Thursday, 10 September 2026

DR A P J ABDUL KALAM JAN SEWA AWARD 2026

Kishore Makwana, Chairman Of The National Commission For Scheduled Caste ( NCSC) Set To Receive The Dr A P J Abdul Kalam JAN SEWA Awards 2026 

32nd GURU KELU CHARAN MAHAPATRA AWARD 2026

* THE GURU KELU CHARAN MAHAPATRA AWARD GIVEN IN 4 CATEGORY, CLASSICAL DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE & CINEMA 

* THIS AWARD CARRIES RS 1,00,000/ CASH REWARD 

* GURU SHARON LOWEN  ( For Dance) 

* GURU KESHAB CHANDRA ROUT ( Music) 

* DHIRENDRA NATH MALLICK ( For THEATRE) 

* MAHASHWETA RAY ( For Cinemas)


KALA SAMMAN 2026 ( RS 50,000/ ) 

* AGNIMITRA BEHERA ( For VIOLIN)

* NAZIA ALAM ( Music) 

YUVA PRATIBHA SAMMAN 2026 - ( RS 25,000 CASH) 

* SUSHREE VRINDA CHADDHA ( Odissi Dance) 

* SUSHREE AISHWARYA SINGH DEV ( ODISHI) 

* NIKITA BANWALIKAR ( KATHAK) 

* SOUMYA RANJAN NAIK ( ODISHI MUSIC) 

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10TH SEPTEMBER 2026

Iguwana Awareness Day - 8th September 

1) Laura Claridge, AUTHOR of Norman Rockwell, Emily Post, Has Passed Away.


2) Odisha BOITA Scheme In News 

3) Bengaluru Based PRANOS FUSION Has Developed PRAGYA , A Nuclear Fusion Reactor To React The Process of Power Of Sun ( 

4) Russia And North Korea Opened The first Road bridge Across Their Shared Border on 8th September 2026 

5) ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Visited To Abu Dhabi To Inaugurated The Investment SUMMIT 

6) 503 Indian Athlete Selected For The ASIAN Games, 2026 

7) Former AACR President Antoni Ribas Recipient Of 2026 ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award 

8) Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Set To Visit Australia (9-11 September 2026)

9) Dr Khalilur Rahman Takes Oath As The President Of The 81st Session Of The United Nations General Assembly 

10) Former CJI DIPAK MISRA Conferred With The Kalinga RATNA AWARD 2026 

11) India Host The 7th Edition Of Global Fintech Fest 2026 (8-11th September 2026) 

12) Timor leste Has eliminated The Trachoma 

13) Bengaluru Based Space Startup GalaxEye Has Became The First Indian Start-up To Receive The US Patent For Innovative OptoSAR Satellite Imaging Technology.

14) A Coin Dating Back To Pandya Era Has Been Recovered From IIANGADU Hamlet 

15) 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded In Nepal 

16) A Team Of IISER Pune, The Wadia Institute, And IIT Roorkee Has Estimated The Rate Of CO2 Oxidation To be Three Times Higher Than CO2 Uptake By Silicate Weathering 

17) Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge Took Oath As The 45th Chief Justice Of CALCUTTA High Court 

18) Saltual , Mizoram Became The ONLY District In Mizoram To Attain The Surakshit STATUS ( HIV)

19) Nicaragua Suing Germany At The World Court, Invoking The Genocide Convention 

20) Tung Chee Hwa, Hong King's First Chief Executive Passed Away 

21) Sheetal Devi Wins GOLD At World Para Archery Series, Amdabad 2026 
22) Harvinder Singh & Bhawna Clinched The Gold in Para Recurve Mixed 

23) Cabinet Approved The 3 Multi Tracking Projects Covering 14 Districts Across The West Bengal, Jharkhand, ODISHA, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh 

24) Garden Reach Shipbuilders LIMITED ( GRSE) Kolkata Has Launched The SAGAR MANTHAN , An Indigenous OCEAN Research Vessel Being Built For The National Centre For Polar And OCEAN Research ( NCPOR) 

* The Ocean Research Vessel 


25) Kishore Makwana, Chairman Of The National Commission For Scheduled Caste ( NCSC) Set To Receive The Dr A P J Abdul Kalam JAN SEWA Awards 2026 
26) The Manipur Junior Boys Wins The Prestigious Dr B C ROY Trophy 2026/27 After Beating West Bengal 3-1 ..

