New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A section of Japanese media and people are criticising Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her administration for their efforts to upgrade Japan's defence and security systems, but these critics are overlooking China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, according to an article published on the Japan Forward news website.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed the telecom companies to strictly enforce the rule of not issuing a new mobile phone connection to any subscriber already having nine SIMs, an official statement said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Thursday highlighted the strong cooperation between India and Japan, citing the Indian Navy's timely assistance during a medical emergency involving a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessel as an example.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that a close alignment between India's MAHASAGAR vision and Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) initiative is "more important now than ever before" and emphasised the deep strategic interlinkages between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday received his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, in New Delhi, for high-level talks to deepen defence cooperation between the two countries.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday reiterated the Central government's commitment to strengthening development and infrastructure along India's border areas, asserting that regions neglected in the past have now become a "top priority" under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
New Delhi/ Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, in New Delhi on Thursday to further strengthen defence cooperation between the two nations and promote peace in the Indo-Pacific region.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Russia is keen on exploring a strategic overland rail link to connect it with the Indian Ocean and India, with the initiative aiming to secure freight transport and bypass vulnerable maritime choke points like the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and the Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) India’s primary concern would not necessarily be the supply of drones developed by leading Ukrainian drone and missile manufacturer 'Fire Point' to Pakistan, as Ukraine is unlikely to deliver them amid the ongoing war with Russia. New Delhi should instead be more focused on the possibility of a technology pipeline developing between the two countries than on the acquisition of a specific weapon, a report has highlighted.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday dismissed the allegations made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi regarding alleged Chinese intrusion into Indian territory, asserting that the concerns being raised in Arunachal Pradesh need to be viewed in the context of the long-standing lack of a formally demarcated India-China boundary.
