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“The Prime Minister broke the news to Gen Rawat during his farewell dinner at the Prime Minister’s residence about his appointment,” a source told ANI. PM Modi had made the announcement of the creation of the post of CDS during his Independence speech earlier this year.
As many as 160 terrorists were killed and 102 arrested in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, while 250 ultras were still active, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday, while noting that the number of local youths joining militancy has decreased.
The test-firing was carried out from an underwater platform in the sea during the daytime, government sources told ANI.
The missile is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for being deployed on the fleet of the Arihant Class nuclear submarines being built by India.
India’s first-ever Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) a four-star Gen Bipin Rawat has officially taken over the charge today and has made it clear that the Indian Military will not copy the Western System of joint theatre command will come out with its own policy. Rawat said that the task of the CDS is to achieve more thorough integration and synergy. And all the three services-Army, Navy and Air Force will work together as a team
Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) had placed an order with SAIL for special-grade steel certified by the Indian Registrar of Shipping (IRS) to manufacture Diving Support Vessels (DSV) for the Indian Navy. The central public sector undertaking under Ministry of Defence manufactures various types of ships and other vessels for the Indian Navy.
The IAF in 2015 had signed a contract to purchase 14 Dornier aircraft, which are flight inspection system planes, for Rs 1,090 crore from state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Dornier-228 aircraft is a multi-purpose, fuel-efficient, rugged, lightweight twin-turboprop aircraft with a retractable tricycle landing gear.
A project to plug border gaps and deploy a “smart fence” along the riverine India-Bangladesh front in Assam is expected to be completed by July next year, the BSF chief said here on Sunday . Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) V K Johri said the project got delayed by about six months as the region received heavy rains, resulting in floods, this year.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is handling this matter, has issued a global tender for the construction of a tunnel under the Brahmaputra River in Assam, while it has also begun the excavation of a tunnel under the Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, top officials said. Work on another tunnel in Nechiphu, also in Arunachal Pradesh, which will shorten the travel time to Tawang, will begin soon.
In its notification dated December 28, the Ministry has stated that Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or tri-services chief will be able to serve till the age of 65 years. “Provided that the Central Government may, if considered necessary, in public interest, so to do, give extension of service to the Chief of Defence Staff, referred to in the Explanation to clause (a) of sub-rule (5), for such period or periods, as it may deem necessary subject to maximum age of 65 years.”
In a stern warning to Pakistan, new Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said India reserves the right to preemptively strike at sources of terror if the neighbouring country does not stop state-sponsored terrorism. “The threat remains from both northern and western sides. Over the last many years, we have been concentrating on our western borders while our northern border was at a little lower in priority. There was a need to rebalance and reprioritise,” he said.
