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Mega boost for Indian Navy: Cabinet Committee clears acquisition of 200 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles worth 19000 crores

ANI - 22 February, 2024

The BrahMos is the main weapon for anti-ship and attack operations for the Indian navy warships which have been regularly firing the weapon system.

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West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab tableaux rejected for Republic Day ceremony: Ministry of Defence dismisses claims of ‘discrimination’

OpIndia Staff - 31 December, 2023

Ministry of Defence has requested all States, which failed to make it to Republic Day Parade of 2024, to display their tableaux at Red Fort in the National Capital between 23rd January and 31st January 2024.

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Project 17A Frigates: India’s new stealth warship Mahendragiri to be launched in Mumbai on September 1

OpIndia Staff - 30 August, 2023

Mahendragiri is the seventh and last ship under Project 17A Frigates, which will be launched from Mazagon Dock in Mumbai

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Defence Ministry signs contract worth Rs 2,585 crore with Larsen & Toubro to manufacture 41 indigenous modular bridges

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2023

Larsen & Toubro will make 41 modular bridges developed by DRDO at a cost of Rs 2585 crores

News Reports

PIB fact-checks fake Ministry of Defence letter on the Agnipath scheme circulating online mentioning revised terms of service for recently enrolled cadres

OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2022

Ever since the Government launched Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the Armed Forces, along with violent protests, a lot of misinformation is also being spread against the scheme

News Reports

Govt launches Agnipath Scheme for recruitment in Armed forces, Agniveers to get preference in PSUs and state govt jobs after four-year of service

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

Those who get enrolled in the armed forces under Agnipath scheme would be called Agniveers. The enrollment under the scheme will be for a four-year period.

Fact-Check

Fact-Check: 25,000 soldiers of the Indian Army are NOT returning their Shaurya Chakra medals

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2020

Telugu newspaper spreads fake information that 25,000 soldiers are returning their Shaurya Chakras.

News Reports

Media reports of villages in Arunachal Pradesh near China border being vacated are false, says Defence Ministry

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2020

Some media portals had claimed that people living in villages near the Tibet border in Arunachal's Tawang area have been fleeing amidst the LAC tension with China.

News Reports

Tatra Truck scam: All you need to know about the UPA-era scam of over 750 crores where culprits went unpunished for ‘lack of evidence’

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2020

Former COAS Gen VK Singh had alleged in 2010 that he was offered a bribe of Rs 14 crores to clear a batch of 600 substandard Tatra Trucks.

Entertainment

Following controversy surrounding Ekta Kapoor and ‘XXX’ series, MoD writes to CBFC: Depicting Armed forces in web series or films to require NOC

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2020

The move comes after Army personnel and their uniform was depicted in a bad light in XXX Uncensored, for which an FIR was filed against Ekta Kapoor

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