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These soldiers are serving 24×7 to cremate veterans, dependents succumbing to Covid

From 4 pyres at Delhi's Brar Square cremation ground, the infrastructure is being raised to deal with 20 bodies at a time due to the increased Covid toll.

Armed forces plan to hire 400 retired military doctors to assist in fight against Covid

The forces are looking to hire, on a contractual basis for about a year, medical officers who retired in the last four to five years.

Big boost for military as Modi govt gives officers powers of additional & joint secretaries

Formal appointment means the officers can now dispose of files at their levels under powers delegated to them, instead of routing them through Secretary, DMA, Gen. Bipin Rawat.

Delhi govt reduces Base Hospital’s oxygen allocation, Army says no need to panic

Due to shortage, less than 1 MT oxygen could be allocated to Base Hospital in Delhi Monday. Army has requested MoD for additional allocation & is also making arrangements on its own.

Nearly 15% Covid beds in select military hospitals could be made available to civilians

The defence ministry has approved 50 Armed Forces Medical Services hospitals for offering treatment to civilians on a referral basis.

States seek Army help to fight Covid but ‘overstretched’ forces have limited doctors to spare

Latest demand has come from Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia who Monday wrote to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calling for the Army to set up 11,000 beds in the national capital. 

Soldiers sit tight in Ladakh amid India’s Covid crisis, but construction activity continues

The 12th round of Corps Commander level talks could take a couple of months since the current focus is on Covid even as forces maintain continuous vigil at the LAC.

Rajnath Singh grants emergency financial powers to armed forces to set up health facilities

The Defence Minister's office said he invoked special provisions to empower the armed forces to speed up efforts in the nationwide fight against Covid-19.

Army cap on premature retirement to continue as Covid has hit recruitment since last year

Currently, only 0.05 per cent (or 1 out of 2,000) retirement requests are being processed, only on compassionate grounds. This is likely to continue until 2022.

‘Inconsistent with facts’ — China on Gen Rawat’s remark on PLA’s attempt to change status quo

The remarks by China came days after Gen Rawat said India stood firm in preventing a change of status quo on the northern borders and proved it will not get pushed under any pressure.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.