Military
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Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup
World | Mar 28, 2021, 09:59 AM ISTAs Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere killed scores of people while suppressing protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup.
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India has world's fourth strongest military: Military Direct's study
India | Mar 21, 2021, 11:13 AM ISTChina has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four, according to a study released on Sunday by defence website Military Direct.
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Myanmar coup: Military says will hold elections as soon as possible
World | Feb 01, 2021, 05:55 PM ISTAfter staging a coup, Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday said the military would hold a new election as soon as it completes implementing emergency provisions.
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Next batch of Indian peacekeepers to leave for South Sudan
News | Nov 13, 2020, 04:29 PM ISTAnother batch of Indian peacekeepers is all set to leave for peace mission in South Sudan.
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Pakistan made tremendous efforts, sacrifice in fighting terrorism: China
News | Sep 11, 2020, 04:40 PM ISTWhile addressing a press conference in Beijing on September 11, the spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian said, "Terrorism is a common challenge faced by all countries.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approves abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service
India | May 07, 2020, 05:05 PM ISTUnion Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today approved the proposal of Engineer-in-Chief of Military Engineering Services (MES) for optimisation of more than 9,300 posts in the basic and industrial workforce.
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Iraqi Military: 2 Rockets Hit Training Base South of Baghdad
World | Mar 17, 2020, 05:01 PM ISTThe rockets on Monday evening struck the Bismayah Camp, the media office affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC)
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Copter crash kills Taiwan's top military officer, 7 others
India | Jan 02, 2020, 01:34 PM ISTA top military official from Taiwan was killed in an air force helicopter crash Thursday morning that killed seven other people, the defense ministry said. The helicopter was flying from Taipei to the northeastern city of Ilan for a new year's activity when it crashed.
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35 civilians, 80 jihadists killed in attack in Burkina Faso
World | Dec 25, 2019, 09:45 AM ISTJihadists attacked a town in northern Burkina Faso and killed 35 civilians, most of them women, and ensuing clashes with security forces left 80 jihadists dead, the West African nation’s president announced late Tuesday. The violence, which erupted in the town of Arbinda in Sahel region near the country’s border with Mali, lasted for several hours, according to a military statement. Seven members of the security forces who responded also were killed.
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The third edition of Military Literature Festival (MLF) to begin from December 13
Dec 02, 2019, 02:04 PM ISTThe third Military Literature Festival (MLF) is all set to commence at the Rajendra Park grounds on December 13. Know all the details inside!
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Training of 1st batch of 100 women officers in military police to soon
India | Nov 01, 2019, 12:01 AM ISTThe training of the first batch of 100 women in the Corps of Military Police will start by year-end and four women instructors have been deployed for it, a senior Army official has said.
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India slams Turkey's military offensive in Syria
India | Oct 10, 2019, 11:55 PM ISTIndia on Thursday slammed Turkey's unilateral military offensive in northeast Syria, saying it can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism.
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Bogie of military special goods train derailed at Dhata station in UP
India | Oct 06, 2019, 06:39 AM ISTThe incident took place when the train coming from Moradabad to Bareilly was passing through a loop line when the last bogie got derailed, Moradabad DRM Karan Prakash said.
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Any Pak military drone crossing border will be shot down: Army
India | Sep 25, 2019, 10:42 PM ISTInteracting with reporters on the sidelines of a first-of-a-kind seminar on artificial intelligence, at Hisar Military Station, South Western Command chief Lt Gen Alok Singh Kler also said there was "nothing to worry" at the moment.
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Don't follow these fake Twitter accounts of Indian military leadership
India | Sep 19, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTDon't get into Pakistan's trap of fuelling tensions in India via social media. Several fake Twitter handles of senior Indian military leadership are doing the rounds. These are not real Twitter accounts of the persons mentioned. The Indian Army and other security agencies are taking strict action against these fake Twitter handles that are fabricated by Pakistani agencies to spread misinformation about India after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A.
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Indo-US joint military exercise begins in Washington
India | Sep 06, 2019, 02:22 PM ISTIt is being conducted at the Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington.
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Pentagon approves military construction cash for Donlad Trump's border wall
World | Sep 04, 2019, 07:45 AM ISTDefense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border.
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Chinese military says its top General's visit to Pakistan 'very successful'
World | Aug 29, 2019, 07:23 PM ISTThe visit of Gen Xu, the Vice Chairman of the China's powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) headed by President Xi Jinping, assumed significance as it took place in the current round of tensions between Pakistan and India over New Delhi's decision to revoke article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
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Pakistan demands ICC action against Team India for wearing military caps
Cricket | Mar 09, 2019, 03:50 PM ISTAs a mark of respect to the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the Pulawama terrorist attack, Indian cricketers sported the army cap and donated their match fee for the welfare of the families of the martyrs.
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Chinese military equips troops in Tibet with mobile howitzers: Report
India | Jan 08, 2019, 04:53 PM ISTChina's People's Liberation Army (PLA) stationed in Tibet Autonomous Region has been equipped with mobile howitzers which aims to boost the troops' high-altitude combat capability to improve border security, state-run Global Times reported.