Jaishankar arrived on Tuesday on the first leg of his six-day three-nation tour to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Seychelles

Defence sources have said that the missile accurately hit an airborne target and neutralised it

'Biden to continue to prioritise the defence and security partnership with New Delhi'

Trump announced the news in a tweet, saying that 'effective immediately' Christopher Miller will serve as acting secretary.

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria also hailed the decision of creating the post of the Chief of Defence Staff as a ‘historic phase of higher defence reforms.’

The eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks is slated for Friday over India-China standoff that began on May 6.

Last week, India announced that Australia will be part of the Malabar exercise which effectively makes it a drill by all four member nations of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition.

During the third edition of the Indo-US 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday, the two countries vowed to ramp up their overall security ties, and inked a total of five pacts

India and the US signed the landmark defence pact, BECA, that will allow sharing of high-end military technology between the two countries.

China's aggressive military behaviour is expected to figure prominently during Tuesday's talks

Rajnath Singh has been performing ‘Shastra Puja’ during Dussehra for the last several years including during his tenure as the Union Home Minister in the previous NDA government.

The missile was test-fired at the integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha around 10:30 AM, officials said.

Rahul Gandhi bats for jawans, says ‘ranks can be a determining factor for fixing pay, but not for nutritional value.’

Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Subrata Saha (Retd) tells Outlook that the Defence Ministry's decision to ban the import of 101 items will give a boost to the private sector.

Since 2014, the country also started a massive programme to build domestic defence-industrial capabilities which have yielded slow but steady results.

According to IAF officials, Ambala was chosen for housing Rafales in the western sector due to several factors such as depth from the border, base infrastructure and other technical facilities.

An Army Spokesperson said the government order paved the way for empowering of women officers to shoulder larger roles in the Indian Army.

The procurement of 21 MiG-29 and upgrading of the existing fleet of MiG-29 are estimated to cost the government Rs 7,418 crore.

Besides the missile systems, the Rafale jets will come with various India-specific modifications, including Israeli helmet-mounted displays, radar warning receivers, low-band jammers, 10-hour flight data recording, infra-red search and tracking systems among others.

Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar met with Russia Deputy Defence Minister Col General A V Fomin in Moscow to work on the modalities of speed up various defense contracts.