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Delhi: DefSat conference to bring together strategic experts, policymakers from Feb 24-26

Delhi: DefSat conference to bring together strategic experts, policymakers from Feb 24-26

Published 162 days ago

Indian military: Stage set for theatre commands, budget first big signal

Indian military: Stage set for theatre commands, budget first big signal

Updated 181 days ago

In 1st Budget after Op Sindoor, defence gets huge boost for modernisation

In 1st Budget after Op Sindoor, defence gets huge boost for modernisation

Updated 182 days ago

Defence ministry to seek 20% budget hike in FY 26-27

India set aside over <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6.8 lakh crore for defence spending in the Union Budget for 2025-26. (AFP)

Updated 247 days ago

New Japan PM vows to take US ties to 'new heights' with Trump

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, delivers a policy speech during an extraordinary session at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

Published 282 days ago

Cambodia to begin military conscription: List of nations with mandatory service

Conscripted countries are those who mandate service in their armed forces, for varying periods of time.

Published 384 days ago

No gaps in defence preparedness, govt tells Parliament committee

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor.

Published 410 days ago

Budget tailored to please Pakistan’s armed forces

Given that the Pakistani military still does not make public all aspects of its budget, there is a need for multilateral financial institutions and the world community to keep a close watch on how funds from loans and bailouts are used by the Pakistan government. (AFP)

Published 417 days ago

Pakistan’s budget reflects a State under the military

The Pakistan armed forces’ legitimacy has been seriously challenged in the past two years. (AFP)

Updated 417 days ago

Pak hikes defence spending by 20% in budget amid tense relations with India

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks in a joint press conference with President Masoud Pezeshkian at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran

Published 417 days ago

Italy's Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance

Italy's Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance

Updated 499 days ago

Union Budget: Centre sets aside ₹6.8 lakh crore for defence

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. (Sansad TV)

Published 547 days ago

With ₹6.22 lakh crore for defence, focus on ‘Atmanirbharta’

The revenue expenditure includes almost <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6,000 crore for the Agnipath scheme, up from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4,266 crore and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,518 crore in the budget and revised estimates for 2023-24. (HT Photo)

Updated 740 days ago

India defence budget 2024: ₹6.21 lakh crore allocated; Rajnath Singh reacts

Army personnel perform combat sports during the Summer Carnival 2024 at Dras in Kargil.

Updated 740 days ago

China ramps up defence budget by 7.2%, India will feel the heat

Two front facing India : File photo of Sino-Pak Sea Guardian exercise in November 2023.

Updated 880 days ago

Armed forces wait for a funds boost from Budget

Armed forces contingents were seen marching to drumbeats during dress rehearsals for the 75th Republic Day parade at the Kartavya Path in the national capital on Saturday.

Published 919 days ago

Japan approves record $56 billion defence budget

The defence budget announced Friday includes 370 billion yen to build two new warships rigged with the US-developed Aegis missile defence system. (AP/File)

Published 954 days ago

National security being strengthened, says Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru

Defence minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Published 1142 days ago

Budget 2023: Defence spending hiked by nearly 13 per cent to ₹5.94 lakh crore

Indigenous AEW&C Netra with four Rafale multi-role fighters fly in 'netra formation' during 2023 Republic Day Celebrations on Thursday, January 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Updated 1278 days ago

‘Not conducive': Parliamentary panel warns against defence funding cut

The panel, in its previous reports, had recommended making capital budget "non-lapsable" and "roll-on" in nature. (Image for representational purpose only)

Updated 1599 days ago

China sets GDP target at 5.5%, ups defence budget to 1.45 trillion yuan

A J-16 fighter jet at a training base for People’s Liberation Army (PLA) naval aviation force in China’s Zhejiang Province. (AP/File)

Published 1611 days ago

Japan approves record defence budget amid China threats

Japan’s cabinet approved a record defence budget of 5.4 trillion yen ($47.2 billion) for the year.

Published 1683 days ago

China hikes defence budget to $209 bn, 40% increase in army renumeration

China is the second biggest spender of defence after the US. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Published 1976 days ago

Focus should be on providing defence equipment to smaller nations: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi rides in an Army tank at Longewala in Jaisalmer in this file picture from 2020. The Prime Minister on Friday said that India needs to shed off its import-dependent status and fast track its defence manufacturing capabilities.

Updated 1987 days ago

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