country along the 4,096-km-long International Border (IB) shared by them, an official statement said. The bi-annual Director General (DG) level talks between the Border Security…
