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Taiwan records 23 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels around territory

Earlier, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung had named China a 'regional troublemaker'

India, Kuwait discuss avenues to deepen ties in trade, defence, energy

During the meeting, both sides undertook a comprehensive review of the bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional and international issues

India, US hold 2+2 dialogue on trade, defence after tariff tensions

They reaffirmed their commitment to promoting a safer, stronger, and more prosperous Indo-Pacific region through the Quad, the MEA said

US slaps steep tariffs on Indian goods, exports set to fall from Wednesday

The new duties will apply from 12:01 am EDT on Wednesday (9:31 am IST), it showed. Exceptions are shipments in transit, humanitarian aid, and items under reciprocal trade programmes

SCO summit: Modi-Xi meet likely to focus on border and trade issues

PM Modi will meet Xi Jinping on SCO Summit sidelines to discuss border de-escalation, trade, rare earth supply, direct flights, and people-to-people exchanges

Fiji PM Rabuka visits UIDAI's Delhi headquarter to strengthen digital ties

The visit reflects the growing collaboration between India and Fiji in the field of digital transformation, including cooperation in development of innovative digital transformational solutions

RBI asks banks to monitor 'high risk' fund flows coming from Pakistan

It named Pakistan as "high risk" jurisdiction from an arms financing perspective and cited Indian investigations into arms financing but did not go into detail about their findings

India expects SCO summit to strongly condemn cross-border terrorism: MEA

In the first leg of his trip, PM Modi will travel to Tokyo to hold the annual India-Japan summit with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The two prime ministers will also meet outside Tokyo as well

Oil prices dip after hitting three-week high on Russian supply concerns

Oil's rally on Monday was primarily driven by supply risks after Ukraine strikes on Russian energy infrastructure and the possibility of further US sanctions on Russian oil

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence to visit Andamans on Aug 27

The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), is the only tri-services command in India, and it aims to bring greater synergy among the Army, the Navy and the Air Force

Quad important for critical minerals for India and Japan, says MEA

PM Narendra Modi is due to visit Japan on August 29-30 for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit during which he will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba

Indian Navy to commission two stealth frigates, Udaygiri, Himgiri in Vizag

Udaygiri and Himgiri are follow-on ships of the Project 17 (Shivalik) class frigates, and both the vessels incorporate significant improvements in design, stealth, weapon and sensors systems

Sudarshan Chakra project will need huge tri-services efforts: CDS Chauhan

Chief of Defence Staff said the military will have to look at multi-domain ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) integration of ground, air, maritime, undersea and space, sensors

IAF MiG-21 Bison's last kill was Pakistani F-16 in 2019: Wg Cdr Jaideep

The aircraft was also deployed in an 'operational' role earlier this year in Operation Sindoor, Wing Commander Jaideep Singh said

India to gift 12 agricultural drones, two mobile soild testing labs to Fiji

Fijian Prime Minister Rabuka thanked PM Modi for the assistance of 5MT of high-quality cowpea seeds sent by India to support food security and agricultural resilience in Fiji

Trump claims he stopped India-Pakistan nuclear war, 7 jets shot down

Trump reiterated his claim of halting a possible nuclear war between India and Pakistan, saying seven fighter jets were shot down before his intervention ended hostilities

Indian Army to host tri-service seminar RAN SAMWAD-2025 from Aug 26

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to deliver the plenary address on the concluding day, while Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan will open the dialogue on the first day

PM Modi meets Fijian cunterpart Rabuka in New Delhi to strengthen ties

Fiji PM Rabuka commenced his official visit to India on Sunday and will remain until August 26

India alerts Pakistan of possible flood in Tawi River amid suspended IWT

There has been no official confirmation regarding the development by either India or Pakistan, also usually, such inputs are shared through the Indus Water Commissioner

Search operation underway after drone sightings near LoC in J&K's Poonch

The drones, believed to be launched for surveillance, were seen flying very high and returned to the Pakistani side within five minutes