Rajnath Singh

Promotion of Indian start-ups will be another focus area at Aero India 2025, said the MoD statement. It is also expected that leading defence PSUs may reveal further details of some of their leading and pioneering projects to interested overseas buyers.

Rajnath said DRDO scientists must keep an eye on products and processes being adopted by advanced countries, and develop niche technologies to make DRDO among the strongest R&D organisations in the world.

The focus will also be on positioning India as a 'credible exporter' of defence products, and encourage more public-private partnerships, said the Ministry.

Addressing officers at the Army War College (AWC) in more than two-centuries-old Mhow Cantonment, Singh said a target has been set to achieve defence exports of Rs 50,000 crore by 2029.

Rajnath Singh was addressing Army personnel at the more-than-two-century-old Mhow cantonment in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh

Parliament winter session highlights: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh initiated the debate on Friday. It will continue until 5 pm on Saturday.

Russia has already completed supplies of the first three regiments of the missile systems. There has been a delay in supply of the remaining units in view of the Ukraine conflict, according to reports.

The two defence ministers met in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos on the sidelines of a regional security conclave, weeks after Indian and Chinese militaries completed disengagement of troops from two last face-off points in eastern Ladakh.

He highlighted that the Shastra Pooja ceremony held at the event symbolises respect for weapons as protectors of the nation’s sovereignty.

Among these, 18 projects are situated in Arunachal Pradesh, including three key roads, 14 bridges, and a helipad executed under the Brahmank, Vartak, and Udayak projects

Rajnath Singh also underscored India’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of the vital international maritime routes.

Addressing a rally in poll-bound Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri, Rajnath Singh said the Congress president has said that he would remain alive till Modi is not removed from the chair

Currently facing one of its worst economic crises, Pakistan recently secured a new $7 billion loan from the IMF as part of a bailout program. The country, now the IMF's fifth-largest debtor, has received 22 bailout packages since 1958 and owes $6.28 billion to the Fund.

Rajnath Singh said peace has returned to Jammu and Kashmir since his party’s government came to power at the Centre

The BJP has repeatedly raised the issue of the alleged presence of illegal immigrants in Jharkhand and accused the Hemant Soren government of turning a blind eye to it for its "vote-bank politics".

Garhwa SP Deepak Pandey told PTI that since the vehicle carrying fuel for the helicopter failed to reach, Singh decided to proceed to Varanasi by road.

This follows the earlier test on Thursday when the VLSRSAM missile effectively engaged another low-altitude target.

As part of the all-party delegation… the understanding was that the members are free to meet anyone we want and hear them out. And we went, says CPI’s D Raja.

Recently, Pakistan’s Additional Solicitor General filed an affidavit stating that PoK is a foreign land. Singh responded by reminding PoK residents that while Pakistan considers them foreigners, India welcomes them as its own.

The defence minister calls for strong and robust national security component for fail-proof deterrence