Vishal Thapar

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Group Editorial Head for BW’s Defence, Security & Police

Latest Articles By Vishal Thapar

Agnipath to pave way for induction of women sailors in Indian Navy

Women to be enlisted in all naval trades in below officer ranks for the first time, including on warships

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No roll-back of Agnipath scheme, as forces announce schedule of inducting 1st batch of short-service soldiers

Rioters and arsonists to be disqualified from enlisting, asserts military brass amidst violent protests against new recruitment programme

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IAF gets a new head for its Maintenance Command

Top Air Force engineer tasked with maintaining high serviceability rate of flying fleets, air defence assets

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IAF seeks Star Wars mandate, wants turf extended to Space

Space-based assets likely to be targeted by adversaries to influence outcome of future wars, warns Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari

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India restricts military service to 4 years in below officer ranks to tame spiraling manpower costs

“Tranformative” Agnipath scheme aims at stopping pension bleed which is consuming a quarter of the Rs 5.25 Lakh Crore Defence Budget

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India test-fires 4,000-km Agni-4 missile to demonstrate increasing reach & maturity of its nuclear arsenal

User training launch by Strategic Forces Command signals operationalization of China-specific Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

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HAL’s Basic Trainer Aircraft gets airworthiness certification in big Make in India milestone

CEMILAC nod paves the way for serial production of HTT-40, eliminates IAF need for foreign Stage-1 trainer

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Indian Navy gets go-ahead for 8 New Generation Corvettes as part of $9.8 Bn approvals for military beef-up

Defence Acquisition Council nod for indigenizing Su-30MKI fighter engines, procurement of wheeled armoured vehicles, weapon locating radars & Dornier snoop planes

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India sends diplomats to Kabul for the first time since Taliban takeover

Team led by joint secretary to meet senior Taliban officials, representatives of international bodies to oversee delivery of India’s humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

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India, Israel adopt joint vision on future Defence cooperation

Letter of Intent on enhancing cooperation in the field of Futuristic Defence Technologies also exchanged

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