Extension of Gen Pande’s tenure comes amid intense speculation. He will now serve as Army Chief until 30 June even as the extension goes beyond his normal age of superannuation.
This comes after former army chief M.M Naravane wrote in upcoming memoir that while Army was ‘taken by surprise’ by policy, it came like a ‘bolt from the blue’ for the other two services.
China and Bhutan have agreed to fast-track talks over delimitation and demarcation of the border besides establishing diplomatic ties, which will have strategic implications for India
Gen Pande addresses curtain-raiser for Army’s inaugural Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023, ‘where experts, academia, intelligentsia and representatives… will ideate on security issues’.
The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
More common in the bureaucracy. Officers appointed to posts carrying fixed two year terms, on the verge of retirement. Followed by extensions. Two cabinet secretaries in a decade.
More common in the bureaucracy. Officers appointed to posts carrying fixed two year terms, on the verge of retirement. Followed by extensions. Two cabinet secretaries in a decade.