27) The 32nd Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Award Presented By ODISHA 

28) V Mohan, Chairman Of Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialties Centre And Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai Conferred The Dr. Herbert And Nicole Wertheim Leadership Award in Healthcare And Medicine By Florida International University 

29) Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi Has Sworn In As CHIEF Justice Of BOMBAY High Court 

30) The Indian Naval Ship ( INS) Mysore Reaches The Lumut Naval Base In Malaysia For The Participation Of Bilateral Exercise SAMUDRA LAKSMANA 

31) HUMAN RESOURCE MANGEMENT IN RSS: My Learning Book Author - Nitin Gadkari 

32) Director, Financial Intelligence Unit FIU -IND Issued Notice To 15 Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers For Non - Compliance With Provision Of The Prevention Of Money Laundering Act ( PMLA) 2002 
33) Sanghai, China Host The World Skill 2026 ( 22nd-27th SEPTEMBER) 

34) India To Host The 7th Agri - Voltaics World Conference in NEW Delhi ( From 21-23rd October 2026) 
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35) India And Srilanka Signed MoU On Up gradation Of L70 Guns And Defence Cooperation 

36) India Ends It's Campaign With 15 Medals At World Archery Para Series including 4 Gold In Amdabad 

37) A Team Of Researchers From The Centre For Nano And Soft Matter Sciences ( CeNS) Bengaluru, An Autonomous Institute Under Department Of Science And Technology ( DST) Integrated A Naturally Occurring Amino Acid ( Aspartic Acid) With a Light Absorbing Organic Molecule, Perylene Diimide ( PDI) And Allowed The Molecule To Spontaneously Organize Themselves Through Supra Molecular Self Assembly 

WHO SOUTH - EAST ASIA REGIONAL AWARD 2026 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

* Dr. Nittaya Phanuphak, Thailand ( For Pioneering Innovative And Equitable HIV Prevention And Service Delivery Model) 

* Dr K Suresh Kumar ( India) ( For Pioneering a Community Owned Model That Has Transformed Community Based Palliative Care Across Multiple Countries 

* Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh ( NNJS) For Restoring Sight To Million Through Equitable, People Centred Eye Care Service ( Significantly Reduced Avoidable Blindness In Nepal) 

JANUARY TO AUGUST EXERCISE IN 2026

JANUARY - 

The 17th Edition Of TRILATERAL Exercise DOSTI between Indian COAST Guard, Srilanka Coast Guard And Maldives Defence Force Held 

 India's First Training Squadron 1Ts Concluded a Successful Port Call At Phuket, Thailand 

FEBRUARY  - 

The 13th Edition Of The Joint Military Exercise KHANJAR Between India And Kyrgyzstan Set To Conducted At Misamari, Assam On 4th To 17th February 2026 

Indian Armed Forces Jointly Conducted The Exercise Tatrakshak In Collaboration WITH BSF, Indian Coast Guard With Gujarat Police.

 Indian Air Force Is Conducting A Joint In Situ Air Exercise With The Royal Thai Airforce At Malacca Strait.

 India, Japan And INDONESIA Conducted a TRILATERAL Naval Exercise At Andaman Sea 

Exercise VAJRA GHAAT  Conducted By White Tiger Division At Pokhran Range 

Indian Navy Inaugurated The MILAN VILLAGE At Visakhapatnam ( 13th Edition Of Naval Exercise MILAN 2026 Commence At Vishakapatnam.) 

The Indian Army's Khadga Corps Participate In Exercise KHADGA SHAKTI 2026 At Mahajan Field Firing Range In Bikaner District, Rajasthan.

The 16th EDITION OF The Joint Special Forces Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR Between India And US Held In Himachal Pradesh.

The 7th Edition Of India - Japan Joint Military Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN Commence At Uttarakhand.

