Military & defense

The fifth-gen jets are able to bolster NATO's eastern shield with air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capabilities amid increased Russian aggression.

The scientist allegedly moved government funds around to pay the woman's salary and threatened to kill one of the contractors if they told anyone.

Top officials told a House Armed Services subcommittee that the Army will fall short of its year-end strength goals by about 10,000 soldiers.

Navy Lt. Amanda Lee is the first woman to be named a Blue Angels demo team jet pilot in the squadron's 76-year history.

Explorers found the USS destroyer Samuel B. Roberts in the Philippine Sea. The ship was sunk by a Japanese battleship in the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As per the notification, the registration for the recruitment rallies will start from July. "The registrations will be opened from July onwards by the respective Army Recruitment Offices (ARO) for Agniveer General Duty, Agniveer Technical, Agniveer Technical (aviation/ammunition examiner), Agniveer clerk/store keeper technical, Agniveer tradesman (10th pass) and Agniveer Tradesman (8th pass) as per the ARO rally schedule", the Army notification reads.

Keeping in view the call for Bharat Bandh against the Agnipath scheme on Monday, Bihar government temporarily suspended the ...

Ukraine's military said they have destroyed a heavily-armed Russian tug boat on the Black Sea using a Harpoon missile supplied by the US.

Taiwan has shown off its fleet of CM-34 Clouded Leopard fighting vehicles manufactured in Nantou County, amid mounting tensions with China.

In the wake of protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, the Gurugram district administration on Friday imposed Section 144 CrPC as a precautionary measure to maintain law & order. "Orders were issued as a precautionary measure to maintain the law & order situation in district Gurugram," SDM Gurugram Ankita Chowdhary said.

People in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been protesting against the radical scheme of the central government to recruit soldiers in the military. The main agenda behind the ongoing protest and agitation is the uncertainty of the future of the Agniveers. Armed forces jobs, especially for the non-commissioned ranks, provides a good paying job to the youth, whose choices otherwise are limited.

The Centre on Thursday raised the upper-age limit for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme to 23 years from 21 years for the year 2022 amid protest and agitation against the new Army recruitment scheme. "Consequent to the commencement of the AGNIPATH scheme, the entry age for all new recruits in the Armed Forces has been fixed as 17 and a half - 21 years of age.

Thousands of youths assembled at the Jahanabad railway station on Patna-Gaya rail route on Thursday and blocked the tracks as protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme entered day two in Bihar. Demanding rollback of the scheme and recruitment under normal process, the agitators also blocked Patna-Gaya road route.

​Indian youth who choose to be a part of India’s new transformative recruitment for the forces – already have job offers and benefits awaiting them. Unlike earlier, in this format, Agniveers will work for the three armed forces for four years including training – as personnel below the officer rank (PBOR

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This scheme is likely to change the structure of the armed forces. Around 45,000-50,000 people will be recruited under the scheme. 25% of the candida...

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An intelligence report reveals Ukraine is suffering thousands of casualties and are outgunned by Putin's forces in the Donbas, says The Independent.

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India's military spending of $76.6 billion ranked third highest in the world followed by the US and China, stated Sweden based think-tank -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) -- in its report published on Monday. The report stated that India's military spending was up by 0.9 per cent from 2020 and by 33 per cent from 2012.

Two sailors were found dead at off-base locations on April 9 and 10. A third was found unresponsive on board and later died, CNN reported.