NEW DELHI: India-China diplomatic talks may now be taking a slightly “positive” trajectory but the armed forces continue to hone their high-altitude combat skills through intensive exercises, while the Army is raising a new infantry division of around 15,000 soldiers as part of its continuing rejig of forces and firepower for the northern borders.‘Prachand Prahar…
NEW DELHI: India will now for the first time conduct a major naval exercise called `Aikeyme’ with 10 African countries, as part of the continuing military outreach to the continent where China has made major strategic inroads, even as it keeps a close watch on the threats posed by Somali pirates and Houthi rebels in…
NEW DELHI: Diplomatic ties between India and Bangladesh may have nose-dived since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster last year, but the military relationship continues as before. The navies from the two countries have just concluded a combat exercise and coordinated patrol in the Bay of Bengal this week.The bilateral ‘Bongosagar’ exercise, in which Indian destroyer INS Ranvir…
India concludes massive naval combat exercise amid growing China-Pak maritime collusiveness NEW DELHI: India’s massive three-month long naval combat exercise, with 65-70 warships, 10 submarines and over 80 aircraft and helicopters, has now ended after testing operational preparedness and honing warfighting skills in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), amid expanding maritime collusiveness between China and…
Exercise Dharma Guardian (Image credits: ANI) EAST FUJI: The 6th edition of the India-Japan joint military exercise, Dharma Guardian, began on February 24, 2025, at the East Fuji Training Area in Japan. This significant exercise marks a major milestone as it is being conducted at an enhanced scale, with the participation of troops expanded to…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has issued an advisory to OTT platforms urging stricter age-based classification of content and compliance with the Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021.The advisory comes close on the heels of row over an episode of YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’ by Samay Raina, featuring podcaster and influencer, Ranveer…
It turns out that the Isley Brothers, who sang that 1966 Motown hit “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You),” were onto something when they linked age to an aching and flagging heart. Heart disease, the nation’s leading cause of death and disability, has been diagnosed in about 6 percent of Americans ages…
It turns out that the Isley Brothers, who sang that 1966 Motown hit “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You),” were onto something when they linked age to an aching and flagging heart. Heart disease, the nation’s leading cause of death and disability, has been diagnosed in about 6 percent of Americans ages…
“But then my other arm would always get tired from pushing the stroller,” she said. “So I was like, ‘You know what? Let me put it on my ankle.’” Ms. Gale, 33, who also wears the watch on her ankle when she uses StairMaster and elliptical machines at the gym, does a double take whenever…
NEW DELHI: India is conducting a massive naval combat exercise, with 65 warships, nine submarines and over 80 aircraft and helicopters, to test operational preparedness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).The Tropex or the ‘theatre level operational readiness exercise’, which is conducted biennially, has brought the Navy’s western and eastern fleets together as well as…