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.
Tue, 14 Oct 2025
- On 14 October 2025 at Manesar, Gurugram (Haryana), Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the NSG's 41st Foundation Day and laid the foundation stone of a ₹141 crore Special Operations Training Centre; a new NSG hub is coming up in Ayodhya.
- INS Sahyadri made a port call at Busan Naval Harbour, South Korea, on 13 October 2025 to take part in the maiden Indian Navy–Republic of Korea Navy bilateral exercise (PIB, 14 October 2025).
- On 14 October 2025 at Naval Base Karwar, Karnataka, Navy Chief Adm Dinesh K Tripathi inaugurated housing for senior sailors and defence civilians under Phase IIA of Project Seabird.
Mon, 13 Oct 2025
- The Ministry of Defence said on 13 October 2025 that it had spent Rs 92,211.44 crore, or 51.23% of its Rs 1,80,000 crore capital allocation for 2025-26, by the end of September.
- On 13 October 2025 at the RPF Zonal Training Centre, Valsad, Gujarat, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was chief guest at the Railway Protection Force Raising Day Parade and felicitated 41 award-winning RPF personnel.
Sun, 12 Oct 2025
Sat, 11 Oct 2025
- On 11 October 2025 Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel Sachet made a port call at Maputo, Mozambique, during its overseas deployment to Africa, carrying 20 metric tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief material.
- Under 'Operation Golden Sweep', reported on 11 October 2025, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 10.488 kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold worth about ₹12.58 crore at Mumbai's CSMI Airport and arrested 13 people.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025
Thu, 09 Oct 2025
- On 9 October 2025 in Canberra, Rajnath Singh and Australian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles held the inaugural Australia–India Defence Ministers' Dialogue, agreed to make it annual and welcomed an arrangement on mutual submarine rescue support.
- On 8 October 2025 the Indian Navy commissioned 'Trinetra', an indigenously designed static firing facility for testing naval weapon systems, at Naval Station Bheemunipatnam near Visakhapatnam.
Wed, 08 Oct 2025
Tue, 07 Oct 2025
- On 6 October 2025 at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi, DRDO with the Integrated Defence Staff and the Tri-Services released the Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) standard 1.0, a national software specification for Software Defined Radios.
- On 6 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the Indian Navy decommissioned INS Abhay, a Soviet Pauk II class anti-submarine corvette, and INFAC T-82, an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class fast attack craft, after more than three decades of service.
Mon, 06 Oct 2025
- On 5–6 October 2025 off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the Indian Coast Guard held the 10th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-X) with the 27th NOSDCP meeting, attended by 40 foreign observers from 32 countries.
- On 6 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, the Indian Navy commissioned INS Androth, the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, built by GRSE Kolkata with over 80% indigenous content.
Sun, 05 Oct 2025
- On 5 October 2025, off India's western coast, the Indian Navy and the UK's Royal Navy began the bilateral Exercise Konkan-25, running in two phases until 12 October.
- On 2 October 2025, the Indian Navy's stealth frigate INS Sahyadri made a three-day port call at Kemaman, Malaysia, as part of the Eastern Fleet's operational deployment to the South China Sea and Indo-Pacific.