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The foreign exchange reserves, held by the central bank, increased 22.88% on a weekly basis, breaking a five-week losing streak and crossing the $8-billion mark, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.Earlier, the reserves plunged to $6,636.1 million, ...

The Rafale deal controversy reaffirmed a crucial fact: A regional power with global ambitions but without an indigenous military industry would be crippled even during small crises.If India wants to be a power worth reckoning, it must stand on its own two feet.Besides a homegrown military industry, ...

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa today countered critics, saying the Indian Air Force had not changed any specification of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and separately ruled out cutting down on the size of his force.On Tejas, he said: ...

Defence budget at a record high at over Rs 3 trillion for 2019-20 announced Industry experts point out that India's defence budget 2018 compares with the top five in the world. In fact, it overtook that of UK's for the first time in history, says a report by a global think-tank based in London. ...

Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 has crashed at HAL airport, Bengaluru. Reports are coming in that two pilots have perished in this unfortunate incident. The aircraft was being flown by two test pilots of the Indian Air Force. ...

Pakistan has conducted another successful launch of the tactical ballistic missile Nasr as part of the Army Strategic Forces Command training exercise, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. The exercise included a training test on January 24, ...

A delegation of Pakistani water officials led by Indus Water Commissioner Mehr Ali Shah will return from New Delhi on Friday, ARY News reported. ...

At least twenty-two people including 15 militants were killed in January this year, reveals official data. Besides 15 militants, 2 soldiers, a policeman, a trooper, a BSF man and an Army porter were killed.As per the data 15 militants were killed in 7 encounters. ...

In a sharp criticism to Indian government's policies in Jammu and Kashmir, American political scientist Christine Fair has said that India's record in Kashmir is not what one would expect from a democracy.'Now, ...

When China built a military-run space station in Argentina's Patagonian region it promised to include a visitors' center to explain the purpose of its powerful 16-story antenna. The center is now built - behind the 8-foot barbed wire fence that surrounds the entire space station compound. ...

Gearing up for its maiden manned space mission ''Gaganyaan'', ISRO unveiled its Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The space agency is gearing up for the human spaceflight programme by 2021-end that is likely to include a woman astronaut. ...

French aerospace major Dassault Aviation will fly its Rafale fighter at the Bengaluru air show from February 20-24 at the Yelahanka air base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), an official said on Wednesday. ...

The Pakistani and Kashmiri leadership has always been communicating and there is nothing new in Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's telephonic conversation with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar, the Foreign Office has said as it rejected India's objections. ...

As part of the Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat's manpower reduction and warfighting rejuvenation exercise, the directorate of Military Training (MT) will merge with Army Training Command (ARTRAC), with the latter shifting from Shimla to a more accessible location close to Delhi. The ARTRAC, ...

The Indian Air Force is preparing to welcome the new generation ultra-modern Rafale fighter aircraft in its fleet to strengthen its strike capabilities, President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said. The government has been facing attack from the opposition over the multi-crore aircraft deal. ...

Pakistan has launched a strong attack on India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council blaming it as the 'primary stumbling block' for reforms. Intervening in the discussions on Council reforms on Wednesday, ...

In a significant decision, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday cleared a proposal to indigenously build six submarines РІР‚' in a move which is likely to further strengthen the country's defence apparatus.According to news agency ANI, the project is likely to cost Rs 40, ...

India has strongly objected to the UK for allowing Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to use the House of Commons as a stage for a Kashmirconference during a visit to London this weekend. ...

The Indian Navy has announced an extensive upgrade in the perimeter security of its major air stations around the country to protect valuable assets, including the Poseidon-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft and Mig-29K fighter jets, reports The Times of India. ...

Israel Aerospace Industries on Wednesday announced entering into agreements worth $93 million this week for providing Naval Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile systems to India. The contracts for the air defence system were entered with the Indian Navy and the Cochin Shipyard. ...