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Army Medical Corps celebrates 260th Raising Day

Over 700 veterans of AFMS, as well as civil and service dignitaries, attended the event in New Delhi, a PIB press release stated.

Army Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi puts focus on modernization and organisational reforms

The conference was attended by the senior leadership of the Indian Army.

Indian Army organises First Army Commanders’ Conference for the year 2024 in hybrid mode

The first part of the Army Commanders’ Conference 2024 will be virtually on March 28, 2024, and the second part in physical mode on April 1, 2024, in New Delhi.

Indian Army to form 2 sports companies for girls, to identify & groom sporting talent

The Army Girls Sports Companies (AGSCs) will be set up at Mhow and Pune and will be fully functional by April. These girls will also be eligible to be absorbed into the forces.

Don’t fight wars of tomorrow with weapons of yesterday. Armies must prepare for future battles

In trying to get everything onto a single platform, the ‘best’ one, we end up getting nothing at all. The best is the enemy of the good.

Why some Navy veterans are opposed to the introduction of kurta-pyjama in the dress code

The adverse reaction to the introduction of the kurta-pyjama lies not so much in the dress itself but in the interpretation of this particular action by veterans and civil society.

Model villages & air strips to communication lines — India ramps up infra development in border areas

Meanwhile, China too has been building roads, airports and Xiaokang villages on a war footing along the Line of Actual Control.

‘You are not here to observe but to protect’ — Manipur CM Biren Singh slams central forces

Imphal/Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh Sunday criticised the central security forces, saying that they had been deployed in the state “to protect...

Armed forces collecting empirical data on Agniveers, likely to ask govt for tweaks in Agnipath

Three services also considering proposal to retain 50% of Agniveers at end of four years, compared to 25% now, it is learnt.

Torture & death of civilians: Why Army could take over Poonch prosecution despite police probe

The 3 civilians who died 'were among 8 picked up by Army for questioning' in wake of killings of 4 soldiers in a militant ambush. Army also carrying out internal probe.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.