Rajnath Singh

NEW DELHI: At the 7th General Council meeting of the NITI Aayog, if there was great consensus about one issue, it was the National Education Policy (NEP), said NITI Aayog in the press conference after the meeting. “If there is one thing about which there was great consensus, it was on the implementation of the […]

NEW DELHI: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh chaired the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meet on Tuesday as it approved Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for Capital Acquisition Proposals of the Armed Forces totaling ₹28,732 crores under the Buy (Indian IDDM) and Buy (Indian) categories, promoting “AtmaNirbharta” in the Defense sector. AoN for Bullet Proof Jackets with […]

SRINAGAR: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India has become a strong and confident nation which is well-equipped to protect its people from anyone who tries to cast an evil eye. Paying glowing tributes to the freedom fighters and the Armed Forces personnel who have laid down their lives since independence in the […]

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has set a target of producing defence equipment worth Rs 1.75 lakh crores by 2025, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday adding that equipment worth Rs 35,000 crores would be exported. Addressing chief managing directors (CMDs) and non-official directors (NODs) of DPSUs at a first-of-its-kind workshop here, Singh said, […]

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched 75 newly-developed Artificial Intelligence products and technologies during the first-ever ‘AI in Defence’ (AIDef) symposium and exhibition on Monday. The products were launched under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Singh pointed out that AI has built inroads in almost every sector, including defence, health and medicine, agriculture, trade […]

NEW DELHI: In a big boost to India’s naval defence, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired the Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from an Indian Naval Ship (INS) off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha on Friday. The VL-SRSAM, a ship-borne weapon system, is meant for neutralising […]

  NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the security situation along the India-Pakistan border during his visit to forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, and warned Pakistan of a befitting reply if provoked. Army chief General Manoj Pande, Gen Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of Northern Command, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and other senior […]

NEW DELHI: India has given Rs 3,250-crore credit for the defence to Vietnam as the two nations forge a relationship to strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region that may also control China’s imminent threat, a year after the QUAD summit was held between other nations. The announcement on the line of credit was made by […]

NEW DELHI: Marking three decades of diplomatic ties between the two countries and amid rising cooperation, especially in the field of defence, Israel’s Defence Minister Benjamin Gantz on Thursday met Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Gantz is accompanied by Senior Defence officers, including the Chief of Defence Staff. Later in the evening, […]

WASHINGTON DC: The United States accused China of undermining the sovereignty of its neighbours during discussions between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin & Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the fourth 2+2 ministerial dialogue on Monday. India-US Defence Cooperation is being further […]