Defence & Security Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 11 Aug 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard held their 8th High-Level Meeting in New Delhi on 11 August 2025, focusing on marine pollution response, maritime search and rescue and maritime law enforcement.
• Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of the Australian Army, began an official four-day visit to India on 11 August 2025, calling on Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi in New Delhi.

Sun, 10 Aug 2025

• The foundation stone of the ₹1,800 crore 'Brahma–BEML Rail Manufacturing Hub' was laid on 10 August 2025 at Umaria village of Obedullaganj in the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

Sat, 09 Aug 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh announced on 9 August 2025 that India's annual defence production reached an all-time high of ₹1,50,590 crore in FY 2024-25, up 18% over the previous year.
• INS Tamal, the Indian Navy's newest stealth frigate, concluded a port call at Casablanca, Morocco, from 6 to 9 August 2025 and held a Passage Exercise with Royal Moroccan Navy ship Mohammed VI on departure.
• INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy's first indigenous Survey Vessel Large, entered Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on 9 August 2025, Singapore's National Day, for a three-day maiden visit.

Thu, 07 Aug 2025

• The Ministry of Defence said on 7 August 2025 that chapters on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Brigadier Mohammad Usman and Major Somnath Sharma have been added to the NCERT syllabus this academic year.
• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan released the declassified versions of the Joint Doctrines for Cyberspace Operations and Amphibious Operations at the Chiefs of Staff Committee meeting in New Delhi on 7 August 2025.
• National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on 7 August 2025, after holding talks earlier that day with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu.

Tue, 05 Aug 2025

• The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 5 August 2025 accorded Acceptance of Necessity for proposals worth about ₹67,000 crore, including MALE RPAs for all three Services and a BrahMos fire control system for the Navy.
• The inaugural India–New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 5 August 2025, co-chaired by Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad and New Zealand's Kathleen Pearce.
• INS Delhi, INS Shakti and INS Kiltan of the Eastern Fleet concluded a port call at Manila during their South East Asia deployment and held a bilateral maritime exercise with the Philippine Navy on 3–4 August 2025.

Mon, 04 Aug 2025

• Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi inaugurated 'Agnishodh', the Indian Army Research Cell at IIT Madras, on 4 August 2025 to boost self-reliance in defence technology.

Fri, 01 Aug 2025

• The Bharat National Cybersecurity Exercise 2025, organised by the NSCS and Rashtriya Raksha University, concluded on 1 August 2025 with over 600 participants.
• Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan assumed charge as the 47th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 August 2025.

Thu, 31 Jul 2025

• On 31 July 2025 at GRSE, Kolkata, Himgiri (Yard 3022), the third Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) frigate and the first of the class built by GRSE, was delivered to the Indian Navy.
• On 31 July 2025 in Mumbai, Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, succeeding Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh.

Wed, 30 Jul 2025

• On 30 July 2025 in New Delhi, the 13th India–UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee met at Secretary level for the first time, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UAE Under Secretary of Defense Lt Gen Ibrahim Nasser M. Al Alawi.
• On 30 July 2025, the Defence Ministry said INS Satpura had arrived in Singapore for the 32nd edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-25).
• On 30 July 2025, construction of the Indian Coast Guard's first indigenously built Air Cushion Vehicle began with a girder-laying ceremony at Chowgule & Company, Goa.

Tue, 29 Jul 2025

• On 28 and 29 July 2025, DRDO flight-tested the Pralay missile twice from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off Odisha as part of User Evaluation Trials.
• On 29 July 2025, Goa Shipyard Limited launched ICGS Atal (Yard 1275), a Fast Patrol Vessel for the Indian Coast Guard, at Vasco-da-Gama, Goa.

Mon, 28 Jul 2025

• On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed an MoU with TIDCO in New Delhi to set up a Mechanical & Material domain testing facility in Tiruchirappalli in the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor.

Sun, 27 Jul 2025

• On 27 July 2025, the 14th edition of the India-Singapore joint military exercise Bold Kurukshetra began at Jodhpur, to run till 4 August 2025.
• On 27 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended Raising Day greetings to Central Reserve Police Force personnel.
• On 26-27 July 2025, the Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi, hosted SHAPE 2025, the first Armed Forces national conference on sustainable hospital planning.
• On 27 July 2025, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh virtually addressed the convocation of Vadodara-based Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.

Sat, 26 Jul 2025

• On 26 July 2025, the nation marked the 26th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, with the central event at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh.
• On 26 July 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the eighth National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi.

Fri, 25 Jul 2025

• On 25 July 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth about ₹2,000 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited for Air Defence Fire Control Radars for the Indian Army.