New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The dust has barely settled after the India AI Impact Summit 2026, but the message from the gathering is already echoing far beyond India’s borders, a report has said.While the summit officially focused on building ethical, human-centric artificial intelligence, it also revealed a deeper strategic shift: India is preparing its armed forces for the era of AI-driven warfare, according to India Narrative report.For decades, military strength was measured by the size of a…
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Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) China’s expanding military footprint, economic leverage, and technology dominance are sharpening India’s strategic anxieties, top American and Indian experts told a U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday, warning that New Delhi’s rivalry with Beijing remains structural despite a recent diplomatic thaw. Testifying before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, academics, think tank experts, and former officials stated that the October 2024 diseng…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Marking a first in bolstering the combat preparedness in the North-East, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to operationalise new emergency landing facility on a four-lane highway in Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Saturday, officials said on Thursday. The 4.2-km stretch of the National Highway has been developed as the emergency landing facility and is situated close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), giving the IAF strategic leverage and flexibility to augment its opera…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Opposition parties on Monday mounted a sharp attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of avoiding parliamentary debate on critical national issues such as border infrastructure, inflation and unemployment, while raking up ideological controversies for political gain. Speaking after announcing a meeting of Opposition parties, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said there was growing internal conflict within the BJP and alleged that the government was deliber…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned for the second time, till 4 p.m., amid a row over Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi repeatedly seeking to raise the alleged details of the Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh in 2020. The lower house of the Parliament saw a heated exchange between the Congress and the ruling BJP over former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s “unpublished” book on the Doklam standoff between India and China in 20…
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) China has placed one of its most powerful military leaders under investigation, triggering intense scrutiny inside and outside the country as allegations range from corruption to the leaking of sensitive nuclear weapons data to the United States, media reports said.The investigation targets Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission and the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the People’s Liberation Army. China’s Ministry of National …
Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) China’s policy toward India is a coherent multi‑pronged strategy that blends political engagement, territorial incrementalism, and proxy support to constrain New Delhi’s options, a report has highlighted. A recent article in the ‘European Times’ scrutinised the meetings held by a delegation of China’s Communist Party of China (CCP) during its New Delhi visit, earlier this week stating that the CCP’s united front strategy is designed to cultivate interlocutors abroad…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said that eight terror camps, of which two are near the International Border (IB), and six across the Line of Control (LoC), are still active, and security forces are keeping a close watch on them.In response to a question from IANS during the annual press conference of the Indian Army, Gen Dwivedi said, “According to our information, eight terrorist camps are still active, two of which are in IB and six are across the LoC. We do…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said that 65 per cent of the total terrorists eliminated in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in this past year were Pakistanis. He said that 31 terrorists in total were eliminated by the Indian Armed Forces in 2025, out of which three were the perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam attack — a massacre by terrorists which claimed 26 innocent lives.Addressing the annual press conference of the Indian Army here, Gen Dwivedi said, “In 202…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reiterated that Operation Sindoor remains ongoing, and a future misadventure will be resolutely responded to, while adding that the military action was “the best example of tri-services synergy under clear-cut political directive and full freedom to act or respond”.He also acknowledged the “proactive role” of all stakeholders involved in Operation Sindoor.Addressing the annual press conference of the Indian Army here, Gen Dwivedi…