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’.
Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
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.