National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will receive the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 in Pune on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will present the honour, recognising Doval's outstanding contribution to India's national security, intelligence operations and strategic leadership.
The Doval-Shoigu meeting on Wednesday evening occurred on the sidelines of a BRICS national security advisors' conclave. Discussions are believed to have included Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on August 23.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met visiting US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan in Kiev to discuss further American support for the war-torn nation.
