India’s annual defence production touched an all-time high of Rs 1.78-lakh crore in the 2025-26 financial year (FY), representing a 15.6% of Rs 1.54-lakh crore and an 110% increase since 2020-21 (Rs 84,643 crore), the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.A statement from the ministry said the indigenous defence production has increased almost four times since 2013-14 (Rs 43,746 crore).…
In their first meeting in over a year following the strain in bilateral ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump about India’s concerns regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the safety of its seafarers.Trump, who at Evian-les-Bains in eastern France, called seafaring a “rough profession” and that he loves “those people, they are great people”.Underlining that relations…
“We (US) will be there to help” if India is attacked, President Donald Trump told reporters in France’s Evian on Wednesday as he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a bilateral meeting. During a joint press briefing with Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Trump said India and the US have a great relationship.“I think it is a…
