Prominent Indian-American community organisations have urged the Chancellor of Rutgers University in New Jersey not to allow the display of a separatist Kashmiri flag on its campus, asserting it would send a wrong message amidst the current chaos at leading US educational institutions against Israel’s war in Gaza.Leading universities across the US are witnessing protests against Israeli military

Poonch: A military operation against terrorists has started in woods of Gursai Mendhar area of the Poonch on Saturday after militants attacked a vehicle belonging to Indian Air Force or Military Engineering Services (MES, officials said.One soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday,

NEW DELHI: The arrest of three India nationals by the Canadian police for their alleged role in the killing of Khalistani operative Hardeep Singh Nijjar is likely to confirm the assessment of Indian authorities that Nijjar’s killing was the fallout of a gang war and a fight for the control of the resource-rich gurdwaras of Canada. The Canadian government under Justin Trudeau, for the last one

Rajender Singh Bhatia, President of Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, spoke on growth and challenges in the defence sector. Excerpts:How do you rate the performance of the NDA on a scale of 1 to 5?In 2002, the defence procurement procedure was a secret document. But today not only is the procurement process transparent and open, but it is also a consultative mechanism.As far as the policy

The Ministry of Defence has signed agreements worth ₹9,900 crore with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the procurement of 70 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft.The Union Cabinet had on 1 March approved the procurement of 70 HTT-40 trainer aircraft from HAL at a cost of over ₹6,800 crore. The Cabinet had also cleared the signing of contract with L&T for the

The ISRO and its international collaborators strive to dispose of their satellites rather than let them hang around, thus preventing bad hygiene of the cosmos as well as astronomical accidents read moreThe skies are getting filled with worthlessly orbiting garbage. That would be a layman’s lingo, describing space debris. Many satellites that retired and were abandoned once their shelf lives were