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Transform or perish: Army Chief to defence forces
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday underlined that either the armed forces transform itself as per modern necessities or else they perish.
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MoD spokesperson taunts former Navy chief on Twitter, apologises later
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): A war of words broke out on social media after an "inadvertent" post by the spokesperson for Ministry of Defence (MoD) upset serving and non-serving officers of the Indian defence forces. The spokesperson for MoD, however, later withdrew her tweet and apologi
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DAC approves procurement of defence equipment worth Rs 9,100 cr
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, met on Tuesday and accorded approval for the procurement of equipment worth over Rs 9,100 crore for the defence forces.
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Kerala Govt. to organise farewell for defence forces
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India] Aug 22 (ANI): Kerala government will organize a farewell for various defence forces who helped in relief and rescue operations during recent unprecedented floods in the state, announced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while addressing a presser on Wednesday eve
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Defence forces celebrate International Yoga Day from Ladakh to Bay of Beng
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 21 (ANI): As the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day kicked off today, armed forces did their bit by organising yoga sessions across the country.
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DAC approves Equipment Acquisition proposals for Defence forces
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jun 7(ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over Rs 5500 crore.
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AI will play key role in future wars: IAF Vice-Chief
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Vice-Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal S.B. Deo on Monday welcomed inclusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Defence Sector while saying that the move will add more teeth to the infrastructure of the country's defence forces.
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Use of AI in defence forces a key challenge: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said one of the key challenges facing the country's defence forces is how to apply and use Artifical Intelligence (AI), at a time when there is a lack of infrastructure to support it.
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India aiming at equipping defence forces with Artificial Intelligence
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): After Russia, China and US, India has decided to include Artificial Intelligence in its defence forces with an aim to enhance the operational preparedness of the armed forces.
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3 Palestinians trying to 'infiltrate' shot dead: Israel
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Apr 30 (ANI): The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Sunday fatally shot three Palestinians as they broke through the border fence into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, in two separate incidents.
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MKU, Thales jointly Develop optronic devices, close-quarter battle rifles
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 10 (NewsVoir): MKU Limited and Thales have signed two MoUs for strategic co-operation in the development and production of optronic devices and F90close quarter battle (CQB) rifle for soldiers. The optronic devices will be co-developed by Thales and MKU and
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Joint military exercise 'Lamitye' held between India-Seychelles
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 04 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner Dr Ausaf Sayeed and Colonel Clifford Roseline, Deputy Chief of Seychelles People's Defence Forces (SPDF) were present at the Joint military exercise 'Lamitye', which was held between India and Seychelles.
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