China has named former naval commander Dong Jun as its new defense minister, two months after removing his predecessor Li Shangfu from the role, CNN reported on Friday.
Day 9 of the 2nd Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League - Phase 1 witnessed Raja Karan Hockey Academy and Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy win their respective matches
The former Indian Naval officers whose conviction has been reduced to jail terms in Qatar can serve their sentence in Indian prison due to an earlier agreement between New Delhi and Doha, senior advocate Adish Aggarwala said on Thursday.
The Qatari Court on Thursday commuted the death penalty sentence of eight ex-Indian naval officers it had arrested last year in the Dahra Global case, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press statement. The sentence has now been reduced to jail terms.
This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai and discussed bilateral partnership and the "well-being of the Indian community" living in Qatar.
Day-7 of the second Khelo India Sub Junior Women's Hockey League - Phase 1 witnessed the SAI Shakti Team, Khelo India Hockey Excellence Centre Chhattisgarh, SAI Bal Team and Jai Bharat Hockey Academy winning their respective matches
Commodore Pradeep Patel took over as Commanding Officer of INS Kalinga and the Station Commander, Naval Station, Bheemunipatnam, at a ceremony held at INS Kalinga on Tuesday, December 26.
While confirming being held in a remote Arctic prison, jailed Russian leader Alexei Navalny said that he was in good spirits after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer from a prison in the Vladimir region, Al Jazeera reported.
Day five of the 2nd Khelo India Sub-Junior Women's Hockey League - Phase 1 witnessed Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre, Khelo India Sports Excellence Centre Chhattisgarh and Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy win their respective matches while Jai Bharat Academy and Salute Hockey Ac
"During a routine taxi check at 12:14 pm on December 26 at Dabolim airport, Goa, one naval fighter aircraft encountered a tyre burst on the runway," the Indian Navy said in a statement.
The government has taken the recent drone attack on a ship in the Arabian Sea very seriously, and, whoever carried out the strike will be tracked down and dealt with, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
"Named the capital of Manipur, she is the first warship to represent a prominent city of north-east Bharat, aptly highlighting the importance attached by the government to this region," Admiral Kumar said.