External Affairs & Defence Security

The MEA said the Indian mission in Kuwait is extending all possible assistance to those injured

The plans are in advanced stages with deliveries expected over 18 to 24 months, for a jump in value from recent government orders worth 30 billion rupees ($313 million) for tactical-class drones

The indigenous air-to-surface missile validated critical subsystems and precision-strike capabilities, marking a key step towards operational induction

The high-level meeting took place on Monday and served to consolidate strategic understanding and review mutual security interests across the region

Modi and Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing discussed trade, security, connectivity and critical minerals as New Delhi stressed continued engagement over isolation

Myanmar is one of India's strategic neighbours and it shares a 1,640-km-long border with a number of northeastern states including militancy-hit Nagaland and Manipur

Gen Subramani, widely known as an expert on Pakistan and China, was serving as the Military Advisor at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)

Tripathi said theaterisation must remain strictly guided by operational effectiveness and enhancement of national military capability rather than organisational restructuring alone

The Philippines, which signed a contract worth nearly $ 375 million in 2022, was the first foreign buyer of the BrahMos missile system from India

Calling the Shaurya Vatika more than a tourist attraction, Singh said it would remind citizens of the sacrifices made by the armed forces

Trump has repeatedly claimed that he helped secure peace between India and Pakistan following a four-day military conflict last year triggered by the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam

India launched Operation Sindoor, a military exercise to destroy terror infrastructure in Pakistan in May 2025, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives in April

Aung Hlaing kicked off his trip by landing in Gaya to visit the Mahabodhi temple, ahead of his arrival in Delhi this evening

Earlier, as the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command, he was instrumental in executing the Navy's aggressive forward deployment of critical assets as part of Operation Sindoor

The pact will be important for expanding market access, supporting resilient supply chains, and enabling two-way economic growth

General Anil Chauhan said the India-China border is currently peaceful and that de-escalation has happened unilaterally

Albanese said India, which already has the largest population in the world, was set to become the third-largest economy over this decade

Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh (MONUSCO) and Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan (UNMISS) will be posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal by UN chief António Guterres for sacrifice

The two sides also agreed to work together to make "substantive preparation" for the next meeting of the Special Representatives (SR) which is to be held in China

The supplies include essential diagnostics, therapeutics, infection prevention and control materials, and case management support, which will be deployed to affected communities in eastern DR Congo