The indomitable women of Indian Army

10 faces of grit, leadership, and resolve. Women who serve not because it is easy, but because it matters.

Femina’s August 2025 cover brings together ten remarkable women of the Indian Army — officers and soldiers whose journeys span from battle drills to leadership roles, from field deployments to missions demanding the highest skill and unshakable nerve.

📸 PC: Femina India
Featured on the cover (from bottom):
First row (L–R): Colonel Anshu Jamwal, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi
Second row (L–R): Colonel Ponung Doming, SM, Lance Naik Manju, Colonel Meghna Dave
Third row (L–R): Captain Shraddha Shivdavkar, Lieutenant Colonel Krutika Patil, Captain Ojaswita Shree, Lance Naik Aashika
Right on top: Major Dwipannita Kalita

🇮🇳🇺🇸 India–US to Hold ‘Yudh Abhyas ’25’ in Alaska
From Sept 1–16, 2025, India and the U.S. will conduct the 21st edition of joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas in Alaska. The 🇮🇳 Indian Army’s Madras Regiment will lead a 400-member contingent. 🪖❄️

At least 38 people have died and 120 injured after a massive cloudburst struck Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

200 + people still missing/trapped.

President approves 127 Gallantry awards, 40 Distinguished Service awards & 290 Mention-in-Despatches on the eve of 79th Independence Day

President Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 127 Gallantry awards and 40 Distinguished Service awards to the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the eve of Independence Day 2025.
These are:
04 Kirti Chakras; 15 Vir Chakras; 16 Shaurya Chakras; 02 Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry); 58 Sena Medals (Gallantry); 06 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry); 26 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry); 07 Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medals; 09 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals and 24 Yudh Seva Medals.

The President has also approved 290 Mention-in-Despatches – 115 personnel of the Indian Army, 05 of the Indian Navy, 167 of the Indian Air Force and 03 of the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB)

📸 This 15th August Red Fort will be marked by #OpSindoor Flag 🇮🇳

Sixteen Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been awarded gallantry medals for displaying "conspicuous bravery" and "unmatched valour" during Operation Sindoor. The paramilitary force is tasked with guarding the India-Pakistan border along the western flank of the country.

"स्वातन्त्र्यदिवसस्य हार्दिकाः शुभाशयाः 🇮🇳
भारतस्य गौरवम् अस्माकं हृदयेषु सदा वसतु। 🚩

वन्दे मातरम्।"

(Heartfelt wishes for Independence Day. May the pride of India always dwell in our hearts. )

Happy Independence Day🇮🇳

Our freedom wasn’t gifted — it was earned with sacrifices 🙏

JAI HIND 🇮🇳

For the complete lists, click now!
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2156515

🇮🇳 The newly inaugurated Chenab Bridge. The bridge of "integration" lit up in the colours of the tri-colour. An apt metaphor for Independence Day.

🇮🇳 India to launch mission Sudarshan Chakra

PM Modi: New Technology platforms (Rashtra Surkhsha Kawch) to be given to civilian critical infra like hospitals, religious sites etc to protect them.

PS: Measure after Pakistani attempt to attack Indian civilian infra in May

PM Modi:

No damage (ratti bhar nuksan) happened during Pakistani attacks in May

🇮🇳 Machail Cloudburst Tragedy:

120 Dead Bodies Recovered
Rescue teams have so far recovered 120 bodies after a devastating cloudburst in Machail, Jammu & Kashmir. Search and relief operations continue in the affected region. 🙏🕊 Om Shanti

"Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of India, originally composed in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Pictured: An English translation of Jana Gana Mana by Tagore