Private sector companies accounted for a larger share of defence production in 2023-24 than has been seen in at least eight yearsEven as defence exports have reached record levels, an analysis of the Department of Defence Production data shows that private sector companies accounted for ₹16,411 crore, or 22 per cent share in the total defence production of ₹74,739 crore in 2023-24 (FY24). This is

New Delhi: Parivartan Chintan, a pioneering Tri-Service Conference aimed at generating new and fresh ideas, initiatives and reforms to propel jointness and integration efforts, is being held in New Delhi on April 8. A day long discussions will be chaired by Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan.With the Indian Armed Forces having embarked on a major transformative change in their quest to

Sukma: The security forces have busted a Naxal camp in a forest area in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, which led to the recovery of a huge amount of explosives.According to the police, a search operation was held based on intelligence operations in the hilly forest areas of Tondamarka and Dabbamarka.A huge amount of gelatin sticks, detonators, explosives, IED, BGL bombs and weapons were recovered

Islamabad: At least two people were killed, and five, including a woman, were injured in a blast near Umer Umar Farooq Chowk in Khuzdar city of Baluchistan on Sunday, ARY News reported citing a government official.According to Khuzdar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Arif Khan, the bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked in the middle of a commercial centre.The bodies and the injured were moved to

New Delhi: The Qutub Minar was lit up with the colours of the Rwandan national flag on Sunday in solidarity with the people of the east-African nation in remembrance of the 100-day massacre that claimed the lives of 800,000 people in 1994.On the occasion, Secretary (Economic Relations) Dammu Ravi of the Ministry of External Affairs represented India at the 30th commemoration of the genocide in

Seoul: South Korea launched its second indigenous spy satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Centre in the US state of Florida on Monday (Seoul time), according to the country’s defence ministry.South Korea has launched its second military spy satellite into space, days after North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch multiple reconnaissance satellites this year.The Koreas each