Internal Security

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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...

GS Paper 3 (Defence Indigenisation Internal Security) Internal Security Economics 4m

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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...

GS Paper 3 (Defence Technology Indigenisation Security) Internal Security Science & Technology 6m

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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...

GS Paper 3 (Defence Technology Security Indigenisation) Internal Security Science & Technology 5m

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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...

GS Paper 2 (IR International Organisations) International Relations Internal Security 4m

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U.S. military says it will start blockade of all ships going to and from Iran on Monday

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that from April 13, 2026, US forces would begin a naval blockade preventing all ships from entering or departing Irani...

GS Paper 2 (IR) GS Paper 3 (Energy Security) International Relations Internal Security 4m

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Mazagon Dock acquires controlling stake in Colombo dockyard for $26.8 m, move will help counter China's control of Lanka port

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), a Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) under the Ministry of Defence, completed the acquisition of a 51...

GS Paper 2 (International Relations Internal Security) GS Paper 3 (Economy) International Relations Internal Security Economics 4m

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First batch of BrahMos made in Lucknow delivered to Army; national security is collective duty of every citizen, not just forces: Rajnath

The first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles manufactured at the new BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility in Lucknow was formally flagged off an...

GS Paper 2 (Internal Security) GS Paper 3 (Science & Technology Economy) Internal Security Economics Science & Technology 4m

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Science Snapshots: April 12, 2026

A digest of notable scientific developments from across domains in April 2026, relevant to UPSC examination Artemis II crewed mission surpassed the record fo...

GS Paper 3 (Science & Technology) Internal Security Polity & Governance 4m

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As Naxalism ends in Chhattisgarh, ‘highly sensitive’ village thirsty for development gets water

Nelangur village in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh — once classified as "highly sensitive" due to Naxal activity — has had its classification removed an...

GS Paper 3 (Internal Security Infrastructure) and GS Paper 2 (Governance) Internal Security Polity & Governance 5m

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Hezbollah | Ayatollah’s allies in Lebanon

Hezbollah, described as the "Party of God" and a key ally of the Iranian regime, has continued to fire hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel even after ...

GS Paper 2 (International Relations Bilateral Groupings) International Relations Internal Security 3m

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Vance-led team lands in Pak’s Nur Khan base, same air hub targeted by India during Op Sindoor

US Vice President JD Vance and an Iranian delegation landed at Pakistan's Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi for peace talks aimed at ending the 2026 Iran-US con...

GS Paper 2 (India's Foreign Policy India-Pakistan Relations) GS Paper 3 (Internal Security) International Relations Internal Security 4m

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Year after Sindoor, Vance lands at Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase

One year after India's Operation Sindoor — which included strikes on Nur Khan airbase near Rawalpindi — US Vice President JD Vance visited the same base, sig...

GS Paper 2 (International Relations Internal Security) International Relations Internal Security 4m

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Iran’s untraced mines in Strait of Hormuz: Why naval mines are difficult to detect

Iranian forces deployed naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz beginning in early March 2026 as a strategic response to US-Israeli military operations, severely...

GS Paper 3 (Internal Security Defence Technology) GS Paper 2 (International Relations) Internal Security International Relations 5m

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Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

Iran's Shahed-136 loitering munition, battle-tested from Ukraine to the Gulf, has become the defining weapon of the ongoing West Asia conflict — a low-cost, ...

GS Paper 3 (Science & Technology Internal Security) Internal Security Science & Technology 4m

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Trump says U.S. forces are ‘clearing’ Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump posted on social media that US forces are actively "clearing" the Strait of Hormuz, even as US and Iranian senior officials convene...

GS Paper 2 (International Relations) GS Paper 3 (Internal Security Maritime Security) International Relations Internal Security 4m

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Iran has 'no cards' beyond Strait of Hormuz control, says Trump ahead of talks in Islamabad

Ahead of talks between US and Iranian representatives in Islamabad — facilitated by Pakistan — US President Donald Trump publicly asserted that Iran holds on...

GS Paper 1 (Geography — important straits) GS Paper 2 (International Relations — West Asia India's energy security) International Relations Internal Security 6m

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Deceptive recruitment of Indians for Ukraine war is trafficking: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, is examining a petition filed by relatives of 26 Indian nationals who were allegedly trafficked ...

GS Paper 2 (International Relations Governance) GS Paper 3 (Internal Security) Internal Security Social Issues International Relations 5m

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High-tech ISI-BKI ‘espionage’ network targeting Delhi defence hubs busted; 11 nabbed from Delhi, Punjab

The Special Cell of Delhi Police busted a high-tech ISI-BKI espionage and terror module on April 10, 2026, arresting 11 persons from Delhi and Punjab. In the...

GS Paper 3 (Internal Security Border Management Organised Crime) Internal Security 4m

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Expert Explains | The long, fractured history of Manipur, and the road ahead

Manipur continues to face an uneasy situation even in 2026, following the devastating ethnic violence that began in May 2023 between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo c...

GS Paper 1 (Modern History Social Issues) GS Paper 2 (Polity) GS Paper 3 (Internal Security) Polity & Governance Internal Security Modern History 6m

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HAL hands over ALH Mk III (MR) helicopters to Indian Coast Guard

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over four Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk III in Maritime Role (MR) configuration to the Indian Coast Guard at ...

GS Paper 3 (Internal Security Science & Technology) Internal Security Science & Technology 5m