Category: India

The timing of the announcement is notable: the deal was finalised just ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for the annual India–Russia Summit.

India and Russia will hold major defence talks during Putin’s visit. Both sides will discuss new S-400 missiles and the Su-57 stealth fighter jet as India plans stronger air power.

Rajnath Singh praised India’s fast-growing shipbuilding industry at Samudra Utkarsh. He said India now builds advanced vessels with strong local technology and invited global partners to join India’s maritime future.

India is buying more Heron Mk II UAVs from Israel under emergency rules after strong performance in Operation Sindoor, boosting long-range surveillance and strengthening the armed forces’ unmanned capabilities.

Indian agencies arrested Agarwal in October 2018 in a joint operation involving military intelligence and state Anti-Terrorism Squads.

The R-37M (exported as RVV-BD) is a long-range beyond-visual-range (BVR) missile intended to take out high-value assets (AWACS, tankers) from standoff ranges.

The conversations are being framed as exploratory rather than final signings, but the timing, a rare high-profile bilateral meeting gives both sides a chance to push major deals forward.

The rise in DRDO/Department expenditure shows the state is putting real resources behind R&D and tech transition to industry.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said ‘misuse’ of biological weapons by non-state actors is no longer a distant possibility and international cooperation is needed to combat such a challenge.

Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) is a next-generation, multi-mission stealth frigate programme designed by the Warship Design Bureau to replace and outperform older frigates.