A company in the US has created the Thermonator, "the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog". Throwflame, the Ohio-based company, told The Guardian the robot dog can shoot flames upto 30 feet, has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections and one-hour battery life. The company has described Thermonator as "your ultimate firepower companion" and can be used in wildlife control and prevention, agricultural management, ecological conservation, and snow and ice removal, as well as entertainment and special effects, the outlet further said in its report.

The robot flame-throwing dog will cost you $9,420 (Rs 7.86 lakh). The features include lidar mapping for elevation data, laser sights and ability to avoid obstacles.

Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari flew a sortie in a Eurofighter aircraft at a German airbase on June 7, 2024.

PM Modi departs for the G7 summit in Italy.

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Ajit Doval to continue as India's National Security Advisor (NSA) with cabinet minister rank.

His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of PM or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

IAS (Retired) Dr PK Mishra to continue as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.

National Security Guard (NSG) to establish its hubs in Ayodhya, Pathankot, and Kerala.

The Ayodhya unit will get active in coming months and the rest by the end of this year.

Due to Ram Mandir, the city and Mandir itself is on target of Islamic terrorism and in any adversary, the local NSG hub will ensure timely response to threats.

Being in a bordering area, Pathankot is a strategic hotspot and it deserves its own NSG Hub, officials say.

The motive behind Kerala is that it has slowly become a safe haven for Islamic Terror organisations and seeing this, the Govt. has taken this measure.

Indian Air Force carrying the mortal remains of 45 Indian victims in the fire incident in Kuwait, landed at Ernakulam, Kerala, Cochin International Airport.

RBI has been awarded the best risk manager for improving its risk culture and awareness.

The first indigenous Loitering Munition, Nagastra–1, developed by Solar Industries, Nagpur, has been delivered to the Indian Army.

Indian Army placed an order to Solar Industries’ Economics Explosives Ltd (EEL) to supply 480 Loiter Munitions under Emergency Procurement Powers, out of which 120 has been delivered.

Nagastra -1, in a 'kamikaze mode' can neutralize any hostile threat with GPS-enabled precision strike with an accuracy of 2m. The man-portable fixed-wing electric UAV of weight 9 kg has an endurance of 30 min, a man-in-loop range of 15 km and an autonomous mode range of 30 km. Its electric propulsion system provides a low acoustic signature to make it undetectable by the enemy at a height of more than 200 metre.