Category: Defence

Defence and national security news

Why Lakshasweep is turning into a drug and arms smuggling hotspot?

Newsroom24x7 Network An exclusive report by Dr G Shreekumar Menon, IRS, (Rtd) published by Chanakya Forum titled “Drugs and Guns Invade Lakshadweep” points to the fact that China now has a controlling stake in the Hambantota Port Project, and the Colombo Port City special economic zone (SEZ).  According to Dr. Menon, the “threatening new Chinese presence”… Read More Why Lakshasweep is turning into a drug and arms smuggling hotspot?

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Veteran General pays homage to Chamanlal Gupta

Newsroom24x7 Network Jammu: President J & K Ex Services League, Maj General Goverdhan Singh Jamwal (retd), has offered glowing tributes to Dr Chaman Lal Gupta, Former Minister of State for Defence, in a statement, General Jamwal said Dr Gupta was a great Dogra leader. “We shall miss him particularly during these crucial times. We remember… Read More Veteran General pays homage to Chamanlal Gupta

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Shortage of leadership is responsible for shortage in every sphere

Newsroom24x7 Network You are required to ensure the security of this country against any aggression. You shall have to fight and fight to win. There is no room for the loser. If you lose you won’t come back. you would have disgraced the country. The country won’t accept you. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, at the… Read More Shortage of leadership is responsible for shortage in every sphere

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Why so many are quitting the paramilitary forces

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: Between 2016 and 2020, 40, 096 para military personnel took voluntary retirement and 6, 529 of these troops resigned from service. 20, 2049  personnel from Border Security Force personnel, 11, 029 from Central Reserve Polive Force, 2, 858 from Central Industrial Security Force, 2, 279 from Assam Rifles, 1, 912 from… Read More Why so many are quitting the paramilitary forces

Newsroom24x7 Network1 Comment

Disengagement of troops along LAC: Rajnath gives stern message to China

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday 11 February 2021 gave a firm message to China that India would not allow anyone to take even an inch of its land and that our defence forces were firmly protecting the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country along the Line of Actual Control… Read More Disengagement of troops along LAC: Rajnath gives stern message to China

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Aero India 2021: IAF seeks proposal for 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft

Newsroom24x7 Network Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) received a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Indian Air Force to meet its requirement of Basic Trainers at the Aero India 2021 in Bengaluru on Thursday February 4 2021. The RFP is for 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft with provision for 38 more aircraft. The documents were… Read More Aero India 2021: IAF seeks proposal for 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Mahavir Chakra for Galvan valley martyr Col Santosh Babu

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu of the 16th Battalion of Bihar Regiment, who led from the front and gave the supreme sacrifice fighting the Chinese PLA when they had violated the Line of Actual Control and launched a violent attack on Indian troops near Pangong Lake in Galwan valley in May 2020,… Read More Mahavir Chakra for Galvan valley martyr Col Santosh Babu

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Don’t dare test our strength, our response will be fierce: PM Narendra Modi’s direct message to expansionist countries

Newsroom24x7 Network PM spends Diwali with soldiers in forward areas My Diwali is not complete without being with the soldiers: PM at Longewala Post ‘India has emerged as a forceful voice against forces of expansionism’ ‘If we are tested, response will be equally fierce’ ‘Today India hits the purveyors of terrorism in their home’ Longewala:… Read More Don’t dare test our strength, our response will be fierce: PM Narendra Modi’s direct message to expansionist countries

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistan ahead of Diwali; 4 soldiers martyred

Newsroom24x7 Network Srinagar: Four soldiers, including a Border Security Force (BSF) officer, were martyred, when Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling and firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir on the eve of Diwali on Friday 13 November 2020. Three civilians, including a 3-year child, were also killed and several others were… Read More Multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistan ahead of Diwali; 4 soldiers martyred

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

India & US all set to sign Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA)

