New Delhi: India and Moldova signed an agreement on visa waiver for diplomatic and official passports on Friday. The agreement will allow holders of diplomatic and official passports of either country to travel to the other, without a visa.Pavan Kapoor, secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ana Taban, ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova signed the

The Fujian is China’s first indigenous aircraft carrier designNew Delhi: China’s first super-carrier – an 80,000 tons warship called the Fujian – has returned to the port after completing its brief sea trial. The aircraft carrier, the most advanced warship of its class built by China, represents a significant milestone in China’s military and naval capabilities.The Fujian, or Type-003 class

New Delhi: In a significant boost to its surveillance capabilities along the Pakistan border, the Indian Army is set to receive the first Hermes-900 Starliner drone on June 18.The Hermes-900 known as the Drishti-10 drone is being supplied to Indian forces including Indian Army and Navy by Adani Defence Systems."The first of the two drones to be acquired by the Indian Army would be handed

New Delhi: Newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, arrived today in New Delhi to assume office, the Chinese Embassy in India announced in a statement.Officials from the Protocol Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Eritia’s Ambassador to India Alem Tsehaye Woldemariam and Minister Ma Jia, Minister Wang Lei, Minister Counselor Chen Jianjun from

Indian Coast Guard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hindalco Industries for manufacturing and supply of indigenous marine-grade aluminium for construction of ships.The Indian Coast Guard fleet is presently operating 67 ships with aluminium hull with capability of operating in shallow waters. Defence Ministry said, to further boost coastal security, Indian Coast Guard has

An analysis by Department of Telecom found that a staggering 20 lakh numbers were used with these mobile handsets. This effort aims to dismantle networks of fraudstersNew Delhi: The Centre on Friday directed telecom operators to block for blocking 28,200 mobile handsets and issued directions to re-verify 20 lakh mobile connections associated with these handsets.Ministry of Communications in a