DRDO develops lightest bullet proof jacket made up of FHAP - Front Hard Armour Panel. There are two configurations - ICW and FHAP. It is based on new design approach, in which novel materials and processes are used with approximate weight of 10.1 kg for medium size

The BSF has issued a high alert along the 4,096 km India-Bangladesh border due to recent unrest in Bangladesh. This came after the protestors demanded Hasina's resignation amid quota protests that has left almost 300 dead. BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chawdhary is in Kolkata to review security measures.

INS Brahmaputra, an Indian Navy warship, caught fire during maintenance at a Mumbai naval dockyard. Despite efforts, the ship continued to list and is currently resting on one side. A junior sailor is missing, and all personnel have been accounted for, except for one who is currently on search.

Indian Navy personnel are in Russia carrying acceptance trial for the first of the two warships from Russia. This is a part of USD 2.5 billion deal. It will arrive in September, if everything goes well. 

Large scale of arms and ammunition have been found in Jiribam district of Manipur. Security forces are doing the ambush where the life of a CRPF personnel lost his life.

Five Indian Army personnel lost their lives, when Pakistani terrorists trapped a military convoy in the remote Machedi area of Kathua district on Monday afternoon. 

Two women constables, who have been missing from BSF Academy in Gwalior, for over a month. A multi-agency search operation is underway. The missing constable name are Akanksha Nikhar from Jabalpur and Shahana Khatoon from Murshidabad.

A Philippines navy personnel was severely injured when China’s coast guard seized two Filipino ships on a resupply mission to an outpost on Second Thomas Shoal last week as China has ramped up actions targeting the Philippines in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, especially the use of “gray zone tactics”. India backed the Philippines on Friday amid a flaring of tensions in the South China Sea over China’s aggressive actions in recent weeks. “We oppose de stabilizing or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion...and we underline the need for peaceful settlement of disputes,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media without directly referring to China.

According to Daniel Carmon, a former Israeli ambassador to India, India may be arming Israel in its conflict with Gaza as a "returning the favour" for Israeli assistance during the 1999 Kargil War. Daniel Carmon stated that Israel was one of the few nations who sent India weapons during its conflict with Pakistan in an interview with Israel's Ynetnews.

he Indian Army has received the first batch of man-portable suicide drones named Nagastra-1, as per a media report. The drones are capable of accurately striking enemy training camps, launch pads and infiltrators, hence minimising risk to soldiers. The high-tech drones are designed and developed completely in India by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), a subsidiary of Solar Industries, Nagpur. As per a report by the Economic Times, the drones have an indigenous content of over 75 per cent. The Indian Army placed an order of 480 such drones to EEL, out of which 120 Nagastra-1s have been delivered to an Army Ammunition Depot, as per defence officials.