Southern Air Command ( SAC) Along With Forces From Armed Forces Special Operation Division (AFSOD), And Indian Coast Guard Successfully Conducted A High Tempo Joint Maritime Exercise KALARI LEAP in Lakshadweep And Minicoy Archipelago,

President Droupadi MURMU Witnessed The Indian Air Force Exercise VAYU SHAKTI In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 

* President Droupadi MURMU Took A Sortie On Light Combat Helicopter PRACHAND 

MARCH - 

Indian Contingent Has Departed For Seychelles For 11th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise EXERCISE LAMITIYE 2026 ( 9th To 20th March 2026) At Indian Ocean 

 Indian Navy Joined The US Lead Drill Sea Dragon In Guam

 INS NILAGIRI Has Deployed To The Western Pacific During The Sea Phase 1 Of Exercise KAKADU 2026 

* Crew Of INS NILAGIRI Clinched The Kakadu Shield Trophy At Exercise KAKADU 2026 


 Indian Naval Ship INS TRIKAND Departs From Port Victoria, Seychelles, To Participate In The First Tri Services Edition Of Exercise LAMITIYE 2026 


Indian Coast Guard Conducted A Regional Search And Rescue Exercise ReSAREX Off Porbandar 


APRIL - 

Indian Army Is Conducting The 7th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK With The Uzbekistan Ground Forces At The Eastern Military District Gurumsaray Field Training Area In Namangan (Uzbekistan) On 12th -25th April 2026 

India's INS NIREEKSHAK Has Visited To Colombo, Sri Lanka For Participate In The India - Srilanka IN -SLN Divex 2026 ( A Bilateral Diving Exercise ) Kicked Off From 21st -27th April 2026 

Umroi, Meghalaya To Host The Inaugural Edition Of 11 Friendly Foreign Countries Military Exercise PRAGATI 


 Indian Army Special Forces Mentor Elite African Troops In Urban COMBAT Drills At Multi National Special Forces At Exercise FLINTLOCK 2026 


MAY - 

 *  The 2nd Edition Of The Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX Between Indian Army And Royal Cambodian Army Is Set To Held In Cambodia 

 The Multinational Joint Forces Exercise - FINTLOCK 2026 Successfully Culminates in Cote d Ivoire 

 The Indian ARMY Contingent Departed For 2nd Edition Of India - Cambodia Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX -II At Kamponge Speu Provinces, Kingdom of Cambodia From 4th To 17th May 2026 

Indian Navy's INS SHARADA Has Conducted A PASSEX With Royal Nederlands Navy Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter At Kochi, KERALA 

EXERCISE PRAGATI - 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI 

Umroi, Meghalaya To Host The Inaugural Edition Of 11 Friendly Foreign Countries Military Exercise PRAGATI 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI SET TO HELD ON 18TH -31ST MAY 2026 

* FOCUS - IT AIMS TO ENHANCE COORDINATION AND CAPABILITIES, FOCUSING ON COUNTER INSURGENCY DRILLS AND OPERATING AS COHESIHVE FORCES. 

* PRAGATI - PATNERSHIP OF REGIONAL ARMIES FOR GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION) 

* PARTICIPANT - BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PHILIPHINES, SEYCHELLUS, SINGAPORE, SRILANKA, THAILAND, VIETNAM. 

( ASEAN REGION) 



* Indian Army Participated In The Prestigious CAPEX Capability Demonstration In Tampa, Florida From 18,-21st May 2026 


JUNE - 

 Indian Army Continent Will Travel To ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia To Participate In The 23rd Edition Of Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2026 Multi National Joint Exercise



JULY - 

 Indian Navy's P8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance And Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft Has Arrived In Honolulu, Hawaii, To Participate In The Rim Of The Pacific Exercise - RIMPAC 2026 ( Conducted From 1st To 31st July 2026) 

Indian Navy's INS SURAT And Japan MARITIME Self Defence Force ( JMSDF) Destroyer JS TAKANAMI ( DD -110) Participate In PASSEX ( Passing Exercise) in The Arabian Sea Mumbai 


EXERCISE PITCH BLACK 2026 - 

 India To Participate In The Exercise Pitch Black 2026 

India's Rafale Fighter Aircraft And C-17 Transport Aircraft Have Reached Australia For Exercise Pitch Black 2026 


AUGUST - 

The 8th Edition Of Exercise EX TARKASH, Bilateral Special Force Exercise Between National Security Guard ( NSG) India And The United States Special Operation Forces ( US SOF) Was Conducted From 13th July To 7th August 2026 

( HELD AT CHENNAI) 

The Maiden India - Myanmar Joint HADR Exercise RAHAT MITRA Concluded In Chennai 

The 8TH EDITON OF  Indian Navy - US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD) Exercise To Commence From 10-14th August 2026 ( IN - USN EOD EX 2026) ( AT KOCHI, KERALA) 

The Bilateral Air ExercisEX UDARSHAKTI Between Indian Air Force And The Royal Malaysian Air Force ( TUDM) Kicked Off On 12th August 2026 At Subang Airbase, Malaysia.

