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TopicCDS Anil Chauhan

Topic: CDS Anil Chauhan

Modi govt mishandled information war. CDS Chauhan’s loss admission raises 2 big questions

It is now clearer that India will bear significant costs for any future military operation, especially given the Chinese support to Pakistan.

Did we lose aircraft? Should we admit it? When? Answering questions raised by CDS’ admission

In a war, you count your wins by counting missions that were successful and not by counting damaged assets.

India paid for ignoring warnings in 1965 war. It can’t afford to repeat those mistakes today

Even though the Indian Army had repeatedly war-gamed attacks by Pakistan since at least 1956, Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh said the Pakistani offensive in 1965 caught it completely off-guard.

CDS Gen Chauhan admits to losses during Op Sindoor, rejects Pakistan’s claim of 6 fighters downed

In interview with Bloomberg TV, CDS terms Pakistan’s claim it shot down 6 IAF aircraft ‘absolutely incorrect’; tells Reuters IAF ‘flew all types of aircraft with all types of ordinances on 10 May’.

CDS speaks out on Op Sindoor—from nuclear to losses & disinformation to Chinese role

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan noted that while Pakistan may have leveraged Chinese commercial satellite imagery, there is no proof of real-time targeting support.

As Op Sindoor began, India’s top military brass watched strikes unfold live from South Block

In latest editions of its newsletter ‘Baatcheet’, the Indian Army also names the creators of the Operation Sindoor logo – Lt Col Harish Gupta and Havildar Surinder Singh.

What’s a National Security Strategy & why CDS Gen Chauhan feels India doesn’t need one on paper

In his new book, CDS emphasises that India secures itself through policy & structure, not a written NSS document. Israel never released a formal NSS, he mentions.

PM Modi holds meeting with defence minister, EAM, NSA, CDS after India-Pakistan ceasefire

A meeting at the PM's residence took place Saturday, with Rajnath Singh, Jaishankar, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan among others in attendance.

On Camera

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.