Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
India closely monitoring Af-Pak escalation; backs Taliban but wary of full-blown conflict
India is closely monitoring the dangerous escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban government following Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar,...
How did India’s Maoist insurgency collapse, and can it rise again?
India's Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) threat has contracted to its lowest recorded level since the movement's resurgence in the 2000s, with the government target...
From dating scams to fake lawyers: OpenAI details ChatGPT misuse in new threat report
OpenAI published a new threat intelligence report documenting the systematic misuse of its ChatGPT platform by criminal networks and state-linked actors acro...
Pentagon asks defence contractors about reliance on Anthropic's AI services, source says
The United States Department of Defense (Pentagon) reached out to major defence contractors — including Boeing and Lockheed Martin — asking them to assess an...
Navy, Germany’s TKMS wrap up cost negotiations for new submarines, P-75I deal likely early next fiscal
The Indian Navy and German firm Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) have concluded cost negotiations for Project 75(India), commonly referred to as P-75I, cle...
PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO TAKE SORTIE IN INDIGENOUS LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER (PRACHAND) TOMORROW
President Droupadi Murmu flew aboard the indigenously developed HAL Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand at the Jaisalmer Air Force Station on February 27,...
4th Meeting of Joint Defence Cooperation Committee between India and Kenya Concluded
The 4th Meeting of the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) between India and Kenya was held in Nairobi, Kenya from February 24–26, 2026. The meeting w...
What to expect on the defence front as Modi embarks on Israel visit, second since 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — his second visit since 2017 and the first Indian PM to address the Israeli Knesset (par...
India asks Dassault to submit bid for 114 Rafale fighter jets by April-end
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) on 12 February 2026 for the acquisition of 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA...
Pakistan wary of militant attacks after Afghanistan air strikes
Pakistan launched airstrikes on militant camps and hideouts in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces in late February 2026, targeting positio...
Delhi-Katra Expressway construction on track, will be completed by March 2027: NHAI
NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) confirmed the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway (also designated National Expressway 5 / NE5) will be completed by ...
Govt unveils country’s first counter-terrorism policy — Prahaar
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) released India's first-ever National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy, titled PRAHAAR, on February 23, 2026 PRAHAAR i...
Centre to fast-track deportation of foreign drug peddlers: Why MHA wants courts to drop ‘petty’ cases
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued guidelines directing all law enforcement agencies to fast-track the deportation of foreign nationals conv...
Explained: What is ‘Prahaar’, India’s first counter-terrorism policy?
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) unveiled "PRAHAAR" — India's first-ever comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on February 23,...
What India’s consolidated PRAHAAR strategy document entails
India's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) unveiled "PRAHAAR" — the country's first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on February 23...
Inglorious retreat: On the Supreme Court and cow vigilantism
The Supreme Court of India reviewed its earlier stance on cow vigilantism enforcement, declining to issue nationwide directives for uniform compensation and ...
CIA offers tips to potential informants in Iran as Trump considers military action
The CIA published a Farsi-language guide on its public website and social media platforms (X, Instagram, YouTube) offering detailed instructions to potential...
Anthropic at loggerheads with US military over AI use
A public conflict erupted between AI company Anthropic (maker of the Claude family of AI models) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) over contract terms g...
President Donald Trump denies top U.S. officer warned of Iran strike risks
US President Donald Trump publicly denied and dismissed media reports that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had warned him of the si...
Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA
An analysis of India's defence budget over multiple government tenures reveals a persistent gap between the funds allocated at the start of each financial ye...