A high-level delegation led by the general officer commanding-in-chief, western command, Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh, participated in SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, Florida, where Indian special forces demonstrated capabilities in counter-terrorism, jungle warfare and high-altitude operations for the first time at the US military’s flagship special operations gathering. Read More

The Indian conglomerate has signed a memorandum of understanding at a high-level business forum in Addis Ababa and applied for gold mining licences in Gambela and Benishangul-Gumuz, two western Ethiopian regions that sit atop the mineral-rich Arabian-Nubian Shield. Read More

False accusations of blasphemy and “anti-national” activity are no longer spontaneous eruptions of street anger; they are being organised and deployed through social media to prepare the ground for targeted killings of Bangladesh's minorities. Read More

GRSE has launched Sanghamitra, the first next-generation offshore patrol vessel for the Indian Navy, in Kolkata. It is a part of an 11-vessel programme to strengthen maritime security. Read More

In this article, Dhanashree Valunjkar, research assistant at CENJOWS writes on CDS General Anil Chauhan’s tenure and the legacy he leaves behind, when he retires on May 30. Read More

The Indian Army will be using trains as its primary mode of transport for the periodic relocation of units stationed across the country. Read More

Private sector defence technology firm Nibe Limited announced that it has successfully completed test-firing of its Suryastra universal rocket launcher system. Read More

The Ministry of Law and Justice has appointed Advocate Shantanu Jugtawat as Central Government Counsel for conducting litigation on behalf of the Union Government. Read More

DRDO’s ULPGM-V3 missile, tested successfully against both ground and aerial targets from a combat drone, is cleared for serial production under India’s expanding domestic defence ecosystem. Read More

In this op-ed, senior journalist Jayanta Bhattacharya writes that India’s submarine programme, crippled by decades of paralysis, is leaving the Navy dangerously ill-equipped for the increasingly contested IOR – and the recovery window is narrowing fast. Read More