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PM Modi fulfilled commitment of 'one rank one pension' scheme : Rajnath

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled the commitment made to armed forces veterans by providing the 'one rank one pension' scheme, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday.Addressing army veterans in Leh on the first of his three-day trip, the Defence Minister said: "Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled the commitment given to the Armed Forces veterans by providing for one rank one pension."Speaking on the problem of resettlement after service, he said the problem still persists. "Along with this, job fairs are also organised by the Directorate General Resettlement from time to time, in which a large number of veterans are given employment. We are trying to speed up this work."He asserted that the aim of the ministry is that personnel are taken care of the same way they took care of the county."Our aim is that all of you should be taken care of in the same way you all have taken care of the security of the country. Despite this, if you people have any problem ...

Rajnath Singh speaks to Vice Air Chief over explosions at Jammu IAF base

The Indian Air Force is probing whether the two low-intensity explosions at its base in Jammu on Sunday were part of a terror attack, people familiar with the defence and security establishment said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's office said he spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal HS Arora over the explosions. Investigators are also examining the possible use of drones to drop the explosives at the airport that has various assets of the IAF, they said. In a Twitter post, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said two "low-intensity explosions" were reported early Sunday morning in the technical area of Jammu air force station and one of them caused minor damage to the roof of a building while the other exploded in an open area. "There was no damage to any equipment. Investigation is in progress along with civil agencies," it said. The people cited above said all angles including the possible involvement of terror networks in the explosions are being probed. "Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsi

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier will be commissioned next year

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) will be commissioned next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday

Rajnath Singh to review progress of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier today

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Southern Naval Command to review the construction work of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) in Kochi today.He will be accompanied by Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff.Defence Minister will be visiting IAC today from 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Additionally, he will also visit other training units in Southern Naval Command.Earlier on Thursday, Rajnath Singh expressed confidence that the Indian Navy will become one of the top three Navies in the world in the coming years and continue to play a crucial role in protecting the nation.His remarks came during his visit to the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka today to review the progress of ongoing infrastructure development under 'Project Seabird'.Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) has been designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design (DND) & is being built at Cochin Shpyard Limited (CSL).IAC is the most complex warship building project to have been indigenously designed ...

India must aim to be among world's top 3 naval powers in 10-12 yrs: Rajnath

The defence minister said the naval base being developed under "Project Seabird" should be Asia's biggest

Rajnath meets lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday held separate meetings with the lieutenant governors of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

PM Modi holds meeting with ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, at his official residence here, sources said. Earlier this month, Modi held about five meetings with union ministers in different groups apparently to take stock of the work done by their respective ministries so far. Besides Shah and Singh, union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal are also attending today's meeting, the sources said. While details of the meeting were not known, political observers feel this could be an exercise before an expected cabinet expansion and reshuffle.

India 'priest' of world peace, but can reply to aggression too: Rajnath

Singh described India as a priest of world peace but added any serious disturbance to peace and tranquility in border areas would have adverse implications.

India stands for rule-based order in Indo-Pacific: Rajnath Singh

Singh flagged India's concerns over security challenges in the maritime sphere

Ministry of Defence allocates Rs 500 cr for designing innovative products

The iDEX initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018, with the aim of fostering innovation and technology development in defence and aerospace

Rajnath approves support of Rs 499 cr for innovations in defence sector

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved budgetary support of nearly Rs 499 crore for research and innovation in the defence sector for the next five years

Rajnath Singh approves declassification of war histories after 25 yrs

Orders war histories to be compiled within five years

Rajnath invites Swedish defence firms to set up manufacturing hubs in India

The defence minister also mentioned allowing up to 74 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) through automatic route

Export, border infrastructure among key defence reforms in 2020

Atmanirbhar Bharat, Covid fight also on Rajnath's list of 20 key upgrades

Why is BJP wary of projecting Adityanath as a 'star' in UP Assembly polls?

Former bureaucrat AK Sharma's appointment for pandemic management in Varanasi indicates that the top leaders are unhappy with the CM's way of handling the crises

Govt approves construction of 6 advanced submarines at cost of Rs 43,000 cr

First such acquisition under Strategic Partnership model to give a big boost to Make in India, says Ministry of Defence

India, Australia look forward to convening 2+2 dialogue soon: Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh and Dutton held a telephonic conversation during which they reviewed the progress of various defence cooperation initiatives between the two countries

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to Australian counterpart Dutton

The talk focused primarily on the measures taken by both countries to fight the coronavirus pandemic

DRDO's anti-Covid drug 2-DG will reduce oxygen dependency: Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that the recovery time from Covid-19 infection and oxygen dependency will be reduced by anti-COVID drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) developed by DRDO

Rajnath Singh to release first batch of DRDO's 2DG Covid medicine today

The first batch of the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for treatment of Covid-19 will be released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh