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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicArmy dogs

Topic: Army dogs

CRPF canine hero Rolo, who lost her life during anti-Naxal op, awarded DG Commendation Disc posthumously

Rolo, who was part of CRPF's elite canine squad, was a member of 228 Battalion and played crucial role in anti-Naxal ops. Cause of her death was anaphylactic shock after 200 bee stings.

Presidential gallantry award for Army dog Kent, anti-terror ops veteran who laid down her life in J&K

Till 2017, Army would put down retired canine soldiers unless they had won a gallantry medal, but opened a retirement home in Meerut after uproar among animal lovers & a Delhi HC order.

German Shepherds to Labradors—Meerut Army dogs doing 9-to-5 national duty

The Army's dog training is so exclusive that Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, and Cambodia have sent their personnel to India to be trained in handling dogs.

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Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

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.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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.