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Defence and strategic cooperation between India and Australia has been transformative in recent years. An Australian soldier in pictured in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Australian National War Memorial in Canberra. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS India is a top-tier security partner for Australia, ...

Saudi authorities highlight tourism commitments during UN Sustainability Week in New York NEW YORK: The Saudi tourism minister on Tuesday reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to sustainable development of the travel sector. Ahmed Al-Khateeb said that under the leadership of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia ...

The United Kingdom's defence advisor to Pakistan, Brigadier Paul Hayhurst, faced criticism from netizens after he shared photos on X on Thursday, featuring him alongside Pakistan army personnel and yaks in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, highlighting their unique capability in high-altitude glacier terrain.In the post, Hayhurst can be seen posing on ...

New Delhi, Apr 2: Statehood and constitutional protection under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution will not impact defence and national security-related projects in Ladakh, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said on Tuesday. Wangchuk said this during an online meeting with climate groups and civil society organisations, convened to review ...

Test captain Ben Stokes has ruled himself out of England's title defence at the 2024 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Tuesday.The 32-year-old said he was skipping the tournament in the United States and the West Indies to make sure he could be ...

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has expressed hope for the betterment of ties with India after the general elections in the neighbouring country.Asif’s comments came days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Singapore said that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism almost at an “industry level” and the mood in ...

The sun had barely set on September 14, 1965, at Rasulpur village, on the approach to Sialkot city in Pakistan’s Punjab, when a Pakistan Army battalion attacked a company group of 2/1 Gorkha Rifles.Naik Debi Bahadur Gurung, who was controlling the 3-inch mortars at the post, inflicted steady and ...

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Islamabad does not want an “armed conflict” with Afghanistan, days after Pakistani air force jets carried out air strikes against terrorists in the border regions of Khost and Paktika inside the neighbouring country.“Force is the last resort. We do not want ...

Krishnamurthy Subramanian. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a tough stance, India has batted for “stringent monitoring” of any emergency funds provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its financially beleaguered neighbour Pakistan, stressing that such funds must not be redeployed towards defence bills or repayment of loans ...

China hikes defence budget by 7.2 per cent to USD 232 billion amid rivalry with US, frictions with neighbours – Kashmir Reader .recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;} Beijing,: China on Tuesday increased its defence budget by 7.2 per cent to USD 232 billion as it continues with the massive ...