Careers
Agnipath Scheme Explained — Pay, Seva Nidhi, Retention and What Happens After Four Years
Everything a 17-to-21-year-old needs to know about the Agnipath model before registering — the money, the odds of retention, and the exit options.
Defence News & Explainers
Reporting and explainers on the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, CAPFs and the defence industry.
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Analysis
India's Defence Budget Explained — Where ₹6.8 Lakh Crore Actually Goes
Headline numbers hide the real story. Pensions, salaries and modernisation compete for the same rupee — here is the split and why it matters for industry.
Air Force
Tejas Mk1A — Why the IAF's Smallest Fighter Is Its Most Important Programme
180 aircraft on order, squadron strength at a historic low, and a GE engine bottleneck — the Mk1A story is the story of Indian air power for the next decade.
Careers
The SSB Interview Day-by-Day — What Actually Happens and How Candidates Get Screened Out
Around 60 percent of candidates go home on Day 1. Here is the five-day process broken down, with the tests, the timings and the mistakes that end campaigns early.
Industry
From ₹686 Crore to ₹21,000 Crore — How Indian Defence Exports Grew 30x in a Decade
The products, the buyers and the policy changes behind India's defence export surge — and the ₹50,000 crore target that comes next.
Navy
Two Carriers, One Ocean — INS Vikrant and India's Carrier Strategy
Why India builds carriers when its neighbours build submarines, what Vikrant can and cannot do, and the third-carrier debate.
Missiles
BrahMos Goes Global — The Export Pipeline After the Philippines Deal
The Philippines was the proof of concept. Here is who is next, what variant they want, and why the BrahMos-NG matters more than the original.
Army
The Infrastructure Race on the LAC — Roads, Tunnels and Airfields Since 2020
Firepower matters less than the road that gets it there. A look at what India has built along the Line of Actual Control since the Galwan clash.
Technology
India's Drone Doctrine — From Heron to MQ-9B and the Swarm Start-ups In Between
Thirty-one MQ-9Bs, hundreds of tactical drones from Indian start-ups, and a loitering-munition boom — how unmanned systems are being bought and built.
Careers
Women in the Indian Armed Forces — Every Entry Now Open, and What the Numbers Say
From the 2020 Supreme Court verdict on permanent commission to women cadets at the NDA and Agniveer intakes — the full map of routes and the current strength.
Industry
iDEX for Founders — How Start-ups Win Defence Contracts Without a Lobbyist
The Defence Innovation Organisation has funded 400-plus start-ups and converted dozens into orders. Here is the mechanism, the money and the mistakes first-time applicants make.
Industry
Defence Stocks Decoded — What Actually Drives HAL, BEL, BDL and Mazagon Dock
Order books, execution cycles and policy — the three variables behind India's most-watched defence equities, without the hype.