 Indian Army Continent Departed For Thailand To Participate In The 15th Edition Of India - Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE ( XV ) 2026 


* The Exercise Conducted From 18th To 31st August 2026 At Vibhavadi Rangsit Camp In Surat Thani, Thailand 

* First Started in 2006 


EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 

 Vietnam Coast Guard Ship CSB8002 & a 6 Member Vietnam Coast Guard Delegation Visited To Chennai For The 2nd Edition Of Joint Exercise With India - EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 


* Practice In Marine Pollution 

NITI AYOG LAUNCHED THE PACT ( PLATFORM FOR AGGREGATING CLEAN TRANSPORT)

Rajiv Gauba, NITI AYOG Member Launched A Platform For Aggregating Clean Transport ( PACT) During The 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026 In New Delhi.


* This Is An Initiative To Support Accelerated Zero - Emissions Freight Deployment In Country 

* PACT Will Connect Shippers, Logistics Providers, Truck Manufacturer, Financiers & Charging Operators, Helping Identifying Deployment 

* Introduced ZET Marketplace, DESIGNED To Connect Businesses And Financiers With e-Truck Manufacturer 

KALINGA RATNA AWARD 2026

* FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA ( CJI) JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA HAS CONFERRED WITH THE KALINGA RATNA AWARD 

* KALINGA RATNA AWARD PRESENTED BY SARALA SAHITYA SANSAD ODISHA 

* JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA SERVED AS CJI (45th CJI OF INDIA) FROM 28TH AUGUST 2017 TO 2ND OCTOBER 2018 

UNESCO INTERNATIONAL LITERACY PRIZE 2026

* UNESCO KING SEJONG LITERACY PRIZE - ( Sponsored By South Korea) 

- The Escuelas LEO Programme By The BibloRed ( Columbia) 

- The Language Friendly School Programme By The Rutu Foundation For Intercultural Multilingual Education ( Kingdom Of NEDERLANDS) 

- PROJECT PAL ( Primary Accelerated Literacy ) By The WAER Waters Charity Foundation ( Nigeria) 

- UNESCO CONFUCIUS PRIZE - ( Sponsored By Republic Of China) 

* Accelerated Education For Out Of School Displaced Youth in Lebanon - Programe By The Alsama Project ( Lebanon) 

* Chiapas Puede State Literacy Programe By Government Of Chiapas ( Mexico) 

* LANGUAGE FOR LIFE - Multilingual Literacy For Disaster Communication And Community Resilience in Hat Yai Learning City -Programme By Hat Yai City Municipality ( Thailand) 

INDIA'S FIRST NATIONAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NAGOYA PROTOCOL

* The Nagoya Protocol Provides a Transparent International Framework For The Fair And Equitable Sharing A Benefit Arising From The Utilisation Of Genetic Resources.

* It Was Adopted On 29th October 2010 And It Enter into Forced On 12th October 2014 

KEY ELEMENTS - 

* Prior Informed  Consent ( PIC) -  Access With The Free, Prior Informed Consent Of The Local Communities In Accordance With Applicable Requirement 

* Mutually Agreed Terms 

* Compliance 

* Monitoring & Traceability 

INDIA & NAGOYA - 

* 1993 - India SIGNED CBD

* 1994 - India Ratified The CBD 

* 2011 - India Signed The NAGOYA Protocol 

* 2012 - India Ratified the NAGOYA Protocol 

INDIA'S FRAMEWORK - 

* 2002 - The Biological Diversity Act ( Amended in 2023) 

* 2024 - Biological Diversity Rule 

* 2025 - ABS Regulation 


THREE TIER INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM - 

* WHAT IS ABS - 

( Access And Benefits Sharing) 

* It Ensures That Biological/ Genetical Resources And Associated Traditional Knowledge Are Accessed And Utilised in Accordance With Applicable Domestic Legal Requirement, With Benefits Arising From Their Utilisation Shared Fairly And Equitably 


* India Is One Of The World's 17 Mega diverse Countries 

ABS APPROVAL - 

* 12,830 APPROVAL 

* 5,913  NBA Approval For Section 3(2) Entities 

*6917 ASBs/UTBCs Approval For Section 7 Entities 

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 9TH SEPTEMBER 2026

World Physiotherapy Day - 8th September 

1) SENIOR IPS Officer B Dayananda Has Been Promoted To Director General Of Police ( DGP) Of Karnataka Internal Security Division.

