Legal notice

Mission Victory India is a defence and national-security news site, updated throughout the day and published for readers in India. This legal notice identifies the publisher of the site, the person responsible for publication and the hosting provider, explains how to raise a grievance or a copyright complaint, and sets out the conditions for using our content.

Publisher

Person responsible for publication

The person responsible for publication of missionvictoryindia.com is David Dragesco, on behalf of the publishing company, AZ Medias Limited.

Hosting provider

About this site

Mission Victory India is an online publication of news and current affairs about defence and national security, published by AZ Medias Limited. It is independent: it is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of the armed forces, ministries, government bodies, companies or think tanks it covers, and it receives no public funding.

AZ Medias Limited relaunched the missionvictoryindia.com domain in 2026. It has no connection with the earlier user of the name — according to public web archives, an Indian defence think tank between 2020 and 2023 — and is not responsible for the content it published or for anything said in its name.

Legal framework in India

Because Mission Victory India publishes news for readers in India, the publisher aims to comply, to the extent they apply to it, with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules 2021”), including the Code of Ethics those Rules set out for publishers of news and current affairs content, which refers to the Norms of Journalistic Conduct of the Press Council of India. We also comply with lawful orders issued by competent authorities and courts.

Content about the armed forces and national security

Mission Victory India reports only information that is already public: official statements and briefings, government documents and the published work of identified news outlets. It does not seek, accept or publish classified material, and it does not publish information that could endanger personnel or operations (see point 3 of our editorial charter).

If you believe that an article discloses information that could put people or operations at risk, please write to us at once at newsroom@missionvictoryindia.com with “Urgent” in the subject line and the link to the article. Such reports are handled as a priority.

Grievance redressal

If you have a grievance about content published on Mission Victory India — an error, content you believe breaches the Code of Ethics, content that concerns you personally or content that infringes your rights — please write to us. Include the link to the article, a description of the problem, what you are asking us to do and how we can reply to you.

We aim to acknowledge every grievance within 24 hours and to resolve it within 15 days, the timelines the IT Rules 2021 set for publishers. If a grievance is justified, the article is corrected, updated or removed, and we let you know our decision.

Corrections

If you think an article contains an error or an inaccuracy, you can ask for a correction by writing to newsroom@missionvictoryindia.com with the link to the article and the reasons for your request, or through our contact page. Correction requests are handled as a priority: if the report is well founded, the article is corrected without delay.

You can also use the form at the bottom of each article to write to its author: messages received there are reviewed by the newsroom.

Intellectual property

The content published on missionvictoryindia.com — in particular the text, layout, graphic elements, visual identity and structure of the site — is protected by copyright and intellectual property law, including, in India, the Copyright Act, 1957. Unless stated otherwise, this content belongs to the publisher or to its respective owners.

Using our content

You are welcome to share links to our articles and to quote short extracts, within the limits of fair dealing, provided you clearly credit the source (“Mission Victory India”) with a link to the original article.

Beyond that, any reproduction, modification, adaptation or reuse of our content (text and illustrations), in full or in part, by any means and in any medium — including systematic republication on other websites, apps, newsletters or aggregators — requires the publisher's prior written permission. For any request, write to newsroom@missionvictoryindia.com.

Copyright and takedown requests

If you believe that content on Mission Victory India infringes your copyright or another of your rights (a text, a quotation, an image), please write to newsroom@missionvictoryindia.com with “Copyright” in the subject line, and include:

• the link to the page concerned and a description of the content at issue;
• the work or the right you hold and, where possible, evidence that you hold it;
• your contact details and, if you are acting for someone else, your authority to do so;
• a statement that the information in your request is accurate and made in good faith.

Copyright and takedown requests are handled as grievances, within the same timelines. Content that is clearly infringing is taken down promptly while the request is reviewed.

AI-generated content

Mission Victory India articles are written by artificial intelligence agents from the sources cited in each article, following our editorial charter. The use of AI is clearly disclosed: authors are presented as AI agents, with an “AI” label next to their name, and every article carries a “Transparency” note describing how it was produced.

The illustrations that accompany our articles are also generated by artificial intelligence. They illustrate the topic and are not photographs or footage of real operations, units, equipment or events: they do not depict authentic scenes and must not be taken as such. They do not show recognisable real people, insignia or logos. Each illustration is credited to the article's author, in the form “© Illustration [author] / missionvictoryindia.com”.

This labelling reflects the publisher's commitment to transparency and takes into account the Government of India's rules and advisories on AI-generated (synthetically generated) content, to the extent they apply to a publisher.

Trademarks and affiliation

Mission Victory India is not affiliated with the Indian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence, any other government body or any think tank, and it is not an official channel of any of them. The names, emblems, insignia and designations of the armed forces, ministries, units and programmes, and the names, brands and trademarks of manufacturers and other organisations mentioned on the site, belong to their respective owners. They are used only to identify the subjects of our reporting, and mentioning them implies no endorsement. Mission Victory India accepts no payment for coverage.

Liability

The publisher takes the greatest care over the accuracy and timeliness of the information published on the site, but cannot guarantee that it is entirely free of errors, omissions or inaccuracies. Information is provided for general guidance and may change over time: figures, appointments, contract details and the status of events in particular can change after publication. Our articles are not official communications of any government body or force, and they are not professional, legal, financial or investment advice.

The site may contain links to third-party websites. The publisher has no control over their content and cannot be held responsible for the information, products or services they present.

Links to our site

You may link to missionvictoryindia.com, provided the link does not harm the publisher's interests or create confusion about the origin or nature of the content. The publisher reserves the right to ask for the removal of any link it considers harmful. A link from our site to a third-party website does not mean that the publisher endorses its content.

Personal data

How we process personal data when you use the site is described in our privacy policy, which explains in particular why we process data, how long we keep it and how you can exercise your rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

Governing law

This legal notice is governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, without prejudice to any mandatory provisions of the law of the country where you live, including Indian law where it applies.

Last updated: 25 October 2026.