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Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday spoke to Israel’s defence minister Benjamin Gantz over the telephone and conveyed that he looks forward to advancing the strategic partnership between the two countries.  Singh congratulated Gantz on taking the charge as deputy prime minister and defence minister in the new Israeli government led by prime minister Naftali…

A high-level meeting held between PM, Home Minister, Defence Minister, and NSA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting on Tuesday with a major focus on the framing a broad-based policy to deal with emerging security threats and futuristic challenges faced by the country.  The meeting was conducted two days…

Azerbaijan and Turkey kick off joint live fire military drills

Turkey and Azerbaijan started joint military drills in Baku on Monday, deploying tanks, drones, and helicopters to improve the two countries’ combat interoperability, Azerbaijan’s defence minister said in a statement.  Photographs released by the Azeri defence ministry showed a column of armoured personnel carriers and tanks from the two countries moving towards the arid terrain.   “The…

iDEX gets a Rs 498 crore budget to support innovations

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved budgetary support of Rs 498.8 crore to Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX)-Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO) for the next five years.  The Ministry said that the funds would be utilised in providing financial support to nearly 300 start-ups, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and individual innovators with a larger goal of ensuring…

Defence Minister invites Swedish defence companies to set up manufacturing hubs in India

In an address at a conference on India-Sweden defence industry cooperation on Tuesday, defence minister Rajnath Singh invited leading Swedish defence majors to set up manufacturing bases in India as he projected India as an attractive destination for investment to produce military equipment and platforms.   He said the government of India has rolled out a series…