Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
Boat carrying 250 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, sinks in the Andaman Sea
A boat carrying approximately 280 people — mostly Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children — capsized and sank in the Andama...
Navy at ‘inflection point’ as maritime threats rise, says Navy chief
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi stated that the Indian Navy is at an "inflection point" as maritime threats rise across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) an...
Cabinet Secretary calls for sovereign AI, resilient supply chains at Army Commanders’ Conference
Cabinet Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan addressed senior Indian Army leadership at the ongoing Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on April 14, 2026 He em...
Rajnath Singh to visit Germany from April 21; submarine deal likely high on the agenda
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Germany from April 21, 2026, with the Project-75I submarine deal expected to be the centrepiece of discu...
Mizoram signs peace pact with HPC-D (LF), charts development plan for Sinlung Hills
The Mizoram government signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) ...
63 Moons’ cybersecurity arm pilots GPS-spoofing solution at Indian airports
The cybersecurity arm of 63 Moons Technologies has begun piloting a GPS-spoofing detection and mitigation solution at major Indian airports The pilot follows...
GE Aerospace, HAL inching closer to seal jet engine deal
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are on the verge of finalising a co-production agreement for the F-414 fighter jet engine in India — nea...
GE Aerospace–HAL move closer to F414-INS6 engine co-production deal
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have moved closer to finalising the co-production deal for the F414-INS6 fighter jet engine, with techni...
US-Indonesia sign key defence pact, Washington eyes Strait of Malacca
The United States and Indonesia signed a Major Defence Cooperation Partnership on April 14, 2026, during Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin's vi...
Saudi Arabia invokes defence pact with Pakistan amid West Asia conflict. What it entails
Saudi Arabia invoked the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed with Pakistan in September 2025, deploying Pakistani fighter jets to Saudi territory amid ...
Inside India’s deportation policy: timelines to speed up deportation of illegal migrants, holding centres with 10-ft.-high barbed wire boundary
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a new deportation policy directing all states and Union Territories to set up a Special Task Force (STF) in eac...
Big boost for India as GE signs contract with IAF to set up engine repair facility in country for Tejas fleet
GE Aerospace formally signed a contract with the Indian Air Force on April 13, 2026 to establish an in-country depot-level repair and overhaul facility for t...
Railways expedites 827 km line projects to improve border connectivity in Rajasthan
Indian Railways is expediting three strategic rail corridors totalling 827 km in Rajasthan's border districts, aimed at improving connectivity to areas near ...
India strengthens Sri Lanka maritime push, counters China with strategic bets
India is strengthening its maritime and logistics presence in Sri Lanka, with an emphasis on countering China's expanding footprint in the Indian Ocean Regio...
GE Aerospace, IAF to set up engine repair facility for Tejas fleet in India
The Indian Air Force and GE Aerospace signed a formal agreement on April 13, 2026 to establish an in-country depot-level overhaul facility for F404-IN20 turb...
GE Aerospace-IAF tie up for depo-level maintenance iof F404 -IN20 engines
GE Aerospace signed a contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF) on April 13, 2026 to establish an in-country depot-level maintenance facility for F404-IN20 tu...
Kirloskar Brothers boosts naval capability with contribution to INS Taragiri
Kirloskar Brothers Limited, a major Indian engineering conglomerate, contributed key pumping systems to INS Taragiri (F41), India's fourth Project 17A stealt...
GE Aerospace to set up engine maintenance facility for IAF’s Tejas jets
GE Aerospace has signed a contract with the Indian Air Force to help establish an engine maintenance facility within India for the F404-IN20 engines that pow...
IAF ties up with GE to build own facility for repair, overhaul of Tejas engines with quicker turnaround
GE Aerospace signed a contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to help establish an in-country depot-level maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility f...
UK Won’t Take Part in Trump’s Planned Blockade of Hormuz Strait
The United Kingdom confirmed it would not participate in the US-led naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz announced by CENTCOM on April 12, 2026. UK officia...