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Robot dogs: On police forces, defence duty and their potential risks

What are these entities? These are canine-shaped robots with AI and four-legged mobility. Charact­eri­sed as "partly-autonomous" ground vehicles, they can be used to do a variety of tasks

Will fight to the very last day if China attacks: Taiwan foreign minister

Taiwan's foreign minister has said the island will defend itself to the very last day if attacked by China

SC to hear petitions by women Army officers over permanent commission

The court will hear a batch of petitions on a plea by women officers in the Indian Army who had approached the Apex Court over non-implementation of its order to grant them a permanent commission

New list of defence items barred from import in March: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said another list of items pertaining to the defence industry that will not be imported from other countries will be notified next month. He also said procurement of defence equipment from the private sector will not be limited to 15 per cent but will go much beyond that. "Another list of items that will be not be imported to be notified in March 2021," he said in his closing remarks in a 'Webinar on Budget Announcements 2021-22: Galvanising Efforts for Atmanirbhar Bharat' on effective implementation of the Union Budget provisions in the defence sector. Last year, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA), Ministry of Defence (MoD) prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import. Singh shed light on the plans to spend USD 130 billion on military modernisation in the next five years, as he mentioned the recent order of 83 indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft MK 1A, Tejas, worth Rs 48,000 cror

Andhra CM announces ten-time hike in cash award for gallantry awardees

The Chief Minister had first visited the residence of Major General (Retd) C Venugopal, the War Veteran, and felicitated him as he is the living legend of the 1971 War

Navy to hold mega defence exercise covering over 7,500 kms of coastline

The Indian Navy will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise covering India's 7,516 km-long coastline, involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories

3-month extension given to defence forces for emergency weapon acquisition

The defence forces have been buying a number of spares, weapons, missiles and systems

Defence Ministry okays acquisition of military hardware worth Rs 28,000 cr

The procurement proposals were cleared at a time India and China are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh

Rahul Gandhi, Cong members walk out of defence parl panel meeting

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee on defence

DRDO successfully demonstrates quantum communication between two labs

The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and The Research Centre Imarat (RCI) were the two labs that participated in this demonstration.

India test-fires land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the lethal weapon that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms

PM Modi says India is forging ahead on its path to self-reliance in defence

The Prime Minister is in Longewala to celebrate Diwali with the security forces

Adversaries may take advantage if we don't have strong armed forces: Rawat

'From private and public sectors to foreign partners, all would get strength from India's vibrant strategic ecosystem,' he said

Best of BS Opinion: US-India defence cooperation, employment rate & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

US will give India access to its satellite network for defence purposes

India and US militaries have decided to ink a deal to share real-time geospatial intelligence, information on maps and satellite images for defence

Integrated theatre commands next step in defence reforms: Army Chief

During his address to the student officers and faculty of the CDM, he spoke on a number of issues concerning integration, theaterisation and modernisation of the armed forces in general, and the India

Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties amid rising China influence

The deal was expected: Japan has been pursuing such agreements in recent years to bolster ties with Southeast Asia and provide a lifeline to its own defense industry

Indian Navy scraps tender to procure 4 Landing Platform Docks at Rs 20k cr

The LPDs are used to transport troops, land warfare assets such as tanks, helicopters and vessels into a war zone by sea.

Ladakh: 8 strategic bridges inaugurated, 45 more to come in next 2 years

The 44 bridges constructed by BRO and were inaugurated today are spread over seven states/union territories

India's defence interests were compromised: PM Modi takes swipe at Cong

For long, he said, border projects could never come out of planning stage and those which did got stuck or were kept on the back burner