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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
TopicNational Security Council Secretariat

Topic: National Security Council Secretariat

Modi to shift to his new office in Seva Teerth tomorrow as PMO moves from South Block

PM to unveil Kartavya Bhavan-1 & 2 as well. Seva Teerth will also house National Security Council Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat.

As India & France get ready to sign 7-bn Euro deal for Rafale Marine, 87 TEDBFs emerge in shadow

Navy initially gave proposal for 145 twin-engine fighters, basing requirement on 3-carrier force, but planners believe the force should go for 2 aircraft carriers as of now.

India’s national security doctrine is finally in the works. It must be debated in public

The NSD should be debated threadbare in Parliament rather than in the cloistered confines of a few think tanks and policy groups.

Rajinder Khanna made additional NSA, Ravichandran is new deputy NSA

This is the first time the country has an additional NSA, a post that has always existed but remained vacant.

PMO can help theatre command take off by finding a politician with defence background

The grave diggers of the theatre command system have won the current round and the political leadership has failed to discern the nature of the issues.

On Camera

Modi govt is giving more teeth to a paper leak law that has so far bitten none

Two years later, we are made to believe that this time the amendments will be the panacea. A law deters only if it is effectively enforced.

Andhra’s salary & pension bills wringing coffers dry, state spends 95% of revenue on employees

In 'white paper', CM says state’s own revenues almost entirely consumed by salaries, while central funds service debt & interests. ‘State has to borrow even to fund basic welfare schemes.’

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.