French Army chief General Elrick Irastorza Monday arrived here on a two-day visit, seeking to ramp up defense cooperation and relations between India and France and initiate joint training programs.
Tag: Arackaparambil Kurian Antony
Never mind compromised MMRCA offset file: Antony
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Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony said on Monday that the $10-billion tender process for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) remains unhindered as no secret relating to the deal was compromised due to a file, which went missing recently.
Suspected Chinese spies being probed: Antony
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Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony said on Monday that the government has taken serious note of clandestine activities of Chinese nationals in India and that the investigating agencies were conducting inquiries in the matter.
Navy gets fleet tanker
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The Indian Navy commissioned the first of two fleet tankers built by the Italian ship-builder Fincantieri on Friday. The INS Deepak (Lamp) was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai by the Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony.
Antony at ASEAN
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The Indian Defence Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony on Tuesday called for the adoption of ‘cooperative approaches’ for ensuring the security of sea lanes in the Asia-Pacific Region, in his address to the first ASEAN Plus Eight Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Hanoi in Vietnam.
IAF network goes live
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The gigabyte digital information grid of the Indian Air Force (IAF), AFNET (Air Force Network) went live after Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony inaugurated it in New Delhi on Tuesday.
