The country’s total death toll sat at 100,842 on Saturday morning, on top of nearly 6.5 million infections, according to the Indian Health Ministry. Passing the 100,000-mark seven months to the day after India reported its first batch of cases, the country now has the highest rate of daily new …
Read More »India test-fires ‘extended range’ version of BrahMos as older version of supersonic cruise missile deployed to counter China
The missile was fired from a land-based mobile launcher at a military facility in India’s eastern Odisha state. Its extended-range version can hit targets over 400km (248.5 miles) away, as opposed to the original model, which could travel 290km (180 miles). The head of the Defense Research and Development Organisation, …
Read More »Building collapses in India killing at least 10, more feared trapped as rescue operations are underway
The structure in the town of Bhiwandi fell at approximately 3:40am local time. The chief of the National Disaster Response Force said in a tweet that up to 25 people could still be trapped under the rubble. Fire brigades and police teams have also been dispatched to the scene. According to local media, …
Read More »‘Differences, not disputes’: India & China agree on de-escalation plan, say border standoff ‘not in the interest of either side’
Tensions have been flying high along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eatern Ladakh at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border since May, and have repeatedly led to clashes between Indian and Chinese troops stationed in the sparsely populated mountainous area. The plan – agreed by India’s External Affairs Minister S …
Read More »Shots fired during latest China-India Himalayan border incident, but Asian powers dispute who used weapons
The latest incident in the ongoing tensions at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border happened on Monday south of the glacial Pangong Tso Lake. According to the Chinese side, Indian troops trespassed on Chinese territory and “brazenly made gunshot threat” when a Chinese border guard patrol came to investigate. The Chinese troops …
Read More »‘Provocative movements’: India slams China, as it reveals fresh border incident over the weekend
Indian troops have pre-empted the Sunday night maneuvers of the Chinese military on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake and strengthened their positions to “thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground,” the Indian side said in a statement on Monday. China responded to the allegations later …
Read More »Nine workers TRAPPED after large fire erupts at hydroelectric dam in India (VIDEOS)
According to local media, a fire broke out inside an underground power plant at the Srisailam Dam in Telangana State on Thursday night. Videos from the scene show engineers with fire extinguishers rushing to put out a bright blaze raging on one of the power units. Initial reports say that …
Read More »India refused to plant for the production of Kalashnikovs
Russia continues to lose market share, India’s military, once a key ally in Asia and the region’s largest buyer of Russian weapons. As reported by The Economic Times, another joint Russian-Indian weapons project Podvis in the air. In the deadlocked negotiations to establish a joint venture for the production of …
Read More »India has decided to purchase weapons from the United States
The US President Donald trump said that India had signed a contract to purchase American weapons at more than $3 billion. According to “Interfax”, trump said that among the future supply of attack helicopters AH-64 Apache and multipurpose helicopters MH-60. Indian and U.S. military are conducting joint exercises. According to …
Read More »India has ordered from Russia weapons for $14.5 billion
India has ordered from Russia weapons and military equipment by $14.5 billion, said the head of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Dmitry Shugaev. In the photo, the T-90 in service with the army of India “Last year, and today marked the appearance of a huge compared …
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