Daily current affairs
Short summaries with exam relevance and source links. Updated every morning.
India and Brazil signed defence collaboration worth $5 billion. Joint production of light helicopters, naval platforms, and small arms. Both countries also discussed BRICS-related cooperation.
India and Russia agreed to extend cooperation for 6 additional nuclear reactors at Kudankulam (units 7-12). Also covers floating SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) for coastal areas.
India signed a Government-to-Government deal with France for 26 Rafale-M fighter jets for the Indian Navy's aircraft carriers (INS Vikrant and Vikramaditya). Estimated cost ₹63,000 crore.
The Centre approved Chandrayaan-4 — India's first lunar sample return mission. Target launch: 2028. Will use SLV2 (heavy launcher) and two-spacecraft rendezvous architecture.
Indian Railways completed KAVACH (indigenous Automatic Train Protection) deployment on 5,000 route km, mainly Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors. Prevents collisions and signal violations. Target: 35,000 km by 2027.
Building on the January 2026 FTA, India and the European Union signed a defence and security partnership focusing on maritime cooperation, cyber security and joint defence R&D.
ISRO conducted the fourth landing experiment of its Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator at the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga. The autonomous spaceplane landed precisely after release from a helicopter at 4.5 km altitude.
Indian and Sri Lankan navies launched the first joint maritime patrol in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) under the Colombo Security Conclave. Focus: anti-piracy, drug-smuggling, illegal fishing, and humanitarian/disaster response.
ISRO completed the TV-D2 abort test for Gaganyaan, demonstrating crew module escape from a malfunctioning rocket. Critical step before the uncrewed orbital test in 2026.
India's indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joined the navy's second large-scale carrier strike group exercise in the Indian Ocean, marking operational maturity. Tejas-N fighter aircraft launched and recovered successfully.
Cabinet approved the National Critical Minerals Mission with ₹14,500 crore outlay over 7 years for exploration, extraction and processing of 30 critical minerals including lithium, cobalt, rare earths.
Centre approved expansion of the National Quantum Mission to ₹10,000 crore till 2031. Four verticals: quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum sensing, materials and devices.
MeitY unveiled India's first National Cyber Resilience Framework (NCRF) defining minimum cybersecurity baselines for critical infrastructure (banking, power, telecom, transport). Mandatory compliance audits every 6 months for designated entities.
PM inaugurated the National Centre for Cybersecurity Excellence (NCCE) at Hyderabad. ₹2,000 cr facility with R&D labs, training infrastructure, and global threat intelligence. India faces ~1.5 M cyber attacks/day.
ISRO successfully launched GSAT-N3, a high-throughput communication satellite, on the LVM3 rocket. The satellite supports broadband connectivity in remote regions and Ka-band services.
DRDO successfully test-fired Shaurya-II hypersonic missile from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile reportedly achieved Mach 7+ speeds and demonstrated boost-glide capability.
The government approved a ₹6,000 crore Quantum Communication Mission to develop quantum key distribution networks across major cities by 2030. ISRO and DRDO will jointly execute the mission.
India hosted the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi. Agreed on enhanced cooperation in critical and emerging tech, maritime security, and supply chain resilience.