PM Modi held a high-level review meeting with top officials on January 13 and told them to ensure total accountability in Indian defence planning. The meeting was attended by Dr PK Mishra, principal secretary to PM, Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser, Gen Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of Naval Staff, Giridhar Aramane, defence secretary, and Dr Samir V Kamat,

New Delhi: The Maldives has confirmed the docking of the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong-03 in Male, on Tuesday, which has raised security concerns in India, as India Sentinels had reported on Monday. The Indian government had raised objections when China sought permission from Male and Colombo to permit its spy ship to dock at their ports for deep water exploration within the Indian

In November, the Strategic Fleet Taskforce released a report which found that Australia needs a stronger strategic fleet and maritime workforce and noted that only 15 vessels over 2000 deadweight tonnes are Australian flagged. The taskforce, within the Department of Infrastructure, said few vessels, ‘in a crisis, we would have great difficulty accessing and controlling the maritime assets that we

Last year, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) had issued an Expression of Interest for making ISRO’s small rocket SSLVAfter its two rockets — Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) "the Indian space agency is now looking at making its heaviest rocket LVM3 under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model. The LVM3 is

China has assured Islamabad of its support in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity even while welcoming on Tuesday the restoration of diplomatic ties between Tehran and Islamabad after their recent air strikes against each other.As China’s Foreign Minister Sun Weidong visited Pakistan on a mediation mission, a statement from Foreign Ministry on Monday said it is maintaining close

Male: Reacting to the media reports regarding the port call of the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 at Male, the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that China had formally requested diplomatic clearance for the port visit.The purpose of the visit was stated as the rotation of personnel and replenishment, with assurance that the Chinese vessel would refrain from conducting