Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
India working on lowering military reaction time to hostilities, boosting use of AI—CDS Gen Chauhan
At the Ran Samwad 2026 seminar in Bengaluru, CDS General Anil Chauhan stated that India is actively working to reduce military reaction time — the interval b...
How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur
At the two-day national seminar "Ran Samwad 2026" in Bengaluru, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan stated that India's nuclear capability will...