India and Japan have cranked up their military-to-military ties in recent years, with the Dharma Guardian exercise between their armies. NEW DELHI: India and Japan will next week kick off their ‘Dharma Guardian’ military combat exercise at Mount Fuji, continuing with the upward trajectory in their bilateral military engagements and defence cooperation.The aim of the…
This marks Modi’s first bilateral visit to Washington since Trump secured a second term in the White House. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a two-day visit to the United States beginning February 12, where he will hold wide-ranging discussions with US President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of improvement in ties with China, India Thursday announced that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan 26-27 for a meeting of the foreign secretary-vice minister mechanism between the two countries.This will be the second high-level visit from India after NSA Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing last month for…
NEW DELHI: US govt has approved proposed sale of equipment and follow-on support worth $1.1 billion to India for multi-mission MH-60R Seahawk helicopters already being inducted by Indian Navy.The Biden administration notified the US Congress that India wanted to procure 30 multifunctional information distribution system-joint tactical radio systems, advanced data transfer systems, external fuel tanks,…
NEW DELHI: China’s expansionist muscle-flexing and ‘grey zone’ tactics in the Indo-Pacific continue to figure prominently on the radar screens of the ‘Quad‘ and other countries, with defence minister Rajnath Singh once again stressing India firmly stands for freedom of navigation and overflight, unimpeded lawful commerce and adherence to international law for peace and prosperity…