2) Rajiv Gauba, NITI AYOG Member Launched A Platform For Aggregating Clean Transport ( PACT) During The 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026 In New Delhi.

* This Is An Initiative To Support Accelerated Zero - Emissions Freight Deployment In Country 

* PACT Will Connect Shippers, Logistics Providers, Truck Manufacturer, Financiers & Charging Operators, Helping Identifying Deployment 

* Introduced ZET Marketplace, DESIGNED To Connect Businesses And Financiers With e-Truck Manufacturer 
3) Manipuri Musician Chongtham Vikram Died 

4) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Presented The President's Colors Award To Goa Police.
5) Odisha's Rourkela And Kalinganagar Secured Ranked One Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 

6) India's BRICS Importance 
7) India Has Joined The United States And 24 Other Countries In An international initiative To Shape The Development Of Next Generation Of 6 G Network 

8) Malkangiri District ODISHA Collector Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshhirke To Receive The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 

9) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Official Visit To Srilanka.

10) European Union Commission PRESIDENT Ursula Von der Leyen Announced a £200 million Investment Package For Greenland To Strengthen Cooperation Between EU And Greenland.

11) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma Inaugurated The Smart ATI Application, 

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of Various Development Project Worth Over Rs 35,000 Crores In Vadodara 

13) Vietnam Became The Largest Exporter To US In 2026 

14) Jammu and Kashmir Host The First International Film Festival 2026 

15) CONCOR Launched The Assured Transit Time Container Service From Bengaluru to Delhi.

16) Antibiotics Resistant Infection 
17) Odisha Launched The First' Ever State Level Handicraft Exhibition - Utkala Shri Ganesh In Bhubaneswar 

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Global Fintech Festival 2026 At Mumbai Maharashtra 

19) LAND OF THE EASTERN LIGHT Book Author - Nabaarun Barooah 
20) Researchers Have Developed a Bilayered Structure, integrating Titanium Alloy And Zirconia Components For Dental Application, That Enhances Durability, interracial Stability, And Biocompatibility While REDUCING Surgical Complexity 

* SCIENTISTS From International Advanced Research Centre For Powder Metallurgy And New Materials ( ARCI) , An Autonomous Institute Of DST Designed 

* Ti6Al4V Can Be Susceptible To Corrosion And Gum Recession in Moist Environment Of Mouth, 

JANUARY TO AUGUST DRDO CA IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SALVO LAUNCH OF TWO PRALAY MISSILE IN ODISHA COAST AT CHANDIPUR, ON 31ST DECEMBER 2025 


* PRALAY IS AN INDIGENOUS DEVELOPED SOLID PROPELLENT QUASI BALLISTIC MISSILE.

* Defence Research And Development Laboratory ( DRDL) DRDO, Hyderabad Has Achieved a Milestone in The development Of Hypersonic Missile 

( State Of Art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility At 9th January 2026) 


* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE 3RD GENERATION OF FIRE & FORGET MAN PORTABLE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( MPATGM) 


* DEVELOPED BY DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY ( DRDL) HYDERABAD.

* INCLUDING IMAGING INFRARED ( IIR), 


 * Shri Gaddamanugu Chandramouliji, EX DRDO Scientist ( Who Worked on AKASH) Set To Received The PADMA SHRI Award 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

 DRDO Develops Portable Water Purification System ( SWaDeS ) For Soldiers ( Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, DRDO) 

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

 DRDO Unveiled A New High Power Microwave ( HPM) SYSTEM, Under Development To Defeats SWARMS Of Unmanned Aircraft System ( UASs) Prototype 

AWARDS - 

* D 4 Counter drone System (DRDO) And Dharashakti Integrated EW SYSTEM Has Been Conferred With Prestigious SKOCH Award In Gold Category.

* THEME 2026 For DRDO Tableaux - on Republic Day 2026 Parade 

( Naval Technologies For COMBAT Submarines) 

Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

FEBRUARY  -  

TESTED - 

* ON 3RD FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE DEMONSTRATED OF ITS SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET ( SFDR) TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE (ITR), CHANDIPUR, BALASORE ODISHA.


* LONG RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE 



AGNI -3 - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE TEST FIRE OF IMMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AGNI -3 AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.

