CDS Current Affairs Quiz: 26 October 2026

The thirteenth edition of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus is being held at Cebu in the Philippines, which also holds the chair of the forum for the current year, and the Indian delegation to it is being led by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh.

The seminar carries exactly this theme, and the phrase itself captures the idea behind the whole exercise, namely that equipment already held by the Army should be reworked into advanced and future-ready combat systems rather than simply replaced.

The Defence Acquisition Council that met on 26 October 2026 was chaired by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, and it accorded Acceptance of Necessity to capital acquisition proposals of the three Services at an estimated cost of about Rs 2,12,000 crore.

SWAVLAMBAN is the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Seminar, and the Indian Navy organises it in collaboration with the Defence Innovation Organisation and the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers.

Civitavecchia is an Italian port, and the Indian Naval Ship Trishul arrived there in the course of its ongoing operational deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

India entered the ASEAN framework as a dialogue partner in that year, and the relationship has since widened into the defence domain through the ADMM-Plus mechanism.

The correct answer is Chandimandir Military Station, which is the headquarters station of Western Command and the chosen venue for the two-day seminar in December 2026.

In this round of clearances the Navy was approved to procure the Active Offboard Decoy System, which raises the credibility of anti-missile defence, especially against the modern anti-ship missiles that an adversary may use, and along with it other major naval platforms designed and constructed in India.

The Raksha Mantri said that start-ups and micro, small and medium enterprises had submitted more than 4,000 proposals against 229 challenges issued by the Indian Navy under the Innovations for Defence Excellence scheme, which he treated as a measure of both the depth of Indian talent and the enthusiasm of…

The Indian Naval Ship Trishul conducted a Passage Exercise with this Italian Naval Ship just before it entered harbour at Civitavecchia.

Within the ADMM-Plus construct India is co-chairing the Experts Working Group on Counter-Terrorism jointly with Malaysia for the cycle that runs from 2024 to 2027.

SIDM is an industry body for defence manufacturers, which is why it fits an event meant to connect military users with the firms that would actually build or refurbish the platforms.

Of the total Acceptances of Necessity accorded in this meeting, roughly 82 per cent of the procurement is to be made from Indian industry, which places the clearance squarely within the drive for self-reliance in defence production.

Speaking at the seminar, the Raksha Mantri said indigenisation needed a broader approach and asked for such a roadmap to identify and prioritise technologies that can serve civilian as well as military needs, including those required for civil and military shipping.

The ship's visit to the Italian port of Civitavecchia came during its continuing operational deployment to that sea, and the Passage Exercise with the Italian Naval Ship Carlo Margottini was held in the same waters shortly before the ship entered harbour.