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24 Service personnel among 117 Indian athletes taking part in Paris 2024 O
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star javelin thrower and Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female service athletes at the Olympics, as per a press release from the Union Ministry of Defence.
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President Murmu confers 94 distinguished service decorations
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The decorations were conferred during the second phase of the defence investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday.
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Manipur: Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in a joint operation
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a joint operation launched by Indian Army and Manipur Police on July 17, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered during search operations conducted in Imphal East district, a Spokesperson from the Ministry of Defence said.
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Advanced Drone Technology from India Sets New Standards for Defence Integr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 19: The Ministry of Defence, Government of India, recently welcomed His Excellency, Major General Lukwikila Marcel, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with his distinguished delegation. This v
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Taiwan detects 20 Chinese military aircraft, 6 naval ships hovering in its
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Taiwan Ministry of National Defence (MND) tracked 20 Chinese military aircrafts and six naval ships around Taiwan's vicinity from Tuesday 6 am and Wednesday same time, reported Taiwan News.
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MoD announces fifth positive Indigenisation list of 346 items to be procu
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to a press release by the Ministry of Defence, this latest list comprises 346 strategically important items, including Line Replacement Units, Systems, Sub-systems, Assemblies, Sub-assemblies, Spares, Components, and raw materials. The import substitution value of these items is es
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Assam Police apprehend 5 persons linked to major extortion network
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a significant achievement, the Indian Army and Assam Police successfully dismantled a major extortion network of NSCN (IM) in Upper Assam on Sunday and apprehended five persons involved in the racket, according to an official press release by the Ministry of Defence.
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MoS Sanjay Seth stresses on need to improve efficiency, performance during
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Minister highlighted the need to improve performance, efficiency, and skills to compete with both Government PSUs and private industries.
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Centre committed to undertake further reforms in enhancing Domestic Defenc
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane said that the Ministry of Defence is committed to undertaking further reforms in Defence Production and to handhold the ecosystem by implementing the Industry to bolster Manufacturing.
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Defence ministry allocates Rs 300 cr for technology development fund to pr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Ministry of Defence has sanctioned over Rs 300 crore through its Technology Development Fund (TDF), to create an ecosystem aimed at enhancing the capabilities in cutting-edge technology and promoting 'Aatmanirbharta' in defence, an official statement on Thursday.
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Three Theatre Command bases identified, Military Affairs Dept working to i
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that the creation of Theatre Commands was on track, the Defence Ministry has identified three locations in Lucknow, Jaipur and Thiruvananthapuram as their headquarters.
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Amarnath yatra: Army averts major mishap on NH44
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to the Ministry of Defence, Jammu, "The jawans of the Indian Army along with JK Police attempted to slow down and finally stop the bus from plunging down into a gorge by placing stones beneath the tyres of the vehicle."
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