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TREND | 04 Jul 2025, 08:24PM

Jaishankar to visit China for SCO meet, first since 2020 Galwan standoff

Business Standard

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit China around July 13 to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people familiar with the matter said on Friday. It would be Jaishankar's first visit to China after the ties between the two countries came under severe strain following the 2020 military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The external affairs minister is likely to travel to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi before going to Tianjin for the conclave of the SCO foreign ministers that will be held on July 14 and 15, the people cited above said. Jaishankar's visit is taking place less than three weeks after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh travelled to the Chinese port city of Qingdao to participate in the SCO defence ministers' conference. China is the current chair of the SCO and it is hosting the meetings of the grouping in that capacity. The military standoff in eastern Ladakh began in Ma

SMPP bags orders for jackets and helmets worth 300 cr from Indian Army

Business Standard | 04 Jul 2025, 12:26PM 1 more

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TREND | 04 Jul 2025, 06:33PM

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla says global collaboration key to space exploration, research

Business Line

Shukla is on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station as part of a joint ISRO-NASA project

ISRO Transfers 10 Technologies To Industry To Boost Self Reliance

NDTV Profit | 03 Jul 2025, 11:28PM 2 more

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TREND | 04 Jul 2025, 05:59PM

Threat of Naxalism now confined to just five-six districts: Rajnath Singh

Business Standard

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the infamous red corridor is now confined to just five-six districts, and these regions are turning into growth hubs

BEML Expands Defence Manufacturing With New Units At KGF Complex

NDTV Profit | 03 Jul 2025, 11:21PM 4 more

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TREND | 03 Jul 2025

Prosecution claims Porsche crash accused using delaying tactics in court

Business Standard

Accused persons in the 2024 Porsche car crash case involving a teenager driver are using delaying tactics to prolong legal proceedings by moving "frivolous" applications before a trial court in Pune, the prosecution argued on Wednesday. Currently, the court is hearing arguments for framing of charges against 10 accused involved in the swapping of blood samples of the 17-year-old juvenile, who fatally knocked down two IT professionals while driving a Porsche car allegedly under the influence of alcohol in May last year. The prosecution on Friday concluded its arguments seeking that charges be framed against all accused citing it has conclusive DNA evidence to prove the minor boy's blood samples were swapped with those of his mother at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital. All 10 accused, of whom nine are currently in jail, were equally involved in the conspiracy, it told the court. Defence lawyers representing the 10 accused, including the boy's father, were supposed to begin...

India, US To Ink 10-Year Defence Framework: Pentagon

NDTV Profit | 03 Jul 2025 9 more

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TREND | 01 Jul 2025

Shubhanshu Shukla Studies Muscle Loss In Microgravity On Board ISS

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Shukla is part of the Axiom-4 private space mission to the ISS as part of a joint ISRO-NASA initiative and docked at the orbital laboratory on Thursday last week along with three other astronauts.

Defence

TREND | 01 Jul 2025

Stealth frigate INS Tamal commissioned into Indian Navy in Russia

Business Standard

Indian Navy's Russian-manufactured guided missile frigate INS Tamal that features an array of guns, surveillance systems and BrahMos supersonic missile was commissioned into the force in Russia's coastal city of Kaliningrad. The 125m long, 3900-tonne warship, packs a lethal punch as it features an impressive blend of Indian and Russian cutting-edge technologies and best practices in warship construction. INS Tamal is the eighth Krivak class frigate to be inducted from Russia over the past two decades. The warship has been built at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, and is the last such platform that has been inducted from a foreign source, officials said. INS Tamal is the second ship of the Tushil Class, which are the upgraded versions of their predecessors, Talwar and Teg classes. The combat capability of the ship is augmented by a host of network centric warfare capabilities and advanced electronic warfare suite, the officials said. India as part of the broader contract for Tushil

DRDO lab conducts trials of software-defined radio, communication system

Business Standard | 01 Jul 2025 4 more

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TREND | 01 Jul 2025

Stolen airstrip returned to IAF after being secretly sold off 28 years ago

Business Standard

The case dates back to 1997, when Usha Ansal and her son Naveen Chanda allegedly stolen an airstrip used by the Indian Air Force during the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars

Defence

TREND | 30 Jun 2025

Reliance Defence partners with US firm for 20,000 crore defence MRO market

Business Line

The partnership will provide comprehensive MRO and upgrade solutions for Indian military aircraft and defence systems

Defence spending, foreign buys decline

Business Standard | 30 Jun 2025 2 more

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TREND | 29 Jun 2025

Space agency ISRO urgently needs to tackle ground realities

Business Line

ISRO must confront the reasons why it has had a disappointing year so far

Defence

TREND | 29 Jun 2025

Ukraine Reports Record Russian Missile And Drone Attack

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Russia targeted seven regions across Ukraine including Lviv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzia, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a post on the X platform.