NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organisation’s top civilian official said Wednesday. “We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,”…

Shri Dinkar Asthana, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of The Gambia, with residence in Dakar. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Source: https://www.mea.gov.in/

NASA has awarded a Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract to the Lunar Dawn team, led by Lunar Outpost as the prime contractor along with its principal partner Lockheed Martin and teammates General Motors (GM), The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and MDA Space. Noteworthy, the diverse team combines proven robotic and human space exploration heritage, cutting edge technology and…

Shri Abhay Thakur, presently Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Source: https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/37746/Shri+Abhay+Thakur+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+Republic+of+the+Union+of+Myanmar

The Philippines is prepared to respond to China’s attempts to disrupt its supply missions in the South China Sea and protect its troops stationed in the waterway, a top security official said on Wednesday. Jonathan Malaya, the spokesperson of the National Security Council, said the Philippines is committed to maintaining its position at the Second…

A two-day Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach 01/24 involving all maritime security agencies of India was conducted in Union Territory of Lakshadweep from 01 to 02 April 2024. Notably, the assets of Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies were engaged in the exercise. Further, validation of effectiveness of…

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un attended and oversaw the test launch of a brand new intermediate-range sold fuel missile that carried a hypersonic warhead on Tuesday, the country’s official state media was cited as saying by Kyodo News According to Korean Central News Agency Kim Jong Un, attended the test launch of the solid…

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has said that Indian military personnel manning the second aviation platform would be withdrawn “within the current month” and reiterated that the entire process would be completed by May 10, a media report said here on Wednesday. Muizzu’s statement comes three weeks after the first batch of approximately 25 Indian military…

Foreign Ministers are gathering at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday (3 April 2024) for a two-day meeting to mark NATO’s 75th anniversary and to prepare for the upcoming Washington Summit in July. Since its creation on 4 April 1949, the transatlantic Alliance has grown from 12 founding members to 32 member countries, all working…

India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday met with his Russian counterpart Nikolay Patrushev and discussed measures to strengthen counter-terror cooperation. A special focus will be on the Afghanistan-Pakistan and Eurasian region in the backdrop of the recent terror strike in the Moscow region that killed 144 people. The two NSAs, who met at…