Tibetan soldiers, who were inducted into the Chinese Army's Border Defence forces due to their high endurance to extreme weather conditions, are now part of the border patrols along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.
India successfully carried out a training launch of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-1 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile is a proven system, capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision
The decision to install the two-way communication transponders was taken after discussions with stakeholders, including the state and central fisheries and the National Security Council.
The Indian Air Force has grounded the entire fleet of MiG-21 fighter aircraft pending an investigation into the crash over Rajasthan, that claimed three lives, two weeks ago.