Defence & Security Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 18 Jun 2025

• From 18 June 2025 at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie, France, the Indian and French Armies are holding the 8th edition of the biennial joint military exercise SHAKTI, running till 1 July 2025.
• On 18 June 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, INS Arnala, the first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, was commissioned into the Eastern Naval Command in the presence of CDS Gen Anil Chauhan.

Mon, 16 Jun 2025

• On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Defence Cyber Agency began 'Cyber Suraksha', a multi-phased cyber security exercise under Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff running till 27 June.
• On 16 June 2025 in Goa, 'Achal', the fifth of eight Fast Patrol Vessels being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Coast Guard, was launched.
• On 16 June 2025 in New Delhi, DRDO and IIT Delhi announced a demonstration of free-space quantum secure communication using quantum entanglement over more than one km on the IIT Delhi campus.

Sun, 15 Jun 2025

• On 15 June 2025 in Lucknow, Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributed appointment letters to 60,244 Civil Police Constables of the Uttar Pradesh Police.

Sat, 14 Jun 2025

• On 14 June 2025 at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade.
• On 14 June 2025 at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Sri Lanka Army Commander Lt Gen BKGM Lasantha Rodrigo reviewed the spring term passing out parade.
• On 14 June 2025 at the Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2025 opened with an Indian Army contingent taking part.

Fri, 13 Jun 2025

• On 13 June 2025 off Kochi, Kerala, a Navy Sea King helicopter winched a salvage team onto the fire-hit Singaporean vessel MV Wan Hai 503, and its tow was transferred to the tug Offshore Warrior.

Thu, 12 Jun 2025

• On 12 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Indian Coast Guard chaired the 137th meeting of the Offshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) to review the security of India's offshore installations.

Wed, 11 Jun 2025

• On 11 June 2025 in New Delhi, Lt Gen BKGM Lasantha Rodrigo, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, began an official visit to India from 11 to 14 June 2025 with a wreath-laying at the National War Memorial.

Mon, 09 Jun 2025

• On 9 June 2025 off Azhikkal, Kerala, the Singapore-flagged container ship MV Wan Hai 503 caught fire after a container explosion, and the Indian Navy's INS Surat rescued 18 of its 22 crew.
• On 9 June 2025 in Goa, the keel of Yard 1283, the fourth Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd, was laid.
• On 9 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced an additional provision of ₹25 crore for 2,060 houses damaged by cross-border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sat, 07 Jun 2025

• DRDO's Vehicles Research & Development Establishment at Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, handed over technologies of nine systems to 10 industries on 7 June 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah met officers who led recent anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh in New Delhi on 7 June 2025, including the operation that killed CPI (Maoist) General Secretary Basavaraju.
• Coast Guard Director General Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated a dedicated 76.7-metre ICG jetty at Vizhinjam Harbour, Kerala, on 7 June 2025.

Thu, 05 Jun 2025

• The National Cadet Corps Mount Everest Expedition Team was received at DGNCC Camp, New Delhi, on 5 June 2025 after summiting the peak on 18 May 2025.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025

• Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 June 2025, the day the India–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership completed five years.
• The Tri-Services All-Women Sailing Expedition returned to Mumbai on 4 June 2025 after a two-month, 1,800-nautical-mile voyage to Seychelles aboard IASV Triveni.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred 92 Distinguished Service Decorations, including 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, on Armed Forces, Coast Guard and BRO personnel at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 4 June 2025.

Tue, 03 Jun 2025

• Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth announced at an NCC conference in Bhopal on 3 June 2025 that the National Cadet Corps will be expanded by three lakh cadets.

Sun, 01 Jun 2025

• Spanish and Italian warships operating under the European Union Naval Force completed the first such visit to India under the EU's aegis in Mumbai on 1 June 2025.
• Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana assumed charge as the 18th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command on 1 June 2025.

Sat, 31 May 2025

• The Spring Term 2025 Passing Out Parade at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, on 31 May 2025 saw 186 trainees graduate, with a Tanzanian midshipman winning the Most Promising Cadet trophy.
• The Indian Army is conducting Capacity Development Demonstrations of indigenous next-generation technologies at Pokhran, Babina and Joshimath, with air defence demonstrations at Agra and Gopalpur, the Defence Ministry said on 31 May 2025.

Fri, 30 May 2025

• VEM Technologies handed over the first centre fuselage assembly for the LCA Tejas Mk1A to HAL in Hyderabad on 30 May 2025, the first major Tejas sub-assembly made by a private Indian company.

Thu, 29 May 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh flagged in INSV Tarini in Goa on 29 May 2025 as Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed Navika Sagar Parikrama II, becoming the first from India to circumnavigate the globe in double-handed mode.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved Miniratna (Category-I) status for three DPSUs — Munitions India Ltd, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd and India Optel Ltd — on 29 May 2025.