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Having served 29 years under the Indian Navy, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier INS Viraat will be decommissioned later this year. The ship will be towed back to Mumbai from Kochi, for completion of the decommissioning ceremony, where it had arrived earlier in July for Essential Repairs and Dry Docking (ERDD) which was completed on September 4, 2016.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative has received a big blow, as the Indian Navy refused to use home-made war planes.

Over the last five years, the world trade in arms has reached a level not seen since 1990. The Middle East and Asia remain the key markets for weapons, according to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Greece was the 6th most popular tourism destination in Russian travel platform Yandex in January 2017. Greece had a 4.9% of the total reach share, with Thailand (12.2%), Turkey (6.2%), India-Goa (6%), Vietnam (5.7%), Egypt (5.2%) occupying the top 5 spots.

The worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War over the last five years due to demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study said on Feb. 20.

In order to encourage foreigners to visit India, the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi has decided to provide foreign nationals with local SIM cards upon their arrival in the South Asian country.

Austria's Ambassador to Sofia Roland Hauser has turned out to be the most popular personality in Novinite's 2016 poll.

Apart from winning the contest's Diplomacy category, Mr Hauser has obtained the biggest share of votes among all nominees.

The official report of this year's 53th Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17-19 was titled "Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order?"

That in itself explains a lot about explorations in the field of security and diplomacy under the new global circumstances symbolized by the election of Donald Trump as the president of the U.S.

Saab, the Swedish defence giant, has expressed interests in setting up a state-of-the-art fighter jet factory in India.

Wearing that perfect dress on that one magical day of their lives is arguably one of the most important things for women looking forward to their wedding. Here are 15 photos of some of the most beautiful traditional wedding dresses from all over the world:

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