Sources in the defence and security establishment said that the Chinese have been focusing on air connectivity in the middle sector opposite Uttarakhand. The Chinese side has been realigning and building a new link road and helipads at Sarang, Poling Jindu, which is opposite to India's Niti Pass.
Major Chirag Chatterjee successfully scaled Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse, the world’s highest and fourth-highest peaks, in a single push.
Three people died in Rajasthan earlier this month after after a MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in Hanumangarh. The MiGs have also been called the 'Flying Coffins' because of the sheer number of lives of IAF personnel.
As a result of Friday's downpour in Sikkim, approximately 500 tourists, who were travelling to Lachung and Lachen valley, were stranded at Chungthang due to landslides and roadblocks en route.
Five years after suffering a life-threatening and potentially paralysing accident at the Golden Globe Race, Abhilash Tomy, a retired Indian Naval officer, become the first Indian to complete the same prestigious 30,000 mile race last month.
MH60R chopper, which undertook maiden sea landing on INS Kolkata, is a versatile platform known for its exceptional ASW, surveillance, anti-shipping & search and rescue capabilities.
The capsized Chinese vessel, Lupeng Yuanyu 028, had 39 people on board, which include 17 Chinese mariners, 17 Indonesian mariners and five Philippine mariners.
In a meeting at the Pentagon, India and United States discussed priorities for strengthening the US-India defence partnership, including increasing defence industrial cooperation and operational collaboration.
"The value of defence production in Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 has crossed the figure of Rs one lakh crore for the first time ever," the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
The commissioning of the sixth and final Kalvari class submarine, Vaghsheer, built under Project-75, is set to enhance the Navy's combat capability at a time when China has been increasing its presence in the Indian Ocean region.