* AGNI - 3 DEVELOPED BY DRDO 

* IT IS A TWO STAGE SOLID FUELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH RANGE OF 3000 KM 

DIPAS, DRDO And IIT Ropar SIGNED A MoU For Academic Research 

 DRDO CONDUCTED The Qualification Test For Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute.

* ON 27TH FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THREE CONSECUTIVE THE FLIGHT TRIALS OF VERY SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM (VSHORADS) FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.



MARCH - 

DRDO Pune Based Lab And DIAT Have Developed Indigenous Tactile Sensor Arrays For Advanced Robotics Application.

APRIL - 

BOOKS - 

THE UNPRECEDENTED Success Story' Of The First Indigenous Supersonic Multi Target Surface To Air - Missile System AKASH Book Author - Missile Scientist Dr G Chandramauli ) ( Authored By Padmashree Dr Prahalad Rama Rao) 

DRDO Handed Over The AI Based Satellite Imaging System PRAJANA - ( Developed By CAIR) To Ministry Of Home Affairs.

VIKRAM VT-21 - 

 * DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat Has Flagged Off The Advanced Armoured Platform ( Tracked And Wheeled) VIKRAM VT-21 


* Developed By Vehicle Research And Development Laboratory With Partners Tata Advanced System Limited And Bharat Forge Limited 

* 30 mm Crewless Turret + ATGM 

* STANG 4/5 Modular Protection 

* High Mobility + Amphibious Capability 

* Multi Role Configurable Designed Industrial Push 

* 90% Indigenous 

NASM-SR - 

* DRDO And Indian Navy Successfully Conducted The Maiden Salvo Launch Of Naval Anti Ship Missile Short Range (NASM -SR) From Indian Navy Helicopter, At Cost Of Bay Of BENGAL, Odisha 

DRDO Has Became The Historical Milestone To Indigenous Galium Nitride (GaN) Chips For Defence, ( Became 7th COUNTRY To In Elite Group) 

MAY - 

 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The Phase -2 2 Stage Hypersonic Glide Vehicle, Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LR - AShM) From Odisha Coast 


* Estimates Range Of 1500 Km 

 DRDO Has Inaugurated The CBRN Field Training And Demonstration Centre At Burari Plans, Delhi.


* DRDO Inaugurated The Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear (CBRN) 

TARA TESTED - 

* DRDO AND INDIAN AIR FORCE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TRAIL OF INDIGENOUS GLIDE WEAPON SYSTEM TARA AT OFF COAST ODISHA. ( On 7TH MAY 2026) 

* TARA - TACTICAL ADVANCED RANGE AUGMENTATION 

* TARA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT ( RCI), HYDERABAD, WITH DRDO LABORATORY 

* TEST CONDUCTED WITH THE INDIAN AIR FORCE JAGUAR AIRCRAFT.

* SPEED - 40-1200 KMPH 


AGNI (MIRV) SYSTEM - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TRIAL OF AN ADVANCED AGNI MISSILE WITH MIRV ( MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETED RE -ENTRY VEHICLE) SYSTEM FROM A P J ABDUL KALAM ISLAND, ON 8TH MAY 2026 ODISHA 


 Defence Research And Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad Based Laboratory Of DRDO Have Successfully Conducted An Extensive Long Duration Test Of Its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjat Combustor, 

DRDO TESTED ULPGM-V3 MISSILE 

* ON 19TH MAY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT TRIALS OF THE ULPGM-V3 MISSILE AT KURNOOL, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* TESTED IN AIR - TO - GROUND AS WELL AS AIR - TO-AIR 

* IT CAN DESTROY TANKS, BUNKERS, DRONES, HELICOPTER 

* IT EQUIPPED WITH THE DUAL CHANNEL SEEKER

* CONTROLLED THROUGH AN ADVANCED INTEGRATED GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM ( GCS ( 

* FEATURE INCLUDING DAY/ NIGHT STRIKE CAPABILITY 

* TWO WAY DATA LINK SENDS REAL TIME TELEMETRY & IMPACT CONFIRMATION BACK TO THE GCS 

* PRODUCTION PARTNERS - BHARAT DYNAMIC LIMITED ( BDL) , ADANI DEFENCE SYSTEMS 



* Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Been Entrusted With Additional Charge Of DRDO 

JUNE - 

DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Tested The High Calibre Bomb In Haryana 

( Tested At The Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory ( TBRL) At Panchkula, Haryana 

BRAHMOS Completes 25 Years. ( On 12th June 2001 First Tested At Chandipur, Odisha) 


