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Jaishankar, Australian Dy PM discuss Indo-Pacific, strategic partnership

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

India, Myanmar firm up ties with China on mind, expand bilateral agenda

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

PM Modi, Myanmar Prez hold bilateral talks on trade, security, connectivity

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 NS Raja Subramani takes charge as new CDS, succeeds Gen Anil Chauhan

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

Navy chief backs maritime naval theatre command amid West Asia turmoil

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

India signs BrahMos deal with Vietnam, Indonesia pact in final stage

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

Indian Navy confined Pak Navy to its ports during Op Sindoor: Rajnath Singh

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

Hegseth backs Trump's India-Pak truce claim; outlines Indo-Pacific vision

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

Armed forces ready for Operation Sindoor 2.0 if need arises: Army chief

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

Myanmar Prez Aung Hlaing begins India visit; defence, trade ties in focus

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

Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar takes charge as 48th Vice Chief of Navy

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

India, Canada launch trade and investment forum to boost economic ties

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

Australian PM praises India's growth, looks forward to hosting Modi again

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

2 Indian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously on Int'l Peacekeepers Day

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

India, China hold 'constructive' talks on LAC border situation in Ladakh

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

India sends emergency medical supplies for Ebola outbreak response in Congo

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

Govt issues request for proposal to pvt firms for 5th-gen Amca jet

The defence ministry has invited bids from three shortlisted private-sector consortiums to build prototypes for India's indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft

India, US sign MoU to secure critical minerals, rare earths supply chains

The framework is designed to deepen comprehensive cooperation across the entire critical minerals and rare earth supply chain

Quad ministers announce maritime, energy and minerals cooperation

Quad foreign ministers announced new initiatives on maritime security, critical minerals, energy resilience and undersea cable connectivity at their meeting in New Delhi

Quad launches Indo-Pacific monitor plan as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens

The meeting comes as Iran discusses establishing a permanent tolling system that would formalize its control over maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz