After a fiercely contested battle for becoming the national champion, the Yachting Association of India (YAI) Senior National Championship 2024 concluded with four Medal Races conducted on 18 May to decide the winners. Held from 12-18 May 2024 at the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre (INWTC) in Mumbai. The event offered challenging conditions, with winds…
Polling in the fifth phase of General Elections of India recorded an approximate voter turnout of 60.09 %. The same shall continue to be updated by the field level officers as polling parties keep returning and will be available PC wise (along with respective AC segments) live at VTR App, as was the case in…
Indigenisation in the defence sector under the Make in India policy has helped the Indian Army significantly cut down its dependence on ammunition imports to meet its requirements. Senior defence officials said the rise of the private sector industry in the field of ammunition has helped the force in a big way to achieve this….
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 16, 2024, at the Great Hall of the People. The meeting featured a guard of honor by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and underscored the deepening ties between the two nations. Putin emphasized the non-opportunistic nature of their relationship, while Xi described…
The Indian defence ministry has trashed reports that a model of a Chinook chopper installed by the DRDO at the 2020 edition of DefExpo went missing. Defence Ministry spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) never installed any helicopter model in Lucknow. “The news circulating about a DRDO installed…
Eight years after concluding the general framework of cooperation on the Chabahar port in Iran, India and Iran signed a 10-year contract for its operation. The long-term agreement was signed between Indian Ports Global Ltd. (IPGL) and Port and Maritime Organisation (PMO) of Iran, enabling operation of the Shahid-Behesti terminal. Subsequently, IPGL will invest approximately…
India dismissed the claim made by Maldivian Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon, alleging that Indian military helicopter pilots stationed in the Maldives carried out an unauthorised operation in 2019. In a statement, the High Commission of India in the Maldives asserted that Indian aviation platforms in the Maldives have always operated according to the “agreed procedures…
India’s Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra paid an official visit to the United Kingdom from 16-17 May, 2024 for the 16th round of Foreign Office Consultations with Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). During the visit, he also held meetings with MOS Foreign Office Lord Tariq Ahmad, MOS for Defence…
China and Cambodia held military naval exercises for the first time in Cambodian waters, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said. Three Chinese and Cambodian ships cooperated with each other to complete formation training and communication exercises on Sunday, the defense ministry said. More than 200 officers and soldiers from the Army, Navy and joint…
After a record voter turnout of 38.49% in Srinagar PC in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Baramulla Parliament Constituency now seems headed for the highest turnout in the last 8 Lok Sabha elections. Voter turnout of 54.21 % was recorded as of 5 PM today in the districts of Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora and…
