India Defence News

Aiming to make Indian armed forces as the best in the globe, the government is taking all steps and those days are not far when India emerges as a major producer rather than a market of defence equipment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. 

With this, India has received 11 Rafale fighter aircraft from France in three phases.

The Indian Air Force's vintage aircraft Dakota made a spectacular appearance over the Rajpath during the Republic Day Parade.

Here's how the defenders of the nation celebrated the 72nd Republic Day

Colonel Santosh Babu, the Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar regiment who lost his life during the Galwan Valley clash with Chinese PLA personnel last year, will be posthumously awarded Maha Vir Chakra on Republic Day. On the eve of Republic Day, the government announced Gallantry Awards that honour acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces. Here are some stories of valour that will forever remain etched in the hearts and minds of a billion Indians.

In an indirect reference to China, President Ram Nath Kovind has said that India's brave soldiers foiled an expansionist move along the country's borders.

Indian Army's Dhruv helicopter crashed in Lakhanpur area of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.

India and China have agreed to push for an early disengagement of the frontline troops in the wake of ongoing standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh since early May.

The Defence Research Development Organisation on Monday successfully conducted the maiden launch of Akash-NG Missile from Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha. 

India will celebrate its 72nd Republic Day on January 26 with curtailed programmes, shorter route for the parade and much less public participation in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. A host of modern weapons and communications systems will be on display as they roll down the Rajpath on designated vehicles offering their salute to the Commander-in-Chief President Ram Nath Kovind. Let's look at the military equipment that would be a part of the mechanised columns of Indian Army’s marching contingents on Tuesday