Defence & Security Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 24 Oct 2025
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Indian Army's operational preparedness at the Army Commanders' Conference in Jaisalmer and visited Tanot and Laungewala on 24 October 2025.
- The Indian Coast Guard launched two Fast Patrol Vessels, ICGS Ajit and ICGS Aparajit, at Goa Shipyard Limited on 24 October 2025.
- Project Arunank of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 18th Raising Day at Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, on 24 October 2025.
Thu, 23 Oct 2025
- The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved capability proposals worth about ₹79,000 crore for the Army, Navy and Air Force on 23 October 2025.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025 in New Delhi on 23 October 2025; it governs about ₹1 lakh crore of revenue procurement from 1 November 2025.
- The 14th India–Bhutan Meeting on Border Management and Security was held in Thimphu on 16–17 October 2025, the first since 2019.
Wed, 22 Oct 2025
- INS Sahyadri took part in the sea phase of the Japan India Maritime Exercise (JAIMEX-25) from 16 to 18 October 2025 and reached Yokosuka, Japan, on 21 October 2025 for the harbour phase.
- On 22 October 2025, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh formally conferred the insignia of Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army on javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at South Block, New Delhi.
- On 22 October 2025 in New Delhi, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched 'Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power & Comprehensive Security' by Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd).
Tue, 21 Oct 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with Indian Navy personnel on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on the western seaboard off Goa and Karwar, PIB reported on 21 October 2025.
- On Police Commemoration Day, 21 October 2025, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh laid a wreath at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi, honouring the 10 policemen killed by Chinese troops at Hot Springs, Ladakh, in 1959.
Mon, 20 Oct 2025
- On 20 October 2025, addressing armed forces personnel on INS Vikrant, PM Narendra Modi said tri-service coordination forced Pakistan to surrender quickly in Operation Sindoor and that Maoist-affected districts have fallen from about 125 before 2014 to 11.
- On 20 October 2025, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said it had seized 46,640 pieces of Chinese-origin firecrackers worth ₹4.82 crore at Nhava Sheva port, Maharashtra, under 'Operation Fire Trail', and arrested one person from Veraval, Gujarat.
Sun, 19 Oct 2025
- Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited high-altitude forward posts in the central sector in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, reviewing readiness and Vibrant Village Programme initiatives such as homestays at Garbyang and Kalapani (PIB, 19 October 2025).
- The DRI said on 19 October 2025 that under 'Operation Fire Trail' it seized 83,520 pieces of Chinese firecrackers worth ₹5.01 crore, mis-declared as engineering goods, at Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu and arrested four people.
Sat, 18 Oct 2025
- On 18 October 2025 in Lucknow, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles made at the BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility Centre, part of the UP Defence Industrial Corridor.
- On 18 October 2025 in Lucknow, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation a Titanium and Superalloy Materials Plant at PTC Industries' Strategic Materials Technology Complex, which can make aviation-grade titanium and superalloys.
- Lt Gen CG Muralidharan took over as Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen Sadhna S Nair, who superannuated on 30 September 2025 (PIB, 18 October 2025).
- On 18 October 2025 at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi (Kerala), BY 528 (Magdala), the sixth of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWC) for the Indian Navy, was launched.
Fri, 17 Oct 2025
- On 17 October 2025 at HAL's Nashik facility in Maharashtra, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the third production line of LCA Tejas Mk1A and the second production line of the HTT-40 trainer, and flagged off the first LCA Mk1A made there.
- On 17 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the Indian Navy inducted LSAM 25 (Yard 135), the eleventh and last Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) Barge built by MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane.
Thu, 16 Oct 2025
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on 16 October 2025 that 258 Naxalites surrendered in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra over two days, and that Abujhmarh and North Bastar in Chhattisgarh had been declared free of Naxal terror.
- The UN Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs' Conclave 2025, hosted by the Indian Army in New Delhi from 14 to 16 October 2025, concluded with chiefs and representatives from 32 nations affirming that UN peacekeeping must adapt to new realities.
- On 16 October 2025, PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Advanced Night Vision Products Factory set up by Bharat Electronics Limited at Nimmaluru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, at about Rs 360 crore.
Wed, 15 Oct 2025
- The Ministry of Home Affairs said on 15 October 2025 that the districts most affected by Left Wing Extremism have fallen from 6 to 3 — Bijapur, Sukma and Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh — and LWE-affected districts from 18 to 11.
- Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh approved a 100% increase in financial assistance for ex-servicemen and their dependents under Kendriya Sainik Board schemes, doubling the penury grant to Rs 8,000 a month from 1 November 2025 (PIB, 15 October 2025).
- The Indian Navy hosted the fifth edition of the India–Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise 'Samudra Shakti 2025' at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, from 14 to 17 October 2025, with INS Kavaratti and Indonesian corvette KRI John Lie.
- DRDO's indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) successfully completed a combat freefall jump from 32,000 feet by Indian Air Force test jumpers (PIB, 15 October 2025).
- India and Ethiopia held their inaugural Joint Defence Cooperation (JDC) meeting in New Delhi on 15 October 2025, under the defence cooperation MoU signed by their Defence Ministers earlier in 2025.
- On 15 October 2025 the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹659.47 crore contract with a consortium led by MKU Ltd, with Medbit Technologies, for image-intensifier night sights for the Indian Army's 7.62 x 51 mm assault rifles.