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Defence Ministry awards contract worth Rs 1,349 crores to Mahindra Defence
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday signed a contract worth Rs 1,349.95 crores with Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) Limited for buying 14 Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Defence Suites (IADS) for the Indian Navy.
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Indian Army grants time scale Colonel rank to women officers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): A Selection Board of the Indian Army on Monday cleared the way for the promotion of five women officers to the Colonel rank after completion of 26 years of reckonable service.
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Rajnath Singh to felicitate Olympians from services at Army Sports Institu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Olympians from services at Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune on August 23, said the Ministry of Defence on Sunday.
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India's national security challenges becoming 'complex', says Rajnath Sing
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Highlighting that the rapidly changing geo-political and security scenario in the world, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India's national security challenges are becoming "complex".
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Plea seeking removal of disparity in pensionary benefits to paramilitary p
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): An application has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to remove the disparity in pensionary benefit and to extend the same benefit (old Pension Scheme) to the paramilitary personnel under the Ministry of Home as is given to the Armed forces personn
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Rajnath Singh to launch Defence India Startup Challenge 5.0 on Thursday
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Three years after the launch of Defence India Startup Challenge 1.0 (DISC), Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) will launch DISC 5.0 in New Delhi on August 19.
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First plane with UK citizens, Kabul Embassy staff lands back home from Afg
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 16 (ANI): The first plane to bring UK citizens and embassy employees back home from Afghanistan has landed in the country, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Monday.
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Param Vir Chakra awardee Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav conferred with
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday conferred the rank of Honorary Captain upon Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav, said the Ministry of Defence.
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Army Vice Chief Lt Gen CP Mohanty on 5 day visit to US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lieutenant General CP Mohanty has proceeded on a five-day visit to the United States, the Ministry of Defence informed on Sunday.
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Rajnath Singh hoists national flag at his residence in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hoisted the national flag on the 75th Independence Day at his residence in Delhi.
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Independence Day: Wing Commander Uttar Kumar conferred with Vayu Sena Meda
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Wing Commander Uttar Kumar, a pilot in a Sukhoi-30 MKI Squadron since July 2017, has been conferred with Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, for his act of exceptional courage, informed the Ministry of Defence.
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President Kovind confers Shaurya Chakra on Wing Commander Varun Singh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Wing Commander Varun Singh who is a pilot in a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Squadron, has been conferred with the Shaurya Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind for his act of exceptional gallantry, informed the Ministry of Defence.
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