Facing Russia 'threat', France to restore voluntary military servicePresident Emmanuel Macron is set this week to announce that France is restoring military service on a voluntary basis in the face of the gr...
25 Nov, 2025, 08.33 PM IST
Ukraine finally finds a way to push back Russia and reclaim its land. This is how foreign gamers are playing a crucial role in the objectiveUkraine is training foreign gamers to become drone pilots in its fight against Russia. Using skills gained through video games, recruits fr...
13 May, 2025, 08.43 PM IST
Spurred by Trump turnabout, European nations debate conscriptionEuropean countries are reconsidering compulsory military service as they face the threat of Russian aggression and potential US security wi...
16 Mar, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
How the Kargil war’s legacy shaped the Agnipath scheme for a modern armyLaunched as a major reform in the Indian Armed Forces, the Agnipath scheme aims to rejuvenate the army by reducing the average age of its p...
26 Jul, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull's-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and electionsFrench officials and cybersecurity experts from Europe and the United States have identified disinformation campaigns targeting France, orc...
04 Jul, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
Five Eyes issue report over China recruiting US fighter pilots to boost air defence abilitiesThe Five Eyes alliance released a report stating China is actively recruiting Western fighter pilots to enhance its air defense and counter...
07 Jun, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Nepali Gurkhas are joining Wagner: The lure of the private military companiesNepali Gurkhas have reportedly joined Wagner Group, Russia's private military company, after an easing of rules allowed easier access to Ru...
26 Jun, 2023, 02.28 PM IST
French defence group Thales to recruit 12,000 staff as orders boomHe said that over the past eight years Thales, which has total staff of 80,000 of which 40,000 in France, had recruited 5,000 to 8,000 peop...
26 Feb, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
Agnipath: Necessary reform, unnecessary babelSuch revolutionary reform requires a degree of large-scale social adjustment. Public consultations and information dissemination through me...
11 Jul, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
How nations recruit and retain soldiersAll recruitments for Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) to be done through the scheme. Soldiers will serve for four years, after which 25%...
16 Jun, 2022, 01.46 AM IST
French forces in Mali kill jihadist commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned groupAg Moussa, alias 'Bamoussa', is "believed to be responsible for several attacks against Malian and international forces," she said in a sta...
13 Nov, 2020, 02.32 PM IST
French forces kill leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebDroukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of...
06 Jun, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Women to be allowed in combat role in Army, says General Bipin Rawat"I am looking at women coming as jawans. I am going to start it soon. Firstly, we will start with women as military police jawans."
11 Jul, 2018, 04.54 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman in select group of female defense ministersHer appointment as the defence minister has put Sitharaman in a select group of female leaders, 16 to be precise, who lead the armed forces...
04 Sep, 2017, 09.16 PM IST
France to Syria: Journey of a western jihadiAn online profile of one of the men in a video posted by IS after mass shootings and suicide bombings in Paris shows how hard it is to pred...
16 Nov, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
Three Pakistan nuclear sites attacked in last five years, says expertIt's a subject Americans can't stop discussing and one Pakistan hates talking about. The Mehran attack has once again focused world attenti...
24 May, 2011, 12.47 PM IST
- India-Myanmar helicopter sale threatens EU ban: NGOs
A EU arms embargo to Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell an attack helicopter to the military regime, Amnesty Internatio...
16 Jul, 2007, 06.45 AM IST