Indonesia Seeks To Boost Counter-Terror Cooperation With India

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest nation, is seeking wide ranging counter-terror cooperation, including strengthening intelligence cooperation mechanism with neighbouring India, also a victim of terror, in the wake of last week’s yet another... Read more »

The Singapore Army Is Getting Deadly New Vehicles

As part of the city state’s modernization plans for its armed forces three new vehicle types are expected to enter service by the mid-2020s. These are the Next-Gen Armored Fighting Vehicle, a... Read more »

Massive fire kills 69 in Bangladesh capital

DHAKA: A devastating fire raced through buildings in an old part of Bangladesh’s capital and killed at least 69 people, officials and witnesses said on Thursday. About 50 other people were injured and... Read more »

Cyber crimes pose challenge to traditional policing: Rajnath Singh

The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has said cyber crimes pose a challenge to traditional policing and called upon the Police personnel to hone their skills to tackle the threats posed... Read more »

BEL CMD wins ‘Business Leader of the Year’ Award

Bengaluru, February 19, 2019: Mr Gowtama M V, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), has been conferred with the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ Award at the Aerospace & Defence... Read more »

SIG Sauer to produce 72,400 assault rifles for India

The small arms manufacturer SIG Sauer has announced on 13 February that India’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) will acquire 72,400 SIG716 7.62 mm assault rifles for the Indian Army (IA). According to a... Read more »

Fingerprint data sharing agreement between Japan and U.S. takes effect

Earlier this month, Japan and the United States began sharing fingerprint data among their law enforcement agencies under a bilateral agreement. The little-known agreement, negotiated in 2014 by the administrations of Prime... Read more »

Losses caused to India doubled due to change in climate

Losses caused to India by extreme weather events more than doubled in the 10 years to 2017 from the previous decade (1998-2007), with the farm sector bearing the brunt, according to a... Read more »

Huawei announces 5G smartphone based on own technology

BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced plans to release a next-generation smartphone based on its own technology instead of U.S. components, stepping up efforts to compete directly with Western industry... Read more »

Tech helps curb graft in policing

Inclusion of technology in policing to bring in transparency and accountability has brought down corruption in the state police department. The decade-old perception among residents about police high-handedness has changed after certain... Read more »