DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2025

 APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Senior IPS OFFICER SBK Singh Has Been Appointed As The Delhi Police Commissioner.

* VICE Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Has Appointed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff POLICY.

* Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Commanding In Chief Of Western Naval Command At Mumbai.

* * LT GENERAL PUSHPENDRA SINGH ASSUMED AS THE VICE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN ARMY STAFF.

* VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY VATSAYAN ASSUMES AS THE 47th VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF 

 * Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair Assumed Charge As The Controller Personnel Service (CPS) 

* Vice Admiral Manish Chadha Has Assumed As Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy. 

* 2010 Batch IPS OFFICER Raghavendra Kumar M G Appointed As The DIG In CISF.

* IPS Mrs Vinita Thakur Has Been Appointed As AFG CISF.

*  FORMER CRPF DG ANISH DAYAL SINGH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DEPUTY OF NSA.

* Tamilnadu DGP Shankar Jiwal Has Been Appointed As Fire Commission Chairman.

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* Lt General Raja Subramani (RETIRED) Appointed As The New Military Adviser To The National Security Council Secretariat ( NSCS).

FIRST IN - 

*  Gujarat Kandla Became The India's First Anti Drone Defense System Port. 

* Khushi Pathan, a 21 Years Old Fashion Designs Student Has Developed A Unique Solar Powered Uniform For Indian Soldiers.

 MOU SIGNED - 

* Defence Ministry Has Signed MoU with Quality Council of India To Strengthen Delivery Of Pension, Healthcare, And Welfare Schemes 

 HOST - 

* The 5th India - Uzbekistan Joint Working GROUP On Defence Cooperation Held In New Delhi.

* Lt General Sultan Kamaletdinov, First Deputy minister Of Defense Chief Of General Staff Of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Has Meet Defense Chief Anil Chauhan.

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated The Tri - Services Joint Dialogue RAN - SAMVAAD 2025 At Army War College, Madhya Pradesh.

* It Is First' Kind Of Session For Operation and Battle Regarding Dialogue. 

Theme 1 - Emerging Technologies & Impact On Future Warfare 

Theme 2 - Reforms In Institutionalised Training To Catalyse Technological Enablement 

* BSF Launched Operation Alert Along Indo - Pak Border To Prevent Infiltration.

India's Navy Ship INS Tamal Arrived At Naples For Maritime Partnership.

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* IKSHAK ( Yard 3027) The Third Survey Vessel Large Ship Delivered To Indian Navy.

VISIT - 

* General Upendra Dwivedi Has Visited To Algeria.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION - 

 India's Defence Production Has Recorded Best Rs 1,50,590 Crores In FY 2024/25.

(18% Growth in 2023/24 It Was 1,27 Lakh Crores) 

( In 2019/20 it Was 79,071 Crores) 

INDUCTED - 

* GRSE Built India's First Of Three Advanced Guided Missile Frigates HIMGIRI, Delivered To Indian Navy.

* The 16th And Final Airbus C-295 Delivered To India From Spain.

* NCERT Added Chapter On Field Marshal Manekshaw, Brigadier Usman And Major Sharma in Classes.

* India Unveiled The First Indigenous AI POWERED Combat Drone KAALA BHAIRAV In Bengaluru. (3000 Km Range) 

* The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Has Launched Its First All Woman Commando Unit.

 * UNION Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Have Inaugurated INS UDAYGIRI and INS HIMGIRI Frigate In Visakhapatnam.

RETIRED - 

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh Retired After 39 Years Of Service.

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PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* * GROUP CAPTAIN D K PARULKAR (RETIRED) PASSED AWAY ON 10TH AUGUST 2025.

* 1971 PAKISTAN WAR HERO, WHO LEAD THE TEAM AND ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY IN PAKISTAN.

* HE COMMISSIONED IN AIR FORCE IN 1963.

* HE HAS RECEIVED THE VISHISHT SENAE MEDAL 

MOU SIGNED - 

* BSF India And IIT Kanpur Have Signed MoU To Enhance The Capability In Drone Forensics, Counter UAV Technology And Training.

* President Of India approved 127 Gallantry Awards, 40 Distinguished Service Award, 290 Mentions Awards On 79th Independence Day.

* OPERATION SINDOOR: The 5th India Pakistan War Book Author - Major General G D BAKSHI