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Indian Army participates in exercise 'Ex Khaan Quest 2022' hosted by Mongo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], June 6 (ANI): A multinational peacekeeping exercise "Ex Khaan Quest 2022" featuring participation from military contingents from 16 countries, including India has commenced in Mongolia, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
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British media publishes report on how China is targeting UK scholars, rese
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A weapons expert at UK's Imperial College who has long received research funding from the British Ministry of Defence and advised it on a number of "critical weapons of destruction" has had frequent interactions with China over the past nearly one decade and is lik
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INS Gomati bids adieu after 34 years of service, decommissioned at Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Indian Navy Ship (INS) Gomati was decommissioned on May 28 from the naval dockyard in Mumbai, informed the Ministry of Defence in an official release.
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Army Chief reviews security situation in Kashmir
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 21 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Pande is on a two-day visit to Kashmir. The COAS is on his maiden visit to Kashmir after taking over as the Chief of the Indian Army, informed the Ministry of Defence.
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Rajnath Singh exhorts youth to ideate, innovate, indigenise new technologi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 21 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called upon the youth of the country to ideate, innovate and indigenise new technologies in order to achieve 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Mid Sea drug bust: DRI, ICG recover 218 kg Heroin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 20 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered 218 packets of 1 kg each of heroin from two Indian boats that were sailing in the Arabian sea, said the Ministry of Defence on Friday.
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Rajnath Singh approves 'Enhanced Scales of Accommodation 2022' for armed f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved revised Scales of Accommodation 2022 (SoA) for defence services on Thursday which will ensure contemporary specifications in future projects and better standards of living for the personnel of the armed forces.
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Chennai startup Bala Aatral Solutions wins grants worth Rs 3 Crore from Mi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bala Aatral Solutions, a Chennai-based startup in the serious gaming industry, has won grants worth Rs 3 crore from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), meant for it to work on two defence startup challenges using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtu
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Sri Lanka defence ministry asks people to be 'patient' amid crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday requested the people to practice "utmost intelligence and patience" amid the ongoing political and economic crisis in the Island nation.
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INS Kolkata visited Djibouti as part of anti-piracy patrol by Indian Navy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 8 (ANI): INS Kolkata visited Djibouti from May 4-7, 2022, as part of the anti-piracy patrol being undertaken by the Indian Navy to ensure safe transit of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden.
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Defence procurement through GeM rises to Rs 15,000 crore in 2021-22
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Procurement orders by the Ministry of Defence through the Government e-Market (GeM) portal reached an all-time high of Rs 15,047.98 crore in the financial year ended March 2022, according to official data released on Saturday.
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Defence Ministry exceeds domestic procurement target in FY 2021-22
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): In the last financial year 2021-22, the Ministry of Defence exceeded its target of spending 64 per cent of modernisation funds on buying from domestic firms.
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