Defence Current Affairs Quiz: 29 October 2026

The thirteenth edition of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus was hosted at Cebu in the Philippines, and Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed it there on 29 October 2026, speaking on collective regional security, counter-terrorism and maritime cooperation.

It coordinates the Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters, and the sixth edition of that campaign has now been taken up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation across its headquarters, laboratories and establishments.

Civitavecchia is an Italian port, and INS Trishul finished its call there on 28 October 2026 as part of a continuing operational deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.

This was the theme of the thirteenth ADMM-Plus, and the Defence Minister said it sits well with India’s foreign and defence policy thinking as well as the civilisational sentiment ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’, the wish that all beings be happy.

Under Special Campaign 6.0 the files that DRDO has earmarked for weeding out, about 20,000 of them, are being disposed of in line with record retention schedules, and the paper left after shredding is handed to KVIC so that it can be recycled instead of being dumped.

The port call at Civitavecchia was part of the ship's ongoing operational deployment in that sea, and once the visit ended on 28 October 2026 the frigate proceeded to the next phase of the same deployment.

The Raksha Mantri said counter-terrorism continues to be an important field of cooperation under the ADMM-Plus framework, and that India and Malaysia are co-chairing the Experts’ Working Group on Counter-Terrorism for the cycle that runs from 2024 to 2027.

The clearing of obsolete equipment, redundant furniture and scrap material from DRDO campuses, the residential complexes attached to them and the research testing ranges was carried out in an environment-friendly manner, and the disposal brought in that amount as revenue.

The frigate's crew went aboard this Italian aircraft carrier while both ships were at Civitavecchia, and the visit gave officers and sailors of the two navies a chance to compare professional practice and exchange experience at sea.

DRDO reported clearing all of its targets on three fronts: public grievances awaiting redressal, Parliamentary Assurances, and references that pass between ministries.

As Ambassador of India to Italy she went aboard INS Trishul at Civitavecchia and met the ship's company, and she attended the cultural event hosted on the deck along with Vice Admiral Aurelio De Carolis, Fleet Commander and CINCNAV of the Italian Navy.