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Indian Defence Minister reviews plan to deal with COVID-19

New Delhi. 27 March 2020. Defence Minister of IndiaRajnath Singh held a review meeting with senior officials of Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the action plan of the Ministry…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral Karambir Singh, Air Chief Marshal, Armed Forces, Chief Of Air Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, COVID-19, Defence Minister of India, Defence Secretary, Dr. Ajay Kumar, General Bipin Rawat, General M M Naravane, Indian Defence Minister, R K S Bhadauria, Rajnath Singh

UK MOD’s COVID19 battle plan

London. 25 March 2020. On 18 March the Defence Secretary announced new measures to enable armed forces personnel to support public services in response to the coronavirus outbreak.The Royal…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, battle plan, Ben Wallace, Co-ordination Centre, COVID-19, Defence Secretary, Joint Military Command Scotland, RAF A400M, Royal Air Force, transport aircraft, UK MoD

France launches Operation Resilience to fight COVID 19

Paris. 25 March 2020. The President of the Republic decided on a proposal from the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and the Chief of the Defense…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, COVID-19, Florence Parly, François Lecointre, Operation Resilience

Fund Allocation for Armed Forces

The details of Budget Estimates (BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure (Actuals) on the modernisation of Armed Forces under Defence Services Estimates (DSE) for the last three…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, DSE, IDDM, IOPs, Latest News

Defence Minister inaugurates new Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL

New Delhi. 27 February 2020. India has created strong defence infrastructure based on ‘Make in India’ mantra said Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after inaugurating the new Light…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, Defence Public Sector Undertaking, DPSU, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Air Force, Indian Defence Minister, Light Combat Helicopter, Make in India, R Madhavan, Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Defence

President approves 409 Gallantry and other defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel on Republic Day

New Delhi. 26 January 2020. The President has approved awards of 409Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of 71stRepublic Day…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, President approves Gallantry, Republic Day

Year End Review – 2019 Ministry of Defence

New Delhi. 27 December 2019. 2019 was a year full of remarkable events for Ministry of Defence.In a landmark decision with tremendous reform in higher defence management in…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, ASEAN Defence Ministers, Bylined, Chief of Defence Staff, Department of Military Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ministry of Defence, Rajnath Singh, Raksha Mantri

Goa hosts Naval Phases of Indo – Russian Tri – Services Exercise INDRA – 2019

New Delhi. 14 December 2019. The Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) Ships Yaroslav Mudry, Viktor Konetsky and Yel’nya arrived at Goa on 10 Dec 19 to participate in INDRA 2019,…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, Exercise INDRA, Indian Navy, INS Aditya, RuFN, Russian Federation Navy, Ships Yaroslav Mudry, Viktor Konetsky

UK Armed forces personnel complete Hajj

New Delhi. 26 August 2019. Led by the Islamic Religious Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff Imam Asim Hafiz OBE, the Hajj was a chance for British…Read more ›

Tagged with: Armed Forces, Eid ul Adha, Hajj, Royal Saudi Arabian armed forces, UK

Indian Defence Minister Reviews Operational and Procurement Matters

New Delhi. 08 June 2019. Rajnath Singh took a meeting of senior officers of Ministry of Defence to review operational matters and procurement issues of the Armed Forces.…Read more ›