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US Defence Secy Austin to travel to India on March 19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin III will visit India later this month to meet with his counterpart Rajnath Singh and other senior Indian national security leaders and will discuss "deepening" major defence partnership between the two nations, Pentagon ann
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Blinken, Lloyd Austin to visit Japan, South Korea to strengthen cooperatio
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Japan and South Korea next week to strengthen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world, the US Department of State said on Wednesday (local time).
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Women in STEM to Increase to 30 percent by 2030
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): A Women's Day panel discussion, comprising of industry leaders, innovators and policy makers was organized by FICCI today.
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IAF Chief meets PM Mahinda Rajapaksa during 2-day goodwill visit to Sri La
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 3 (ANI): On his two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary and Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana.
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Rajnath Singh, new US Defence Secretary discuss regional, global issues
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday received an introductory telephone call from the newly appointed US Secretary of Defence Gen (retired) Lloyd Austin and the two leaders discussed bilateral, regional and global issues.
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US Senate confirms retired general Austin as Pentagon chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): United States Senate on Friday confirmed retired General Lloyd Austin as the new secretary of defence.
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US House approves waiver for Biden defence secretary pick Lloyd Austin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): The United States House on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired General Lloyd Austin to serve as the secretary of defence in the Biden administration.
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Will operationalise India's Major Defence Partner status: Biden's nominee
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): While reiterating the threat posed by China to the US, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on Tuesday (local time) said during his Senate confirmation hearing that he will operationalise India's "Major Defence Partner"
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India, Vietnam reaffirm commitment to strengthen bilateral defence ties
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen the bilateral defence relationship between the two countries on Tuesday at the 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue held vi
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Pompeo slams China for charging Jimmy Lai under National Security Law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Michael Pompeo slammed China for charging Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai under the draconian National Security Law and demanded that charges be dropped.
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NSA Ajit Doval meets Sri Lanka PM, Defence Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 27 (ANI): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Major Gen (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, during the fourth NSA Level Meeting on Trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation hosted by Sr
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President Kovind approves establishment of 'Chair of Excellence' on nation
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of National Defence College (NDC), President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday approved the establishment of 'Chair of Excellence' on national security in the presence of Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar and Commandant Air M
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