Defence & Security Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sat, 29 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Defence said on 29 March 2025 that about 31 lakh of India's 32 lakh defence pensioners had been onboarded on the SPARSH digital pension system.
• Security forces killed at least 16 Maoists in an encounter in the Kerlapal area of Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, on 29 March 2025.

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Defence signed two contracts worth ₹62,700 crore with HAL in New Delhi on 28 March 2025 for 156 Light Combat Helicopters Prachand: 66 for the IAF and 90 for the Army.
• The 14th edition of the India–Russia naval exercise INDRA began at Chennai on 28 March 2025, with a harbour phase until 30 March and a sea phase in the Bay of Bengal from 31 March to 2 April.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Lok Sabha passed the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 on 27 March 2025 after a reply by Union Home Minister Amit Shah; the Bill replaces four existing laws on passports, foreigners and immigration.
• The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth about ₹2,500 crore in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 for the Nag Missile System (Tracked) from Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited and about 5,000 light vehicles from Force Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 27 March 2025 welcomed the decision of two more Hurriyat-affiliated groups, J&K Tahreeqi Isteqlal and J&K Tahreek-I-Istiqamat, to discard separatism.

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth about ₹6,900 crore in New Delhi on 26 March 2025 for 155mm/52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems from Bharat Forge and 6x6 gun-towing vehicles from Tata Advanced Systems.
• DRDO and the Indian Navy successfully flight-tested the indigenous Vertically Launched Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off Odisha on 26 March 2025.
• Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth flagged off joint expeditions to Mount Everest and Mount Kangchenjunga from South Block, New Delhi, on 26 March 2025.
• The tenth Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) barge for the Navy, LSAM 24, was launched at MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane, on 26 March 2025.
• The Indian Navy inducted Yuvan, the fourth of six 25-tonne bollard pull tugs built by Titagarh Rail Systems, at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, on 26 March 2025.

Tue, 25 Mar 2025

• Two Hurriyat constituents, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement and the J&K Democratic Political Movement, announced on 25 March 2025 that they had severed all ties with separatism.

Mon, 24 Mar 2025

• The Indian Navy announced on 24 March 2025 its maiden initiatives, the IOS SAGAR deployment of INS Sunayna with a multinational crew and the AIKEYME maritime exercise with African countries, co-hosted with Tanzania.
• The Indian Army's eye surgical camp at 158 Base Hospital, Bagdogra, West Bengal, which ended on 24 March 2025, performed over 350 cataract surgeries for ex-servicemen and dependents, including veterans from Nepal.

Sun, 23 Mar 2025

• The keels of the Indian Navy's second and third Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (Yard 1281 and 1282), being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd, were laid at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, on 23 March 2025.

Sat, 22 Mar 2025

• The 23rd edition of the India–France bilateral naval exercise Varuna, held from 19 to 22 March 2025 in the Arabian Sea with aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and Charles de Gaulle, concluded on 22 March 2025.
• Goa Shipyard Ltd launched 'Tavasya', the second frigate of Project 1135.6 (Yard 1259), at Goa on 22 March 2025 in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth.

Fri, 21 Mar 2025

• A Seaking helicopter from INS Vikrant evacuated three crew with severe burns from the Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Heilan Star, about 230 nautical miles west of Goa, on 21 March 2025.
• Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and the Department of Science and Technology signed an MoU in New Delhi on 21 March 2025 to collaborate on defence research and development for the armed forces.

Thu, 20 Mar 2025

• The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity to eight capital acquisition proposals worth over ₹54,000 crore on 20 March 2025.
• The 14th meeting of the ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, the first of the 2024–27 cycle co-chaired by India and Malaysia, concluded in New Delhi on 20 March 2025.

Wed, 19 Mar 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed the fifth Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event, organised by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles and the United Service Institution of India at Delhi Cantt on 19 March 2025.

Tue, 18 Mar 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh met Netherlands Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans in New Delhi on 18 March 2025 and discussed collaboration in shipbuilding, equipment, space and artificial intelligence.

Mon, 17 Mar 2025

• The 9th India–Australia Defence Policy Talks were held in New Delhi on 17 March 2025, with the Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad and the Australian side by Bernard Philip, First Assistant Secretary, International Policy Division, Department of Defence.

Thu, 13 Mar 2025

• The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized methamphetamine tablets worth ₹88 crore in two operations on 13 March 2025 — 102.39 kg near Lilong in Manipur and 7.48 kg near Silchar on the Assam–Mizoram border — and arrested four people.
• The India–Bangladesh naval exercise Bongosagar 2025 and a Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) were held in the Bay of Bengal in the week to 13 March 2025, with INS Ranvir and BNS Abu Ubaidah.

Wed, 12 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,906 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad, on 12 March 2025 for Low-Level Transportable Radars (LLTR) 'Ashwini' for the Indian Air Force.
• The keel of the second of five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy was laid at L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu, on 12 March 2025.
• The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) test-fired the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) from an LCA AF MK1 prototype off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha, on 12 March 2025, scoring a direct hit on a flying target.