Defence News
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Women recruited in armed forces under SSC to get permanent commission
PTI | August 16, 2018 2:44 AMWomen officers recruited under the short service commission in the armed forces will get opportunity for permanent employment like their male counterparts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today in his Independence Day address.
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PM Modi Independence Day speech: All-women crew of INSV Tarini hailed for circumnavigating the globe
PTI | August 16, 2018 2:21 AMPrime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address today, hailed the all-women Indian Navy team that successfully circumnavigated the globe on board the INSV Tarini.
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Centre shortlists 3 firms for buying assault rifles for army
Huma Siddiqui | August 16, 2018 12:09 AMThree Indian companies have been shortlisted by the government for the procurement of 72,400 assault rifles and 93,895 CQB carbines for the Indian Army, and now await the final bidding.
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Chinese troops intruded 300m into Demchok in Eastern Ladakh last month: Sources
PTI | August 14, 2018 10:42 PMA group of Chinese Army personnel intruded around 300 metres into the Demchok area in eastern Ladakh and pitched four tents in the area last month, official sources said today.
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Independence Day: CRPF gets maximum bravery honours; 942 policemen decorated
PTI | August 14, 2018 3:12 PMTwo CRPF jawans from Kashmir who laid down their lives in the line of duty have been bestowed with country’s top police gallantry medal –PPMG– as the government today announced service decorations for a total of 942 state police and paramilitary personnel on the eve of the 72nd Independence Day.
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Kupwara encounter: Two Pakistani soldiers killed in gunfight with Army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir
PTI | August 14, 2018 3:00 PMTwo Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said here today.
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Video war over Rafale deal! Bitter start to 2019 campaign as Congress, BJP slug it out on social media
FE Online | August 14, 2018 12:11 PMWith Lok Sabha polls almost a year away, the Congress is looking to turn its charges against the Prime Minister on the Rafale deal as a major poll issue.
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Al-Qaeda’s AQIS ‘ideologically inclined’ to carry out attacks in India, says United Nations report
PTI | August 14, 2018 11:11 AMAl-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), the terror group’s newest affiliate, is “ideologically inclined” to carry out attacks inside India but its capability is believed to be low and is relatively isolated owing to increased security measures in the region, according to a UN report.
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Indian Navy to get 6 ‘Make in India’ offshore patrol vessels at Rs 4941 crore
PTI | August 14, 2018 11:03 AMThe defence ministry today approved a long-pending proposal to procure six indigenously manufactured next generation offshore patrol vessels (NGOPVs) for the Navy at a cost of Rs 4,941 crore, officials said.
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Doanld Trump signs $716 billion defence authorization bill
IANS | August 14, 2018 7:42 AMUS President Donald Trump on Monday signed the $716 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law.
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Will Aero India be held in Bengaluru? Defence Ministry yet to take a call; receives requests from many states
PTI | August 14, 2018 5:33 AMThe Defence Ministry has received requests from a number of states to host the next Aero India, amid reports that the mega aerospace event is being moved out of its traditional venue of Bengaluru.
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India should encourage Bhutan for increase in deployment of soldiers around North Doklam: Parliament panel
PTI | August 12, 2018 10:08 PMThe Parliamentary Panel on External Affairs, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, felt that increasing the number of soldiers in North Doklam was important for safeguarding India’s strategic interests in the region.
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Army finalises project to produce clothing, equipment for soldiers guarding Siachen glacier, Doklam
PTI | August 12, 2018 2:38 PMThe Army is giving final touches to a long-pending project to manufacture specialised clothing, sleeping kits and key equipment for its soldiers deployed in the Siachen glacier – the world’s most dangerous battlefield.
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Rafale row: Reliance says contract received from Dassault, not Defence Ministry
PTI | August 12, 2018 12:28 PMCaught in a political storm over the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group today denied receiving any contract from the Defence Ministry and said “unfounded and incorrect” allegations are being deliberately made to “mislead people and cloud the issue.”
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath lobbies for hosting Aero India
PTI | August 11, 2018 7:51 PMLobbying hard to host Aero India, the country’s biennial air show and aviation exhibition, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said his government would provide all possible help to organise the event.
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Look for markets abroad too, Nirmala Sitharaman urges Indian defence equipment manufacturers
PTI | August 11, 2018 7:37 PMDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today urged Indian defence equipment manufacturers to look beyond the domestic market and supply their products overseas, assuring them that her ministry will assist with whatever “handholding” is required to expand their reach.
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US, India may sign pact for transfer of communication security gear
Huma Siddiqui | August 11, 2018 4:58 AMAhead of the 2+2 India-US dialogue in the first week of September, the two countries are expected to ink the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) later this month.
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Rafale row: Congress President Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi government, says fighter jet deal ‘biggest ever’ defence scam
PTI | August 10, 2018 7:39 PMCongress president Rahul Gandhi today termed the Rafale fighter jet deal as the country’s “biggest ever” defence scam and blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for it.
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Maldives seeks scaling back of Indian presence as it woos China
Reuters | August 10, 2018 5:30 PMThe Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to New Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen’s China-backed government.
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Nuclear deal with US finest example of India’s foreign policy success, say former foreign secretaries Shyam Saran, S Jaishankar
IANS | August 10, 2018 5:04 PMIndia and the US have not done much nuclear business even a decade after the 2008 civil atomic deal was signed.
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India, Nepal border forces pledge to enhance security, intelligence sharing
PTI | August 10, 2018 4:52 PMThe border guarding forces of India and Nepal today resolved to enhance mutual cooperation and “timely” sharing of intelligence to check trans-border crimes along the 1,751-km porous frontier the two countries share.
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General Purna Chandra Thapa is new acting chief of Nepal Army
PTI | August 10, 2018 4:45 PMGeneral Purna Chandra Thapa, a decorated officer of the Nepal Army, has taken charge as the new acting Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Himalayan nation.
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers becomes first defence PSU to be TreDS activated; what it means
PTI | August 10, 2018 2:51 AMThe Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd today became the first Defence PSU to get itself activated on the TReDS (Trade Receivable Discounting System) platform with necessary IT integration, post completion of security checks and testing, a Defence spokesperson said here.
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Fighter plane’s tyre burst at Jodhpur airport
PTI | August 9, 2018 6:08 PMAir traffic at the Jodhpur Civil Airport was affected for nearly an hour today following a fighter aircraft tyre burst, officials said.
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Army chief Bipin Rawat reviews operational readiness of Brahmastra Corps
PTI | August 9, 2018 12:43 AMArmy chief General Bipin Rawat today visited the Brahmastra Corps at Panagarh in West Bengal to take stock of operational preparedness of the formation.
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India’s indigenous LCA Tejas capable of being backbone of IAF’s combat power: HAL chief T Suvarna Raju
PTI | August 8, 2018 11:25 PMIndigenously built Light CombatAircraft-Tejas is capable of being the “backbone” of IAF’s combat power in the years to come, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju said today after flying in it.
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Worry for India? Pakistani troops to receive training at Russian military institutes
PTI | August 8, 2018 5:51 PMFor the first time, Pakistani soldiers will undergo training at Russian military institutes after the two countries signed an agreement related to it, in a sign of further strengthening their defence ties amid Islamabad’s increasingly uneasy relations with the United States.
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