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Air Marshal KAA Sanjeeb Takes Over as AOM

Air Marshal KAA Sanjeeb, AVSM, VSM, assumed charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM) of the Indian Air Force on 1 September 2026. The appointment followed the superannuation of...

September 2, 2026

SpiceJet Ends Boeing 737 MAX Operations

SpiceJet, an Indian low-cost carrier, suspended all Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight operations in August 2026 and removed the aircraft type from its active schedules. The Boeing 737...

September 2, 2026

Defence Minister outlines roadmap for 16 DPSUs

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the annual performance review of 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) at DPSU Bhawan in New Delhi on 1 September 2026. The...

September 2, 2026

Shakti Sharma Becomes First Woman Non-Medical Air Vice Marshal

Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma assumed charge as the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education) at Air Headquarters on 1 September 2026. She became the first non-medical...

September 2, 2026

4th Tri-Services Future Warfare Course Concludes in New Delhi

The fourth edition of the Tri-Services Future Warfare Course concluded in New Delhi on 30 August 2026 after a four-week programme that began on 3 August 2026 at...

September 1, 2026

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Hold First Defence Pact Meeting

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are scheduled to hold the first ministerial and committee meeting of their new defence alliance in Istanbul, Turkey, on 31 August 2026. The...

August 30, 2026

India Signs Javelin Missile Deal with United States

India signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance on 28 August 2026 to procure the Javelin anti-tank guided missile system from the United States through the Foreign Military...

August 28, 2026

Indian Coast Guard Receives ICGS Ajit Fast Patrol Vessel

The Indian Coast Guard received ICGS Ajit, a Fast Patrol Vessel built by Goa Shipyard Limited, on 25 August 2026. The vessel is the seventh Adamya-class FPV built...

August 27, 2026

Indian Railways to Quadruple Capacity on 11,000 km Routes

Indian Railways has announced a plan to convert seven high-density routes into four-lane, or quadruple-track, corridors across an 11,000-kilometre network. The identified routes carry about 41% of India’s...

August 27, 2026

Indian Navy Monitors Merchant Transit Through Bab-el-Mandeb

The Indian Navy monitored the transit of merchant vessels through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in August 2026 amid security risks to commercial shipping in the Red Sea corridor. The...

August 26, 2026

DRDO Tests High-Altitude Combat Parachute System

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a high-altitude trial of the indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) at the Nyoma-Mudh Drop Zone in Ladakh’s Leh district...

August 26, 2026

INS Nipun Commissioned into Indian Navy

INS Nipun was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 31 August 2026 at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. It is the second indigenously designed and built Nistar-class Diving...

August 26, 2026