Greek Defence Minister Nikolaos Dendias visited Bengaluru Military Station on Sunday, where he witnessed Indian Army's operational and technical capabilities at the 515 Army Base Workshop. He hailed the Indian Army's professionalism, innovation and preparedness.
Addressing the troops of the Indian Army on Vijayadashmi celebrations in the Bhuj area of Gujarat's Kachchh, the Defence Minister said that this land has challenged both the fury of nature and the invasions of enemies for centuries.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that from the 1971 war to the Kargil conflict, and from the Balakot airstrike to Operation Sindoor, the MiG-21 has always been a tremendous strength for India's armed forces.
The Defence Minister made special mention of the indomitable spirit and valour of Param Vir Chakra awardee Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid, who laid down his life while destroying numerous enemy tanks under a relentless barrage of machine gun and tank fire during the Battle of
India's Ambassador to Brazil, Dinesh Bhatia, presented credentials to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed deepening of bilateral strategic partnership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Brazil.
When asked for evidence of the claim that five Indian fighter jets were shot down, he responded, "It's all over the social media, on Indian social media, not on our social media. The debris of these jets fell into Kashmir. And it's all over Indian media today and they have admitted."
During this port call, the ship will also participate in the harbour phase of Exercise Aikeyme, a key naval exercise that will be inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on April 13.
Speaking at the Indian Coast Guard Investiture Ceremony at Bharat Mandapam, Singh called upon the marine forces, especially ICG, to remain alert for challenges such as cyber-attacks, data breaches, signal jamming, radar disruption and GPS spoofing, in addition to conventional threats.
"Capacity building is an important component in our defence and security engagement with Maldives. We have in the past trained their personnel on the defence side. And if we receive a request for training of pilots, if this request is made, we will be happy to take it forward," Jaiswal sa