Japanese Defence Minister, US counterpart discuss China radar incident, patrol of Chinese and Russian bombers

IANS | December 12, 2025 3:17 PM

Tokyo, Dec 12 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday that he and his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, held a telephonic conversation and shared concern over rising tensions in the region following recent radar lock-on incident involving Japanese and Chinese fighter jets and a joint patrol of Chinese and Russian bombers near Japan, local media reported.

India, Nepal DGMOs validate Exercise 'SURYAKIRAN-XIX', cementing 'long-standing military brotherhood'

IANS | December 9, 2025 4:15 PM

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the Indian Army, Lt Gen Manish Luthra and Nepal Army, Maj Gen Anup Jung Thapa jointly witnessed and validated the two-day Battalion-level Validation Exercise conducted as part of Exercise SURYAKIRAN–XIX, marking the culmination of an intensive combined training cycle at the Foreign Training Node, Pithoragarh, defence officials said on Tuesday.