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Runway upgrade at Car Nicobar Air Base
Why in news? Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a newly resurfaced and extended runway at the Indian Air Force base on Car Nicoba...
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Why in news? Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a newly resurfaced and extended runway at the Indian Air Force base on Car Nicoba...
Why in news? In December 2025 India successfully tested two Pralay short‑range ballistic missiles from a mobile launcher off the Odisha coast. The t...
Why in news? During Russia’s Zapad 2025 military exercises and subsequent announcements, Moscow highlighted a new missile called the Oreshnik. Weste...
Why in news? On 30 December 2025, India’s Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth over ₹4,600 crore to procure more than 4.25 lakh 5.56 × 45 m...
Why in news? Police in Rajasthan’s Tonk district intercepted a car on New Year’s Eve and discovered 150 kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive...
Why in news? Photographs of China’s advanced Type 055 destroyers surfaced in December 2025 showing what analysts believe to be the YJ‑20 hypersoni...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR‑...
Why in news? President Droupadi Murmu became only the second Indian head of state to undertake a submarine sortie when she boarded INS Vagsheer at the...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has inducted the Samudra Pratap, the country’s first indigenously designed and built pollution control ves...
Why in news? India recently tested the K‑4 missile from the nuclear‑powered submarine INS Arighaat off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The successful ...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s stitched‑plank sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya is scheduled to undertake its maiden overseas voyage on 29 December ...
Why in news? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) approved the transfer of technology for a multi‑channel 10 kW laser‑based direc...
Why in news? On 23 December 2025 the Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully completed user evaluation trials of the Akash‑NG (...
Why in news? The Indian Navy took delivery of Anjadip on 22 December 2025 in Chennai. It is the third in a series of eight Anti‑Submarine Warfare Sh...
Why in news? The U.S. Army activated the Bravo Battery of the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment at Joint Base Lewis‑McChord on 17 Decemb...
Why in news? On 20 December 2025 the Sashastra Seema Bal celebrated its 62nd Raising Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders praised th...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned a new Fast Patrol Vessel, ICG Ship Amulya, on 19 December 2025 at Goa. The ship is the third of...
Why in news? The Indian Navy has commissioned its second squadron of MH‑60R multirole helicopters, designated Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 335 �...
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard ship Sarthak made its first port call at Chabahar in Iran in December 2025. The vessel, which is part of a series ...
Why in news? An Indian Army contingent of 45 soldiers from the Mechanised Infantry Regiment has travelled to the United Arab Emirates to participate i...