Riyadh: The Indian Coast Guard Ship Sajag, an offshore patrol vessel (OPV), made a port call at King Abdul Aziz Port in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit on Tuesday.The visit aims to strengthen long-standing diplomatic ties and enhance cooperative engagements with the Saudi Border Guards and Saudi Naval Forces personnel towards professional exchange as well as interactions such as training on

According to a Deccan Herald opinion piece, India should have four aircraft carrier battle groups (CBGs) instead of three. This would allow the Andaman naval base and peninsular flanks to be flagged without disrupting fleet activities. Giving the go-ahead for another indigenous aircraft carrier was on the cards for the Ministry of Defence even before INS Vikrant completed sea trials.The

Kolkata: In an endeavour to enhance indigenisation capability to 70 per cent in defence and aerospace sectors over the next 3-4 years, the government has implemented measures for MSME capacity building, including a five-fold increase in product development funding support to Rs 50 crore.Samir V Kamat, Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO, highlighted the initiatives

Beijing: Last year the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), an organisation part of the ruling Communist Party of China’s Leadership Group, held a meeting of the China-Indian Ocean Region Forum on Development Cooperation (CIORFDC) in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in southwest China.China this week will hold the second conference of its Indian Ocean Region Forum,