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Restructuring, resizing and reorganisation of the Indian Army, conceived and debated since 2016 (the DB Shekatkar Committee report, four different studies undertaken by Army HQ) is now getting into second gear with a couple of important approvals coming through in recent days. While the reorganisation of the Army HQ has…

EDITOR’S NOTE BAE System ranks among the first few global defence and aerospace companies to establish roots in India. The long list of their India specific endeavours include building the first Air Force Technical College in 1949, designing of Leander Class frigate – INS Nilgiri, establishing of manufacturing facility for…

An alert and calm woman fighter controller of the Indian Air Force (IAF) played a key role in thwarting the major Pakistan air attack on the Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir on 27 February, multiple sources aware of the entire sequence of events have revealed. The woman officer, whose…

Our first conversation began with a misunderstanding. In January 2015, I was in Baroda when an ‘unknown’ number flashed on my mobile. Thinking it was a friend from abroad whose number normally doesn’t show up, I greeted him exuberantly expecting a similar response. Instead, the voice on the other end…