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Saturday, October 11, 2025
TopicNational Defence Academy

Topic: National Defence Academy

To tackle impersonation & cheating, UPSC to start face authentication of candidates on pilot basis

The commission, with help from the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), has designed a mobile app which would verify photograph of a candidate clicked at the examination centre.

NDA campus best for Peshwa Bajirao’s memorial, says Amit Shah during Pune statue inauguration

The Union home minister further said India's basic foundation would cease to exist had Peshwas not taken forward the Shivaji Maharaj 'battle for independence for 100 years.

1st batch of women cadets graduates from NDA, ex-Army chief hails big step for ‘women-led development’

The NDA began admitting women in 2022. The 17 female cadets will proceed to their respective pre-commissioning training academies for the final phase of training before commissioning.

Finance & language verticals on anvil, Army Education Corps set for revamp to meet new challenges

AEC itself is set to be renamed as Army Empowerment Corps. Adding of 2 verticals will be done within sanctioned strength and no new recruiting will take place, says defence source

SubscriberWrites: Cabin Cupboard & the ‘Five S’ technique

Applying the Japanese manufacturing concept of Five S, in my day to day life.

First batch of 19 women cadets join NDA, set to begin training this week

The cadets will train for three years at NDA, Khadakwasla for the 148th course. The Supreme Court last year paved the way for women to take the NDA test for the first time.

Consider lateral entry for military cadets discharged on medical grounds, AICTE tells institutes

AICTE makes suggestion in letter sent to affiliate institutions last week. This came after several boarded-out cadets sent letters to the Union govt seeking such a provision.   

Army chief says admission of women to NDA ‘not a big deal’, joint training has raised standards

Common training for men and women officers at the Officer Training Academy, Chennai, which Gen. Naravane himself instituted in 2017-18, has led to improved standards, he said.

As a woman, I never felt out of place in NDA. But there is still much to be achieved

The desire for instant change may seem natural, but the NDA must be given time to make the environment more receptive for incoming young women.

UPSC allows unmarried women to apply for NDA, naval academy exam after SC verdict

The application window will remain open for women candidates from 24 September to 8 October 6 pm, said an official statement by the UPSC.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.