Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit visited Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and TATA Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) in Telangana's Hyderabad in a two-day visit from July 23-24, an Indian Air Force (IAF) statement sai
The Agnipath scheme was announced by the Centre in June 2022 and is designed to enable a youthful profile of the Armed Forces. Those recruited under the scheme are called 'Agniveers'.
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha is set to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas with a slew of nationwide tributes celebrating the valour of the Indian armed forces.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday that as of July 1, 2024, there are 84,106 vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) against a total sanctioned strength of 10,45,751.
"No company will be forced into the internship programme as announced in the budget. The government will provide money for internships, while companies will bear the cost of training the interns through corporate social responsibility (CSR)," government sources told ANI.
In a video message released on Wednesday, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain exposed the tactics used by Pakistan's defence forces to tarnish the image of communities that use peaceful protests as their mode of expressing their dissent.
Marking the celebration of Kargil Vijay Diwas as decisive victory in the 1999 Kargil war, a bike rally was organised under the aegis of Headquarters Uniform Force, an 'All Women Motorbike Rally' planned from Leh to Kargil through the challenging terrain of Ladakh across Khardung La and Umlin
The National Disaster Response Force, teams present on the spot carried out the rescue operations on a war footing and recovered all three bodies of the deceased.
Despite the looming threat of Typhoon Kaemi making landfall on Wednesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has assured that the armed forces are fully prepared to face the storm while moving ahead with their scheduled annual war games Han Kuang exercises.
The statement added that the ex-servicemen were informed about the Agnipath Scheme, wherein Regimental Centre Commandants and Commanding Officers highlighted the positive aspects of the scheme and the avenues for Agniveer's post-four-year engagement with the Indian Armed Forces.