Defence Current Affairs One-liners
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 25 Sept 2026
- On 25 September 2026 India won three athletics medals at Aichi-Nagoya: Gulveer Singh took men's 10,000 m silver, Baranica Elangovan a shared bronze in women's pole vault and Manpreet Kaur bronze in women's shot put.
- On 25 September 2026 Suruchi Inder Singh and Kamaljeet won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at Aichi-Nagoya with an Asian record 484.6, and India's men won silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions team event.
- On 25 September 2026 the Technology Development Board (TDB) of DST signed an agreement with Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos for ₹200 crore support under the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund to develop the reusable Agnibaan RLV.
- On 25 September 2026 TRAI launched the Digital Connectivity Rating (DCR) Platform and a mobile app to manage the end-to-end process of rating buildings for digital connectivity and show the ratings to consumers.
- On 25 September 2026 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the inception workshop for the 6th cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves (MEE-TR), which will cover all 58 tiger reserves.
- INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish concluded their participation in the 23rd ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Maritime Security Joint Cooperation Activity at Subic Bay, Philippines, with the closing ceremony on 25 September 2026.
- On 25 September 2026 the Finance Ministry, in consultation with RBI, announced gross market borrowing of ₹7,86,000 crore in H2 of FY 2026-27, including ₹15,000 crore of Sovereign Green Bonds.
- On 25 September 2026 Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated Arogya Manthan 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, marking eight years of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and five years of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
- On 25 September 2026 Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava represented India at the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York.
Thu, 24 Sept 2026
- On 24 September 2026, the opening day of track and field at Aichi-Nagoya, Seema Kumari won women's 10,000 m bronze in 32:50.05 and India's mixed 4x400 m relay team won silver in 3:14.46.
- On 24 September 2026 the Government reduced the Basic Customs Duty on crude sunflower oil from 10% to nil and on crude soybean and crude palm oil from 10% to 5% to moderate domestic edible oil prices.
- On 24 September 2026 Naorem Roshibina Devi won silver in women's sanda 60kg wushu, Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won bronze in men's double sculls, and Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won mixed skeet team bronze.
- The Commerce Ministry said on 24 September 2026 that an Indian delegation led by Additional Secretary Nitin Kumar Yadav took part in the 14th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers' Meeting and the 23rd ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation in Manila, Philippines.
- On 24 September 2026 Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh formally launched the commercial use of bio-based biodegradable plastic made from Polylactic Acid (PLA), taken forward by Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd under the BioE3 framework.
- On 24 September 2026 FSSAI proposed a draft amendment to stop analogue products not derived from milk from being made, sold or marketed as 'Paneer'.
- On 24 September 2026 DRDO signed its first high-value deep-tech project agreement under the Technology Development Fund with start-up Zero mK India Pvt Ltd, Alwar, Rajasthan, to develop a 20 mK dilution refrigerator for quantum applications.
- The Ministry of Culture announced on 24 September 2026 that it will organise the BRICS Theatre Festival 2026 in New Delhi from 12 to 14 October under India's BRICS Presidency.
Wed, 23 Sept 2026
- On 23 September 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting in New Delhi, the culmination of India's BRICS Chairship of the tax cooperation track.
- On 23 September 2026, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹810.79 crore contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited for 160 Satellite Smart Anti Airfield Weapons (SAT-SAAW) for the Indian Air Force.
- On 23 September 2026, Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49 kg weightlifting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a total of 198 kg (87 kg snatch + 111 kg clean and jerk).
- On 23 September 2026, MoSPI released the Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey (July 2025–June 2026), which found that 48% of overnight trips in the last 365 days were for pilgrimage and religious purposes.
- On 23 September 2026, India won bronze in the men's skeet team (346, after a shoot-off with Kazakhstan) and the women's skeet team (331) at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- On 23 September 2026, India's men's badminton team settled for bronze at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after losing the semi-final 1-3 to China.
- On 23 September 2026, the Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Sudarshini arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, its second visit to the port during the 10-month Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition.
- On 23 September 2026, Jay Meena won bronze in men's singles soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, India's first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport.
Tue, 22 Sept 2026
- On 22 September 2026, the Ministry of Civil Aviation signed 21 MoUs with States/UTs and AAI under the next phase of the UDAN scheme, and Minister Ram Mohan Naidu launched the Challenge Mode Portal for Aerodrome Development.
- On 22 September 2026, India's women's cricket team beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the Asian Games final at Aichi-Nagoya to retain the title and win India's first gold medal of the Games.
- On 22 September 2026, INS Trishul arrived at Toulon, France, to take part in the 24th edition of VARUNA, the bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the French Navy.
- On 22 September 2026, TRAI released the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2026, requiring telecom operators to offer voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers with shorter validities.
- On 22 September 2026, the Seventh High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue was held in New Delhi, co-chaired by Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais.