Defence Current Affairs Quiz: 6 November 2026

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the Uttarakhand Police at an investiture ceremony in Dehradun on 6 November 2026, and said the force had become the 16th in the country to receive this highest honour.

When Dr Jitendra Singh launched the Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5 in New Delhi on 6 November 2026, he said nearly 40 lakh DLCs had been generated in its first five days.

The ministry ran the campaign through Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), its platform for young people, from 26 October to 5 November 2026, and held 536 Yuva Samvads in 31 States and Union Territories.

The first BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise was held from 30 October to 3 November 2026 under the Andaman and Nicobar Command and concluded at Sri Vijaya Puram on 3 November.

India and Myanmar commenced their maiden bilateral tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, named 'Rahat Mitra', at Chennai on 5 November 2026, with the drill running to 6 November.

Tiger Triumph is a bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise between India and the US.

Amini is one of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft that GRSE designed and built in India, following the classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping, and it was handed over to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026.

The SDI of the Indian Air Force signed a Memorandum of Agreement with IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation for the joint design and development of an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne applications; its Commandant, Air Vice Marshal Sarabjit Singh, signed the document.

At the ceremony in Dehradun on 6 November 2026, where the Uttarakhand Police received the President's Colour, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the personnel of the force had not only taken these three guiding principles as an ideal but had made them the base of their lives and duties.

Dr Jitendra Singh said that face authentication adoption surged from 61 per cent to nearly 80 per cent in the first five days of the campaign compared with the same period last year, which he read as rising trust among pensioners in technology.

Over its run from 26 October to 5 November 2026, the 'Viksit Bharat Yuva Samvad: Know Your Vote' campaign held 536 Yuva Samvads in 31 States and Union Territories and reached 100,493 young people, with 536 Youth Icons taking part.

The exercise was conducted under the aegis of the ANC, which is India's only operational command that combines all the services under one Commander-in-Chief, at present Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty.

The inaugural India-Myanmar tri-services HADR exercise 'Rahat Mitra' opened at Chennai on 5 November 2026 and was scheduled for 5 and 6 November.

The Ministry of Defence described Tiger Triumph 2026 as the fifth edition of the bilateral tri-service HADR exercise between India and the United States.

The ship is named after Amini Island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The name also brings back the earlier INS Amini, a Petya III class anti-submarine warfare corvette that was decommissioned in 2002, keeping alive the naval custom of passing on distinguished names.

He signed the Memorandum of Agreement with the Indian Air Force's Software Development Institute for developing an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne use.

Addressing the Uttarakhand State Foundation Day celebrations in Dehradun on 6 November 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the long-standing demand for a separate state was fulfilled when Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then Prime Minister, created Uttarakhand on 9 November 2000.

It sits in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and its Secretary, Nivedita Shukla Verma, spoke at the launch of DLC Campaign 5 on 6 November 2026.

The 'Viksit Bharat Yuva Samvad: Know Your Vote' campaign was about electoral awareness and responsible participation in democracy, so its activities included quizzes, question-and-answer sessions, the Loktantrik (democratic) Pledge and registration on the MY Bharat portal.

The ships listed for the maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise were INS Taragiri, INS Karmuk and INS Saryu from the Indian Navy, UMS King Aung Zeya from the Myanmar Navy and SLNS Gajabahu from the Sri Lanka Navy; the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was not among them.

Exercise Rahat Mitra, the first bilateral tri-services HADR exercise between India and Myanmar, is centred on this theme, which captures its two aims: humanitarian help in disasters and closer defence ties between the neighbours.

The exercise focused on improving interoperability and mutual understanding in planning and conducting combined HADR operations, with particular emphasis on joint amphibious operations, in which forces move from ships to the shore.

The Ministry of Defence stated that Amini, the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft built by GRSE Kolkata and delivered on 5 November 2026, has more than 80 per cent indigenous content.

Under the Memorandum of Agreement, the IAF's Software Development Institute, IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation will jointly design and develop such a system, working on advanced algorithms for communication systems and networking.

While presenting the President's Colour to the Uttarakhand Police in Dehradun on 6 November 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the force had secured the top position at the national level with an outstanding score of 93.46 on the CCTNS/ICJS 2.0 dashboard.