Pentagon
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Pentagon on lockdown after shooting near Metro station
News | Aug 03, 2021, 11:00 PM ISTThe Pentagon was on lockdown Tuesday morning after multiple gunshots were fired near a platform by the facility's Metro station. At least one person was down, according to two people familiar with the shooting, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release information publicly. The person's condition was not known.
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Pentagon Lockdown: Officer dies after being stabbed at transit station
World | Aug 03, 2021, 11:43 PM ISTAn officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, law enforcement officials said.
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Pentagon flags national security threat from Chinese tech firm Da Jiang Innovations
World | Jul 24, 2021, 06:42 AM ISTSystems made by Chinese manufacturer Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) pose potential threats to US national security, said the US defense department
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Preparing to send 159 oxygen concentrators to India: Pentagon
World | May 14, 2021, 08:15 AM ISTThe US defense forces are preparing to send 159 oxygen concentrators to India via a commercial flight next week, the Pentagon said.
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US aims at helping India develop its own defense industrial base: Pentagon
World | Mar 11, 2021, 09:53 AM ISTIndia is a real partner, a rising partner of the United States, Helvey said responding to a question from Congressman Doug Lamborn during a Congressional hearing on I
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Joe Biden admin to remain committed to a strong US-India bilateral relationship: Pentagon
World | Jan 29, 2021, 11:21 AM ISTThe Biden administration is going to remain committed to a strong bilateral relationship with India, the Pentagon has said, a day after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke for the first time with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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Indian-American becomes US Army's first CIO
World | Jan 07, 2021, 01:57 PM ISTIndian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief Information Officer of the US Army, after the Pentagon created the position in July 2020.
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Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan
World | Nov 18, 2020, 07:32 AM ISTActing Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Tuesday the U.S. will reduce troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan by mid-January, asserting that the decision fulfills President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring forces home from America’s long wars even as Republicans and U.S. allies warn of the dangers of withdrawing before conditions are right.
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Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
World | Nov 16, 2020, 08:50 PM ISTPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet.
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Pentagon spokesman denies report on Esper's resignation plan
World | Nov 06, 2020, 07:22 PM ISTChief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman has denied a media report that claimed US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper was planning to resign.
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US UFO Task Force to release alarming findings involving vehicles made of material not from earth
Science | Jul 25, 2020, 09:27 AM ISTThe top-secret task force called Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force, was stated by Pentagon to have been disbanded. However, a US Senate committee report last month revealed that the spending program had been conducting classified briefings for over a decade.
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US military operations killed 132 civilians in 2019, reveals Pentagon
World | May 07, 2020, 10:37 AM ISTAt least 132 civilians were killed in US military operations in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, according to a Pentagon report. The report released on Wednesday, added that 91 civilians were injured in the operations, most of them aerial
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Pentagon releases 3 UFO videos after US pilots claim of spotting flying objects
World | Apr 28, 2020, 11:30 AM ISTThe videos released by the Pentagon show what the pilots must have seen during their training flights in 2004 and 2015, that appeared as UFO. Out of the total 3 videos, 2 were earlier published by the New York Times. The third video has been released by a media and private science organization - To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science group.
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Pentagon orders 60-day freeze on overseas US forces movements
World | Mar 26, 2020, 08:27 AM ISTUS Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has issued an order to stop movements of overseas US forces for up to 60 days to curb the spread of the coronavirus among military, according to media reports.
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50 US troops suffered brain injuries in Iran rocket attack, says Pentagon
India | Jan 29, 2020, 06:56 AM ISTAfter Pentagon said that almost 50 US servicemen suffered brain injuries in Iran rocket strike earlier in January, it belies President Donald Trump’s initial claim that no Americans were harmed.
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34 US troops suffered brain injuries in the Iranian missile attack, Pentagon confirms
World | Jan 24, 2020, 11:44 PM ISTPresident Donald Trump had initially said he was told that no troops had been injured in the Jan 8 strike
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China will emerge as America's strategic threat, says Pentagon official
World | Jan 15, 2020, 07:16 AM ISTIn this era of great power competition, China will emerge as America's strategic threat, a top Pentagon official has said, reiterating the need of ramping up US presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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No specific evidence Iran was planning to attack US embassies: US Defense Secretary
World | Jan 14, 2020, 07:24 AM ISTUS Defence Secretary Mark Esper has said that he shares President Donald Trump's views that additional attacks by Iran on US embassies was a likely situation but there was no specific evidence that it was plotting an attack on four US embassies.
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US Navy, Pentagon confirm the existence of a 'TOP SECRET' video of UFO encounter
World | Jan 13, 2020, 09:55 AM ISTThe United States Navy on Friday said that Pentagon has a secret 'classified' video of an incident relating to an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO). Pentagon, through its spokesperson, later confirmed the existence of this video.
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US Navy secretary forced out over SEAL case: Trump
World | Nov 25, 2019, 09:46 AM ISTTrump said Sunday he "was not pleased with the way that Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's trial was handled by the Navy." He was treated very badly but, despite this, was completely exonerated on all major charges. I then restored Eddie's rank.