Defence
Launch Of Yard 3034 (Ajay), Last Ship Of Asw Swc (Grse) Project
Yard 3034 (Ajay), the eighth and last ship of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has been launched on 21 Jul 2025 at GRSE, Kolkata in the presence of VAdm Kiran Deshmukh, Chief of Materiel (COM). In keeping with the naval tradition, Mrs Priya…
CDS visits Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan visited the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in Tamil Nadu on July 19, 2025. He addressed the student officers of 81st Staff Course, Permanent staff of the College and station officers of Wellington. The CDS delivered a talk on Operation Sindoor and emphasised…
INS Sandhayak, The First Indigenous Survey Vessel Large (Svl), Visits Port Klang, Malaysia
Indian Navy’s indigenously designed and constructed Survey Vessel Large (SVL) INS Sandhayak made her maiden port call at Port Klang, Malaysia, for hydrographic cooperation, from 16 – 19 Jul 2025. This visit demonstrates India’s growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the National Hydrographic Office framework.…
INS Nistar, first indigenously designed & constructed Diving Support Vessel, commissioned in Vizag
The vessel is designed to undertake complex deep sea saturation diving & rescue ops Nistar firmly reinforces Indian Navy’s role as ‘First Responder’ & ‘Preferred Security Partner’ in the region, says Shri Sanjay Seth The ship is not just a technological asset, but a crucial operational enabler: Chief of the…
Raksha Rajya Mantri visits DRDO’s Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Sanjay Seth visited Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, DRDO in Hyderabad on July 16 & 17, 2025. He reviewed the Missiles & Weapon Systems program being pursued by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) of Missile…
Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet Ships Arrive In Singapore As Part Of The Deployment To South East Asia
Indian Navy Deepens Maritime Ties with Singapore Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Satpura, Shakti and Kiltan, under the Command of RAdm Susheel Menon, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, arrived in Singapore, on 16 Jul 25, to a warm welcome from personnel of Republic of Singapore Navy and the High Commission of India in…
HAL receives first set of wing assemblies for LCA Mk1A from L&T
The first set of wing assemblies for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A, produced by Larsen & Toubro, was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on July 17, 2025. Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar attended the event virtually as General Manager (LCA Tejas Division) Shri…
Successful trial of Akash Prime at High-Altitude
India, on July 16, 2025, achieved a significant milestone by successfully destroying two Aerial High Speed Unmanned targets at high-altitude in Ladakh by Akash Prime, the upgraded variant of Akash Weapon System for the Indian Army. The weapon system is customised to operate in altitude above 4,500 metres and has…
Defence Secretary formally flags-in mountaineering expeditions to Mt Everest and Mt Kilimanjaro
Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh formally flagged-in mountaineering expeditions to Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro at an event organised in South Block, New Delhi on July 17, 2025. The expedition to Mount Everest was conducted to commemorate 60 glorious years of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. It…
INS Nistar – Indian Navy’s new dive support ship designed for submarine rescue missions
The Indian Navy recently took delivery of a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV) designed and built locally by Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) in Visakhapatnam. The future INS Nistar, in Sanskrit – “rescue”, is the first in a planned class of two long-endurance DSVs that will be used primarily for the rescue…
Mamata Raises Concerns Over Poll Body’s Actions, Calls for Fairness Ahead of Elections
Kolkata, March 2026 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sharply criticised the …
