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Hooda panel recommends creation of specialised information warfare units,
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI) Faced with the increasing use of social media for anti-India propaganda, a single-member panel set up by the Defence Ministry and the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) has recommended creation of new specialised units for information warfare in areas whe
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Hopes of evacuating trapped miners raised as more resources are being depl
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Khliehriat (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Hopes of evacuating 15 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine for over two weeks were raised on Friday with the impending arrival a diving team of the Navy along with specialised equipment, including high-pressure pumps.
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Meghalaya: Navy deploying divers to assist mine rescue ops
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Indian Navy is deploying a 15-member diving team from Visakhapatnam to assist in the rescue operations for the missing miners in Meghalaya.
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Defence Ministry to organise 'Drone Olympics' to encourage UAV production
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Seeking to encourage indigenous manufacturing of UAVs, the Defence Ministry is organising a Drone Olympics along with the Aero India air show in Bangalore where both national and international players would showcase their capabilities.
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Defence Ministry to discuss acquisition proposals worth over Rs 5,000 cror
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is expected to discuss acquisition proposals worth over Rs 5,000 crore at a high level meeting likely to be held in the next few days.
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Sitharaman pulls up DRDO, asks it to focus more on research and developmen
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday pulled up the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and asked it to focus more on Research and Development (R&D) and exploit the opportunity and support being extended by the central government.
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Over 50,000 militants from 21 groups are in Afghanistan: Defence Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Oct 26 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 50,000 militants from 21 terrorist organisations are currently operating in Afghanistan, the country's deputy Defence Minister, Hilaluddin Helal, said on Friday. Out of these 70 per cent are Pakistanis.
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Afghanistan: 57 terrorists killed in airstrikes
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 6 (ANI): At least 57 armed terrorists were killed in airstrike operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in last 24 hours across different parts of the country, Afghanistan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
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NATO, UK and Netherlands lash out against Russian cyber attacks
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands] Oct 4: The United Kingdom, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and The Netherlands lashed out against Russia on Thursday regarding alleged cyber attacks that the nations have traced back to the nation's military intelligence agency, GRU. The latest cyber att
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Congress probably ran Defence ministry with brokers: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Sep 29 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday accused the Congress of running the Defence ministry "probably with brokers and dalals" and the party is now feeling restless since they could neither buy nor make money in the Rafale deal.
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Russian warplanes hit Nusra front positions, confirms Defence Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sep 5 (ANI): Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov has confirmed that their warplanes have hit two terrorist drones, belonging to Nusra Front, in Syria's Idlib Province.
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Defence Ministry begins process for Army's much-needed Assault Rifles
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence has come out with the Request for Information (RFI) Assault Rifles which is being placed to add push to the indigenization process. The whole process will be under the 'Buy and Make (Indian)' with 'Buy' component being kept nil.<
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