Current Affair Category: Defence & Security

Why in News? India’s indigenous deep-ocean submersible Matsya-6000 is scheduled to undergo a 500-metre trial dive in the Bay of Bengal in early 2027. It is an important step towards India’s first human deep-ocean mission under the Samudrayaan Project, which aims to carry three aquanauts to a depth of 6,000 metres. What is Samudrayaan Project? […]

Why in news? On October 31, 2026, the Ministry of Civil Aviation notified the Bharatiya Vayuyan Rules, 2026. Set to take effect from January 1, 2027, these comprehensive rules will completely replace the legacy Aircraft Rules, 1937. Core Regulatory Framework: Statutory Authority: Framed under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, which serves as the primary legislative […]

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬? On 29 October 2026, cryptocurrency exchange Binance reportedly suffered a major cyberattack, leading to the theft of digital assets worth approximately $6.3 billion. It has been described as one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever reported. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: Nature of Attack: Hackers carried out unauthorised transactions from Binance’s hot wallets across ten […]

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬? Google’s 65-qubit Willow processor demonstrated a quantum experiment called Quantum Echoes, raising questions about the future of encryption and the possibility of Q-day. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬? It studies how quantum information spreads and refocuses in an entangled system. It uses out-of-time-order correlators (OTOCs) to measure how disturbances spread through qubits. It […]

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐌: 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬? External Affairs Minister 𝐒. 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 warned that the world is not adequately prepared to tackle 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 while speaking at a conference marking 50 years of the 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐁𝐖𝐂). 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦? 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 refers to the deliberate use or threatened use of biological agents, such […]

Websites globally, including those of Japan’s Finance Ministry, the Port of Rotterdam, and the Wikimedia Foundation, experienced precautionary shutdowns due to critical vulnerabilities in PHP. Two critical vulnerabilities, collectively named PHP2Shell, were discovered in PHP, a programming language powering approximately 70% of identifiable websites. These flaws could allow attackers to execute malicious code remotely on web servers without authentication […]

For Syllabus: GS-3 – Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Inclusive Growth, Climate Change Why in News? India hosted the Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026 for the first time in the Global South at New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Union Ministers Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Agriculture) and Shri Pralhad Joshi (New & Renewable Energy). Theme: Farmers as Annadata […]

India Must Do Better at Detecting and Preventing Data Breaches Context: A cybersecurity advisory issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has highlighted emerging cyber threats arising from autonomous AI agents and the growing vulnerability of India’s government and commercial IT infrastructure. The issue exposes gaps in cyber threat detection, accountability and data […]

Indian Coast Guard’s SAREX-2026 Source: PIB / Indian Coast Guard Why in News? The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 12th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-2026) off the coast of Paradip, Odisha, on 8 October 2026 to strengthen maritime safety, technological preparedness and inter-agency coordination. About SAREX-2026: Organiser: Indian Coast Guard under the aegis […]

Why in News? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the Indian Navy’s first indigenous Fleet Support Ship (FSS-1), named Surya, and laid the keel for FSS-5 at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam. What is a Fleet Support Ship (FSS-1)? A Fleet Support Ship (FSS) is a large naval auxiliary vessel designed to provide essential supplies to […]