NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon Indian coast guard to be alert to emerging unconventional threats from cyber attacks, data breach and radar disruption, in addition to conventional warfare.“India is surrounded by sea on three sides and its coastline is vast. The nation’s strategic security faces two types of threats: the…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh addresses a gathering during the 16th Foundation Day of IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: India’s technological sector is on the rise and is expected to reach $300-$350 billion in the next five years, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.Speaking at the foundation day celebrations of IIT-Mandi,…
Rajnath Singh (File photo) BENGALURU: Defence minister Rajnath Singh held a series of bilateral meetings with defence ministers of Tanzania, Zambia, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Ethiopia, Gambia, and Gabon during the first three days of Aero India 2025, aside from holding the defence ministers’ conclave. Zimbabwe defence minister Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri and Singh reviewed existing bilateral…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s summit with President Donald Trump next week, India and the US on Thursday agreed to chart out an “ambitious” defence cooperation agenda, which includes stepped-up operational, intelligence, logistics and defence-industrial collaboration.This was discussed in a telephonic conversation between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth,…
The proposed $450 million deal for the export of BrahMos to Indonesia would make it the second Asean country after the Philippines to buy the air-breathing missile with a 290-km range NEW DELHI: With India and Indonesia working to finalize a proposed deal on the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, a top Indonesian delegation on Sunday…
NEW DELHI: India and the UK on Thursday reviewed their ongoing bilateral defence cooperation, noting the “excellent progress” in niche areas like electric propulsion for warships and jet engines.Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart John Healey, in a telephonic conversation, also agreed on the need to maintain momentum in the bilateral cooperation.“The two ministers…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said conflicts and wars worldwide will become more violent and unpredictable in the future.Addressing an event in Pune to mark the 77th Army Day, the minister also said the emergence of “non-state actors” in many countries and that they are resorting to terrorism is a “matter of…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday hit out at Pakistan for using PoK land for terror training camps and said that the neighbouring nation was “making all efforts to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir.” He further criticised PoK PM Chaudhry Anwarul Haq over his anti-India remarks. “Jammu and Kashmir is incomplete without PoK. PoK…
NEW DELHI: India follows ‘a multi-aligned policy‘ that engages with multiple stakeholders, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Friday, asking ‘like-minded’ countries to collectively strive together to ensure peace and prosperity around the globe.Chairing an ambassadors’ roundtable in the run-up to Aero-India in Bengaluru from February 10 to 14, Singh also invited friendly countries and their…
NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh will offer a ceremonial ‘chadar’ at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Sunday, in observance of the annual Urs celebrations of the 13th-century Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.The chadar will be presented by Munavvar Khan, the former vice president of the dargah committee, on behalf…
