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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
delhi news
Published on Feb 21, 2026 03:54 pm IST

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

India set aside over ₹6.8 lakh crore for defence spending in the Union Budget for 2025-26. (AFP)
india news
Updated on Nov 28, 2025 06:36 pm IST

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.
world news
Published on Oct 24, 2025 03:48 pm IST

South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops

South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops
world news
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 05:55 am IST

How do Cambodia and Thailand's militaries compare?

How do Cambodia and Thailand's militaries compare?
us news
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 02:58 am IST

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.
world news
Published on Jul 14, 2025 05:51 pm IST

No gaps in defence preparedness, govt tells Parliament committee

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor.
india news
Published on Jun 18, 2025 12:23 pm IST

Budget tailored to please Pakistan’s armed forces

PREMIUM
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)
editorials
Published on Jun 11, 2025 08:12 pm IST

Pakistan’s budget reflects a State under the military

The Pakistan armed forces’ legitimacy has been seriously challenged in the past two years. (AFP)
opinion
Updated on Jun 12, 2025 10:59 am IST

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
world news
Published on Jun 11, 2025 03:27 pm IST

Defence or environment? London faces spending choices

Defence or environment? London faces spending choices
us news
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 10:34 pm IST

Italy's Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance

Italy's Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance
us news
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 07:20 pm IST

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)
india news
Published on Feb 01, 2025 04:02 pm IST

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

The revenue expenditure includes almost ₹6,000 crore for the Agnipath scheme, up from ₹4,266 crore and ₹3,518 crore in the budget and revised estimates for 2023-24. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jul 24, 2024 07:32 am IST

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.
budget
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 04:23 pm IST

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.
world news
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 11:55 am IST

Armed forces wait for a funds boost from Budget

PREMIUM
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. 
opinion
Published on Jan 27, 2024 02:21 pm IST

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)
world news
Published on Dec 22, 2023 03:28 pm IST

National security being strengthened, says Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru

Defence minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)
bengaluru news
Published on Jun 17, 2023 10:18 am IST

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)
india news
Updated on Feb 01, 2023 04:06 pm IST

‘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)
india news
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 02:45 pm IST

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)
world news
Published on Mar 06, 2022 04:48 am IST

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.
world news
Published on Dec 24, 2021 08:30 am IST

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)
world news
Published on Mar 05, 2021 01:03 pm IST

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.
india news
Updated on Feb 22, 2021 12:56 pm IST

Moderate increase in China’s defence budget likely in Covid-hit year, say experts

China, the world’s second-largest economy, sank by a historic 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year earlier following a battering by the Covid-19 outbreak in the first quarter.
world news
Published on May 20, 2020 07:55 pm IST

Meagre hike in defence budget could hit modernization plans

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her deputy Anurag Thakur and a team of officials ahead of the Union Budget in New Delhi on Saturday. Lack of adequate funds could hit the military’s modernization programmes, experts have said.
india news
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 03:51 pm IST

Analysis| India and the US must take bolder steps on China

The only power capable of partnering with India to balance China is the US. India should indeed partner other powers like Japan, Australia and France, but only the US provides the decisive power capabilities to swing the military balance
analysis
Updated on Jan 26, 2020 07:50 pm IST
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