RUDRAM-II 

* Defence Research And Development Organisation ( DRDO) And The Indian Air Force ( IAF) Have Conducted The Successful Flight Test Of RudraM -II Air -To-surface MISSILE From An Airborne Platform. ( From Integrated Test Range, Chandipur ) 

* RudraM-II Has Been Indigenously Developed By Research Centre, IMARAT, Hyderabad. ( IN COLLABORATION WITH DRDO ) 

* Anti - Radiation 


DRDO TESTED BMD - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE CONSECUTIVE FLIGHT TEST OF MULTI LAYERED BMD AGAINST LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND ANTI SHIP CAPABILITY AT MEDIUM RANGE. ( NASM -SR) ( ON 11TH & 12TH JUNE 2026) AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA .

* BMD - BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE 

* ( RANGE BETWEEN 2000-5000 KM) 

* AD-1 ( INCEPTOR) 


* NOW INDIA AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF NATIONS, POSSESSING THE OPERATIONAL  LEVEL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND NEUTRALISE BALLISTIC MISSILE, INCLUDING THREATS UPTO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ( ICBM) 

* NASM - SR ( NAVAL ANTI SHIP MISSILE MEDIUM RANGE ) 




* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Advanced WEAPON SYSTEM Complex At DRDL, HYDERABAD 

DRDO TESTED LRLACM - 

* DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ( DRDO) SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TEST OF LONG RANGE LAND ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE ( LRLACM) FROM DR ABDUL KALAM ISLAND , ODISHA. ( ON 15TH JUNE 2026) 

* RANGE 1000-1500 KM 

* LRLACM IS FULLY INDIGENOUSLY MADE MISSILE DEVELOPED BY DRDO LABORATORIES AND INDIAN INDUSTRY PARTNER. 





JULY - 

* Dr Jagganath Nayak, Scientist, & Director At Centre For High Energy System And SCIENCES ( CHESS) DRDO Appointed As DG ( MSS) DRDO 


TESTED - 

) IIT Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO India Has Developed An Indigenous Tactical Aerostat System To Boost India's Defence 


DRDO PINAKA LRGR - 

* ON 8TH JULY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE PINAKA LRGR AT THE INTEGRATED TEST RANGE ( ITR) CHANDIPUR, ODISHA 

* LRGR - LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET 

* THE ROCKET WAS TESTED FOR A USER DEFINED MINIMUM RANGE OF 60 KM 

* THE PINAKA LRGR  IS DESIGNED BY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIGH ENERGY MATERIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WITH SUPPORT OF DRDL AND RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT 


KUSHA MISSILE -  

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TEST OF LONG RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE KUSHA FROM APJ ABDUL KALAM ISLAND OFF THE ODISHA COAST.

* KUSHA MISSILE IS CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING THE AERIAL THREATS INCLUDING FUGHTER JETS, MISSILES, UAVs, 


 DRDO Has Successfully Completed The Military Field Trial Of a Scalable And Practically Secure, Fibre Based Quantum Key Distribution ( QKD) System.
A MoU Signed Between DIPAS, DRDO And AIIMS Bhopal For Collaborative Research, Academic Exchange, And Advanced Research In Field Of Human Performance.

DRDO & Adani Defence And Aerospace Have Signed An Agreement For AEW&C - MK-II, India's NEXT Generation Airborne Early Warning & Control ( Programme For INDIAN Air Force) 

DRDO GTRE Has Successfully Developed India's First Indigenous Expandable Turbo Jet Engine 

AUGUST - 

Azad Engineering And DRDO India Successfully Manufacturing And Delivery OF India's First Indigenous 350 Kg Thrust Class - Expandable Turbojet Engine 

* INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED THE MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE ( MRBM) AGNI -4 FROM THE INTEGRATED TEST RANGE , CHANDIPUR, ODISHA ON 6TH AUGUST 2026 



AWARDS - 

* DRDO Has CONFERRED Government e Marketplace ( GeM) Award For Maximum Number Of Order Values To MSEs



* Defence Ministry Has Approved The Transfer of Technology of DRDO - Developed Missile System To Indian Defence Industry To Bolster Indigenous Manufacturing 

*  The National Security Guard ( NSG) Has Launched It's First Mahila Commando Conversion Course ( MCCC) At It's Training Centre In Manesar, Haryana 

JANUARY TO AUGUST HOST & SUMMIT IN 2026

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