On June 26, 2025, the Indian Coast Guard launched ‘Adamya’, the first of eight Fast Patrol Vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited. Equipped with advanced technologies like Controllable Pitch Propellers and a 30mm naval gun, Adamya enhances India’s maritime security and reflects the nation’s commitment to self-reliance in shipbuilding.
By N. C. Bipindra Stockholm/New Delhi: A new nuclear arms race is accelerating across the globe, with South Asia and East Asia emerging as major flashpoints, according to the SIPRI Yearbook 2025, released June 16, 2025, by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The report warns of rising […]
By A Correspondent Bengaluru (Karnataka): India will host Asia’s largest air show at the Yelahanka air base here beginning Feb. 10, 2025, and it has attracted over 900 aerospace and defence companies, including 150+ foreign and 750+ Indian firms, to showcase their military hardware to the world. India’s […]
Taking another step towards realising our collective vision of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, India today approved the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and drone components. The PLI scheme comes as a follow-through of the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021 released by the Narendra Modi government on Aug. 25, 2021. “The PLI scheme and […]
New Delhi: With an expansionist People’s Republic of China (PRC) nibbling at India‘s borders, a group of experts have said that India should have a ‘One Tibet‘ policy and reject the unrealistic ‘One China‘ idea that the Communist Party of China (CCP) keeps floating. At a webinar organised […]
Lucknow: India-developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) from the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) stable received its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) today, as the Indian armed forces see a large demand for the three-ton class of rotary wing assets to boost their aviation operations. With the IOC in place, […]
