New Delhi: India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh today gave statement in Lok Sabha on the developments on Ladakh border. Presented below is his statement in full text: 1. I rise today to brief this august House about the development on our eastern borders in Ladakh. You are aware that our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji had visited Ladakh and met our brave soldiers to convey the message of solidarity of the Nation behind their every action. I too have spent some time wit...Read More

New Delhi: Even amid tension on border between two countries, the Indian Army extended a helping hand to three Chinese citizens who lost their way in Plateau area of North Sikkim at an altitude of 17,500 feet on 03 September 2020. Realising danger to the lives of the Chinese citizens which included two men and one woman in sub zero temperatures, the soldiers of Indian Army immediately reached out and provided medical assistance including oxygen, food and warm clothes to protect them from the ...Read More

New Delhi: Here are the pictures of a meeting between Indian and Chinese Defense Ministers at the Hotel Metropol in Moscow, Russia. While details of this meeting are awaited, the discussion based on these pictures is at present limited to Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh's body language.  It's worth noting that China had sought a meeting at Defence Minister level with India during the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Moscow, Russia yesterday. Defense Minister Rajnath Sin...Read More

New Delhi: The Chinese exports to India since January this year have fallen by 24.7 per cent year on year to $32.28 billion amid growing calls to boycott China after its aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India Today has reported. The total trade between the two countries has thus been slashed to $43.47 billion - a drop of 18.6 per cent.One of the biggest blows to China has come in the form of its share in the Indian smartphone market which has come down from 81 per cent to 72 pe...Read More

New Delhi: The Government of India has banned 47 such applications (apps) which are clones of those 59 Chinese apps that have already been banned earlier. Such apps include Tik Tok Light, Cam Scam Advance, Helo Lite, Shareit Lite, Bigo Live Lite and VFY Lite among others. The order in this regard by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) was issued on Friday. DeshGujaratRead More

New Delhi: USS Nimitz (CVN 68), US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and world's largest warship, will exercise with the frontline ships of Indian Navy near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands today (Monday, July 20, 2020) and tomorrow. The US-India Passex (passing exercise) involving the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group off the Andaman and Nicobar coast will send out a strong message to China which has been trying to aggressively expand its borders by illegally encroaching on land and sea b...Read More

New Delhi: Indigenous production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) needs to be scaled up to a level where the production is economically viable, says a report which identified a list of APIS that need prioritized manufacturing and the associated advantages. The report titled ‘Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients- Status, Issues, Technology Readiness, and Challenges’ was brought out recently by Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), an autonomous organiza...Read More