Gen M.M. Naravane questions the sample size of the study by tri-services think tank USI that said over half of the over 13-lakh-Army personnel ‘seems to be under severe stress’.
At annual press meet, Gen M.M. Naravane said events in eastern Ladakh show there was need for rebalancing deployment towards northern borders, and that has been done.
The defence and security ties between India and South Korea have been on an upswing in the last one decade as there have been a growing convergence of interests between the two sides.
General Naravane is currently on a six-day tour of UAE and Saudi Arabia, in a first-ever visit by a head of the Indian Army to the two strategically important Gulf countries.
Army chief general M M Naravane said India is 'hopeful of reaching an agreement which is mutually acceptable and is really beneficial in keeping with the overarching policy guidelines'.
General Naravane is currently in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on the invitation of Purna Chandra Thapa and is scheduled to meet Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli Friday.
The Chief of Army Staff is scheduled to hold talks with the top civilian and military brass of Nepal including his counterpart General Purna Chandra Thapa.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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