Defence & Security Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sat, 24 Jan 2026

• The Super-100 winners of Veer Gatha 5.0 were felicitated in New Delhi on 24 January 2026; the edition drew over 1.92 crore students, including 28,005 from CBSE schools abroad.

Fri, 23 Jan 2026

• The armed forces announced a tri-service tableau titled 'Operation Sindoor: Victory Through Jointness' for the 77th Republic Day Parade.

Thu, 22 Jan 2026

• Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan released the Military Quantum Mission Policy Framework on 22 January 2026, a roadmap for bringing quantum technologies into the armed forces.
• A joint operation by the CRPF and Jharkhand Police in West Singhbhum killed Naxal Central Committee member 'Anal alias Patiram Manjhi', carrying a ₹1 crore reward, and 15 other Naxalites on 22 January 2026.
• Ten Army soldiers were killed and 11 injured on 22 January 2026 when their vehicle plunged into a gorge at Khanni Top on the Bhaderwah–Chamba road in Doda district.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026

• The Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Sudarshini was flagged off from Kochi on 20 January 2026 for Lokayan 26, a ten-month transoceanic expedition covering about 22,000 nautical miles.
• Ships of the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron — INS Tir, INS Shardul and INS Sujata, with ICGS Sarathi — made a port call at Belawan, Indonesia, on 20 January 2026.

Mon, 19 Jan 2026

• The Indian Navy concluded a contract on 16 January 2026 with Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, an MSME shipyard in Thane, for three 200-tonne Bottom Opening Non-Propelled Barges.

Sun, 18 Jan 2026

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a Medium Caliber Ammunition Manufacturing Facility at Solar Defence & Aerospace Ltd in Nagpur on 18 January 2026 and flagged off the first tranche of Guided Pinaka rockets to Armenia.
• DRDO's oceanographic research vessel INS Sagardhwani was flagged off from Kochi on 17 January 2026 for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri initiative, the Defence Ministry said on 18 January.
• The Indian Navy concluded a five-day Joint Services Multi-Speciality Medical Camp across five Lakshadweep islands on 16 January 2026, with 4,719 patients receiving specialist consultations.

Sat, 17 Jan 2026

• Indian Coast Guard Ship Sankalp, an Offshore Patrol Vessel on overseas deployment in the Indian Ocean Region, made a port call at Port Louis, Mauritius, on 17 January 2026.
• The Indian Navy's First Training Squadron (1TS) — INS Tir, INS Shardul, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi — arrived at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on 15 January 2026, the Defence Ministry said on 17 January.
• The Defence Ministry announced on 17 January 2026 that Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar would lead a four-member delegation to Kenya for the 3rd India–Kenya Defence Exhibition and Seminar in Nairobi on 19 January.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026

• The Indian Army celebrated its 78th Army Day at Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 15 January 2026, holding the parade on Mahal Road, the first time it was conducted outside an army cantonment.

Wed, 14 Jan 2026

• The Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Kaundinya, a traditionally built stitched sail ship, reached Muscat, Oman, on 14 January 2026 after completing its maiden voyage from Porbandar.
• The 10th Defence Forces Veterans' Day was observed across India on 14 January 2026, with Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh attending the main celebration at the Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt.
• The 22nd High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard and the Japan Coast Guard was held in New Delhi on 14 January 2026, co-chaired by ICG Director General Paramesh Sivamani and JCG Commandant Admiral Yoshio Saguchi.

Tue, 13 Jan 2026

• The Defence Ministry said on 13 January 2026 that the 16th ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Counter Terrorism, co-chaired by India and Malaysia, would meet in New Delhi from 14 to 16 January along with a Final Planning Conference for a Table Top Exercise.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 270 kg of mephedrone worth ₹81 crore, concealed in a chicken-feed consignment, from a truck intercepted in Rajasthan during a multi-state operation on 11–12 January 2026.
• The Central Bureau of Narcotics' Madhya Pradesh unit busted a clandestine MD manufacturing laboratory at a nursery in Village Amla Agar and seized 31.250 kg of MD powder, the Finance Ministry said on 13 January 2026.

Mon, 12 Jan 2026

• DRDO successfully flight-tested its third-generation fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capability against a moving target at KK Ranges, Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra on 11 January 2026, the Defence Ministry said on 12 January.

Fri, 09 Jan 2026

• The DRDO's Hyderabad-based Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) ground-tested its full-scale actively cooled scramjet combustor for over 12 minutes at its Scramjet Connect Pipe Test facility on 9 January 2026, a key step in India's hypersonic missile programme.
• Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 9th Apex-Level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi on 9 January 2026, announced a three-year nationwide anti-drug campaign from 31 March 2026 and inaugurated the Narcotics Control Bureau's Amritsar office.
• Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the National Security Guard's National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) by video conference on 9 January 2026, a single-window repository of data on bomb blasts for investigation and anti-terror agencies.

Thu, 08 Jan 2026

• Project Veer Gatha 5.0, a joint initiative of the Defence and Education ministries for Republic Day, drew a record 1.92 crore students from about 1.90 lakh schools, the Defence Ministry said on 8 January 2026, with 100 national 'Super-100' winners to attend the parade on Kartavya Path as special guests.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026

• The Indian Navy said on 7 January 2026 that its First Training Squadron — INS Tir, Shardul, Sujata and ICGS Sarathi — will make a Long Range Training Deployment to South East Asia for the 110th Integrated Officers' Training Course, with port calls in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Mon, 05 Jan 2026

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned ICGS Samudra Pratap, the first of two pollution control vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited and the largest ship in the Coast Guard fleet, in Goa on 5 January 2026.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan was chief guest at the inauguration of the NCC Republic Day Camp 2026 at the DGNCC Camp, New Delhi, on 5 January 2026.

Sun, 04 Jan 2026

• Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh inaugurated the Aeronautical Development Agency's two-day national seminar 'Aeronautics 2047' at CABS, Bengaluru, on 4 January 2026, congratulating ADA on 25 years of LCA Tejas flight.