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TopicJunior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)

Topic: Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)

Army and Defence Accounts clear long-pending claims worth Rs 400 cr by soldiers, more in the offing

The initiative was launched to resolve grievances of soldiers regarding their dues, especially those related to children's education allowances, house rent allowances & pay fixation cases.

Finance & language verticals on anvil, Army Education Corps set for revamp to meet new challenges

AEC itself is set to be renamed as Army Empowerment Corps. Adding of 2 verticals will be done within sanctioned strength and no new recruiting will take place, says defence source

Indian Army likely to enrol JCOs directly to overcome shortage of officers

JCOs are currently enrolled as jawans and few of them are promoted to officers over a period of time based on their performance and on their ability to clear promotion examinations.

Bipin Rawat’s plan to train jawans for officer role is Army admitting staff shortage, quality

Nationalism has not proved to be enough to meet shortage of staff in Indian Army with academies running without full capacity.

Indian Army to defend 3-caste President’s Bodyguard recruitment policy in court

President’s Bodyguard is the Indian Army’s oldest regiment, and invites members from only 3 castes — Jats, Rajputs & Jat Sikhs — to apply for recruitment.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.