Monday, 31 August 2026

DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN AUGUST 2026

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Virtually Flagged Off The President Bodyguard ( PBG) Solideration From Delhi 

New Delhi Host The 4th Tri Service Future Warfare Course 

Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, Chief Of Air Staff Of Indian Air Force On Visit To Vietnam 


* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Presented President Colours Award To Puducherry Police 

* INDIAN Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Hands Over Hydrographic Chart To Mauritius Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam 
* Kawa UAV Successfully Conducted The Maiden Flight Of Jet Powered Divyashtra Mk3 Loitering Munition 

* India's Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Arrived At Armenia 

* West Bengal Cabinet Has Approved The Creation Of State's First Dedicated Anti Terrorist Squad ( ATS) Under The DGP.

India And Armenia SIGNED Defense MoU To Boost Joint Collaboration, Innovation And R &D 

INS SUDARSHINI Arrives In Lisbon As Part Of The Lokayan 26 Expedition.

 INDIAN Navy Deployed Monitor Safe Transit Of MV UNION MARINER & MV DAGHER Through The Babel Mandep Strait 

Indian Coast Guard Region Andaman & Nicobar Conducted The 4th Regional Technical Milan on 25th August 2026 

* Indian Coast Guard Ship Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Decommissioned On 27th August 2026 

APPOINTMENTS  - 

* Rear Admiral Srinivas Muddula Assumes As The Command Of The Western Fleet 

* Government Has Appointed Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja As Director General Armed Forces Medical Service ( DGAFMS) 

* 1991 BATCH INDIAN DEFENCE ACCOUNTS SERVICES ( IDAS) Smt ALKA NANGIA ARORA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNT ( DGCA) 


* Colonel Vikrant Panwar Assume Command Of 13 Task Force Under Project Yojak.




* COL. SPHURTI KULKARNI ASSUMED AS THE COMMAND OF 45 TASK FORCE, PROJECT CHETAK ON 30TH JULY 2026 


* SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN OFFICER TO COMMAND THE TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRATEGIC CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE WESTERN FRONTIER 

*  Col Shikha Bhadauria ASSUMED As Command Of 32 BRTF, Project BEACON On 30th April 2026, To Support The Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir 
* Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth Has Successfully Completed The Prestigious Fighter Combat Leader ( FCL) Course At The Tactics And Air Combat Development Establishment TACDE In Gwalior 
* 2006 BATCH IPS OFFICER Sanjukta Prasor Has Been Appointed As The IG, CRPF ( ASSAM BASED) 
* Major Risabh Singh Sambyal Retired After Serving As ADC To The PRESIDENT 

HONOUR - 

* Chief Of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth Has CONFERRED With Honorary Rank Of General Of The Nepali Army By Honourable President Of Nepal 

MOU  SIGNED - 

 * Indian Navy SIGNED MoU With Banaras Hindu University ( BHU) To Strengthen Cooperation in The Field Of Indigenous Naval Technology 


* Indian Coast Guard Has Signed MoU with Hindalco industries Ltd ( HIL) For Strengthen The Indigenous  MARITIME Capacity 
 * Ministry Of Defence Has Signed MoU With Tata ADVANCED System LIMITED ( TASL) & M/s Nibe Private Limited For Procurement Of Loiter Munition System, Loiter Munition And Accessories For Indian Army At An Cost Of Rs 1577 Crores 

* Defence Ministry Of India Has Signed MoU With US Firm General Atomics Of Worth Rs 1943 Crores To Lease Two MQ-9B Sea Guardian Drones For Indian Navy For 30 Months.


 India And Armenia Have Exchanged a Document Defining The New Format Of Cooperation Between Armed Forces Between India And Armenia 


* The Indian Army And Punjab National Bank Signed A MoU To Provide Customized Credit Cards To Personnel Across All India Ranks Officers 


Indian Army And DRDO Have Signed a Joint Working Agreement To Accelerate Development Of Futuristic Military Technologies 




Military Combat Parachute SYSTEM ( MCPS) Designed And Developed by ADRDE, DRDO Was Successfully Tested At World's Highest Altitude Drop Zone ( Nyoma) (20,000 Feet) 


* India Signed Javelin Procurement Deal With US 

INDIA-JAPAN SIGNED MOU - 

Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi On Visit To India 


Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Gifted Buddha In Abhay Mudra Statue To Japan Defence Minister 

* India - Japan Defence Ties Strengthen With Maritime Security, Naval Shipbuilding & Technology Cooperation 

