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18 stories for “Defence” · February 2026
Clear filtersThe 16th edition of Vajra Prahar, a joint special forces exercise between the Indian Army and the US Army, is being held at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh from 23 February to 15 March 2026. The exercise aims to improve inter...
The Indian Navy launched 'Krishna', its first Cadet Training Ship designed and built in India, at the L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli near Chennai. The vessel will be used to train officer cadets at sea. Its construction in T...
The Ministry of Home Affairs released PRAHAAR, India's first national anti-terrorism policy. It identifies threats across water, land, air and cyberspace, including cross-border terrorism, global outfits such as Al-Qaeda...
Exercise Vajra Ghaat was staged by the Indian Army at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan to demonstrate how combat-ready the K9 Vajra self-propelled artillery gun is in desert conditions. The K9 Vajra is an Indi...
At the 9th Conclave of Chiefs held in Visakhapatnam, India assumed the chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) from Thailand for a two-year term. India returns to the post after a gap of 16 years. The Ind...
India is hosting the first United Nations Fellowship Training Programme on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control for the Asia-Pacific region at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It is the first time such a programme is bei...
Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh saw the inauguration of MILAN's 13th edition, the multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy. Held every two years, MILAN gathers navies of friendly nations to build maritime co...
The Prime Minister inaugurated the first Emergency Landing Facility in Northeast India on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh district, Assam, a highway stretch that can serve as an airstrip for military and civil aircraft in...
The Indian Navy has assumed command of Combined Task Force-154, a multinational training force under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), for the first time. The handover ceremony took place at CMF headquarters in Manama,...
The Assam Rifles plans to add the indigenous Tangkhul Hui and Kombai breeds to its dog squad and phase out foreign breeds by 2050, following a 2025 Home Ministry directive to promote Indian breeds. The Kombai, native to...
Personnel of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) are now formally counted as ex-servicemen after the Centre amended the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 2026, using its powers under...
Haryana shuttler Devika Sihag won her maiden BWF Super 300 crown at the Thailand Masters 2026. In defence, the Indian Air Force has fully digitised its Pechora surface-to-air missile system, inducted in the 1970s, to boo...
