India, Brazil and South Africa have started a 10-day long joint naval exercise here aimed at tackling terrorism at sea. The exercise called IBSAMAR, which started on Monday along the Cape Town will co..Read More
A third contingent of 125 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, including 10 women, left for Congo on Wednesday to join a United Nation's peacekeeping mission there.According to officials, the ..Read More
India will provide expertise to the small defence forces of the Central African Republic of Gabon in disaster management, training and healthcare. This was agreed during talks between the visiting Sen..Read More
It is indeed a matter of pride to be amongst air warriors of IAC-I, who are due to embark on a peace keeping mission in the DR Congo. This 243 Air Warrior strong task force is being led by Group Capta..Read More
The Chief of South African Army, Lieutenant General Solly Zacharia Shoke was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at South Block lawns here today.Earlier, he was received by Army Chief, General JJ S..Read More
Vice Admiral J Mudimu, Chief of the South African Navy, is on a visit to India from 26 Feb to 03 Mar 07, at the invitation of Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy. This is hi..Read More
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Durban on Saturday on his first-ever visit to South Africa, a country that was highly critical of India's nuclear tests, but now appears to be willing to ..Read More
Air Vice Marshal DC Kumaria VM, VSM Asst Chief of Air Staff Operations (Space) has flagged off the IAF Air Field Services Unit (ASU) contingent to Kindu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), today at A..Read More
An Indian Air force (IAF) contingent was flagged off by Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani, the Vice Chief of Air Staff on Thursday to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as part of India's UN Peace K..Read More
New Delhi: India is beefing up its presence in the UN peacekeeping force in Congo with an additional 850-strong infantry battalion leaving Saturday for the restive Katanga province ahead of ele..Read More
New Delhi: India has offered to sell light arms and medium guns and ammunition to Zambia. The offer of arms was made during the talks the visiting Commander of Zambian army Lt Gen Issac Chisuzi..Read More
New Delhi: In a first ever defence cooperation agreement with a major African nation, India Monday agreed to mount periodical maritime patrolling of the Mozambique coast and supply the country ..Read More
United Nations: UN Mission Commander Major-General Rajender Singh has urged the representatives of Ethiopia and Eritrea to put an end to increased tensions along their shared border. Setting th..Read More
India and Mauritius, which currently share surveillance information and military training, plan to step up their defense ties to include the supply of weaponry and equipment. Under a memorandum of und..Read More
South Sudan has formed an autonomous government as part of a January peace deal that ended more than two decades of civil war in Africa's largest country, a senior official said on Sunday.The for..Read More
Indian Navy's submarine training school INS Satvahana has joined the elite club of establishments providing training to friendly foreign navies with a batch of officers of the South African Navy ..Read More
With oil prices hitting record levels of US$70 per barrel in recent weeks, major energy consuming countries are engaging in an increasingly heated competition for energy resources on the world stage...Read More
3 August 2005: Brazil and South Africa have told the US state department that if India is accommodated as a nuclear weapons state, then some of the NPT members would like to withdraw unilaterally, whi..Read More
