By Vineet Dikshit

NewsGate Press Network

In this episode of Defence News Weekly, we take a look at this years allocation of funds for the defence sector as the government has announced increase in the annual defence budget by 13 percent. The new figures for financial year 2024-25 strands at 6.21 lakh crores – which is a 13 percent increase as compared to the last year’s defence budget.

And in this edition we also take a look at the role of Indian Navy in providing cover to the merchant ships over the troubled waters in the Red Sea area after  escalation of hostilities in West Asia.