* India And Japan Signed MoA On MARITIME Security Cooperation 

* India Japan To Explore Joint Development In Naval Shipment 

* India - Japan To Accelerate Talks For 2+2 Meeting in Tokyo 

* India And Japan To Deepen Defence Equipment & Technology Cooperation 


INDUCTED - 

NIPUN, The 2nd Driving Support Vessel ( DSV), Built By Hindustan Shipyard Limited ( HSL) Delivered To INDIAN Navy On 30th July 2026 At Visakhapatnam 


* Nipun - Sanskrit Word Means, Adept, CAPABLE, Well Versed 


* The Fifth Ship Of Diving Support Craft Project DSC A24 Launched On 1st August 2026, Built By Titagarh Railway System At Kolkata 
SHRUTI - A Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Built For The Indian Navy Inaugurated At Garden Reach Shipbuilders LIMITED At Kolkata 


* Indian Navy Has Commissioned The Launch And Recovery System ( LRS) Test Plinth For The DSRVs At The Submarine Rescue Unit ( East) In Visakhapatnam 

* INAUGURATED BY Vice Admiral SANJAY BHALLA 

* Allow Safe, Ground Level Testing Of Heavy Equipment Without Deploying To Sea. 

* MANGROL - Third Of Eight Series Of Anti SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW Water Craft ( ASW - SWC) Delivered To Indian Navy By Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL) 
* Goa Shipyard Limited Has Handed Over The ICGS AJIT, An Indigenously Developed Fast Patrol Vessel To Indian COAST Guard 
* Indian Navy Received The SAMARTHAK ( First Indigenous Multi Purpose Vessel) 

* It Is Built By L & T Shipyard, Kattupali 

* Maritime SURVEILLANCE, Offshore Patrol, Humanitarian Assistance Disaster & Relief ( HADR) 


PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Former Indian Army Chief (14th ) General V N Sharma ( Retired) Passed Away 




HONOURED - 

 Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Honoured 9 Female Officers From All Three Services Who Completed The SAMUDRA PRADIKSHANA Mission ( They Completed 25,500 Nautical Miles In 314 Days) 




Indian Spent On Different Operation Since 2020 - ( Spent On Evacuation)!


* Operation Devi Shakti (Afganistan) - 1.90 Crores ( 669 Indian Evacuation) 2021 

* Operation Ganga ( Ukraine) - 116.58 Crores ( 18,282 Evacuation) 2022 

* Operation Kaveri ( Sudan) - 45.63 Crores ( 4097) 2023 

* Operation Ajay ( Israel) - 16.87. Crores ( 1343) 2023 

* Operation Indravati ( Haiti) - 48.34 Lakh ( 17) 2024 

* Special Humanitarian Airlift ( Kuwait) - 12.84 Lakh ( 48 Died) 2024 

* Operation Sindhu ( Iran) - 27.68. Crores ( 3,597) 2025 

* Myanmar - 76 Lakh ( 1741) 2025 

* Operation Sagar Bandhu. ( Srilanka) - 5.80 lakh ( 424) 2025 

* Iran Via Armenia ( 6.05 Crores ) ( 2557) 2026 

LAUNCHED - 

* Chief Of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth Has Launched The Indigenously Developed Xtreme Weather Grade ( XWG) Diesel In New Delhi 

* Developed Jointly By Indian Army And Oil Marketing Companies 


* Andaman And Nicobar Has Launched The Operation FALCON  To Find Out Poachers 


AWARDS - 

*  INDIAN Coast Guard Has Received The Promising Organisation By GeM ( 10 Years Celebration Of GeM) 

Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB) Has CONFERRED The GeM Recognition Award 2026 ( Under The Promising Organisation) 

Government Of India Has Approved Gallantry And Services Medals For 1057 Personnel Of Police, Fire Services, Home Guard And Civil Defence 


Chief Of Army Staff ( COAS) General Dhiraj Seth Has Inaugurated The AASHVAST ( Assessments And Analysis Of Electronic System Hardware For Vulnerability And Security Threats) 


* A  Specialized Facility Aimed At Enhancing The Integrity, Reliability, And Security Of Mission - Critical Military Electronics 


APARAJITA

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Flagged Off NCC's All India Girls High Altitude Long Trek APARAJITA: Parang La 2026 


* Led By WOMAN Officer Of Three Services 28 Girls Cadets To Undertake a 250 Km, 30 Days Trek Traversing One Of India's Most Challenging High Altitude Routes 

India Imposes Phases Ban On Import Of 405 Defence Items 

India - Argentina Joint army Mountaineering Expedition To Mt Kamet 


IS INDIA READY FOR The Next Crisis Book Author - Lt Gen K J S Tiny Dhillon


*   Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 472. Crores To Establish T-72 & T-90 Tanks At The Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur 



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