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defence of the United States of America on Monday 26 October reviewed bilateral defence cooperation spanning military to military cooperation, secure communication systems and information sharing, defence trade and industrial issues and ways to take bilateral cooperation forward. The… Read More India & US all set to sign Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA)

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

China busy widening capability gap against the Indian military as India narrows trade deficit with China

Lalit Shastri While the war mongering president of expansionist China Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to be prepared for war, the experts or the India watchers in the Jinping land have started gloating over the fact that nearly 20,000 Indian soldiers have tested positive for COVID. Taking off from a written statement… Read More China busy widening capability gap against the Indian military as India narrows trade deficit with China

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

China is escalating the situation on LAC

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: China continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This has been underscored in categorical terms through an official statement issued by India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday 8 September 2020. While asserting India’s commitment to disengagement and de-escalation of the situation… Read More China is escalating the situation on LAC

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

India will not tolerate China’s attempts to unilaterally alter the border status quo: Rajnath Singh

Newsroom24x7 Network Moscow: India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh categorically conveyed India’s position on the developments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), including in the Galwan valley in the Western Sector of the India-China Border Areas in the last few months to China. Singh has emphasised that the actions of the Chinese troops, including amassing… Read More India will not tolerate China’s attempts to unilaterally alter the border status quo: Rajnath Singh

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

“Healthy Air” – Herbal-based Immunity Boosting Room Freshener to contain the spread of COVID-19

Newsroom24x7 Network Mumbai/Pune: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, a Deemed to be University in Pune, Maharashtra, has now developed herbal-based immunity boosting room freshener product named “Healthy Air” to contain the spread of COVID-19. The product Healthy Air has been developed by Deptt of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with various extracts of herbal oils like… Read More “Healthy Air” – Herbal-based Immunity Boosting Room Freshener to contain the spread of COVID-19

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Indian Army blocks Chinese misadventure at Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: China violated the understanding that both sides should desist from taking any provocative action or escalating matters and ensure peace and tranquility as per bilateral agreements and protocol and tried to change the status quo in the South Bank area of Pangong Lake through provocative military maneuvers in the late night… Read More Indian Army blocks Chinese misadventure at Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Ban on imports of 101 defence items is a big step towards self-reliant India: Rajnath Singh

Newsriom24x7 Network New Delhi:  India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday 10 August 2020, “The ban on imports of 101 defence items is a big step towards an “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India). This list of 101 negative items contains not only small items but weapon systems of high and critical technology.  Singh focused… Read More Ban on imports of 101 defence items is a big step towards self-reliant India: Rajnath Singh

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Veteran General demands statue and a museum in Jammu to commemorate the memory of Maharaja Gulab Singh

Newsroom24x7 Network Jammu: Veteran General Goverdhan Singh Jamwal, 92, the last General of the Maharaja Hari Singh’s State Forces of Gen Zorawar Singh, now the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles that had founded the unique Dogra State under Maharaja Gulab Singh has voiced the demand of all Ex-servicemen and the Dogras and urged the Prime Minister,… Read More Veteran General demands statue and a museum in Jammu to commemorate the memory of Maharaja Gulab Singh

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Rafale combat jets have landed in Ambala

Newsroom24x7 Network Ambala/New Delhi: On the touch down of Rafale combat aircraft in India on Wednesday 29 July, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that this marks the beginning of a new era in our Military History. These multirole aircrafts will revolutionise the capabilities of the IAF, Singh added. Congratulating the IAF on a professionally… Read More Rafale combat jets have landed in Ambala

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment

Rajnath Singh and Israeli Defence Minister discuss further strengthening of defence ties

Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had a telephonic discussion with Defence Minister of Israel Lt Gen Benjamin Gantz On Friday 24 July. Both Ministers expressed satisfaction at the progress of strategic cooperation between the two countries and discussed possibilities of further strengthening the defence engagements. They also expressed satisfaction at the… Read More Rajnath Singh and Israeli Defence Minister discuss further strengthening of defence ties

Newsroom24x7 NetworkLeave a comment