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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicNational Defence Academy

Topic: National Defence Academy

Online courses, non-contact sports — how military training is taking on Covid challenge

Despite Covid-19, however, there has been an increased interest among defence officers from foreign countries to attend training courses in Indian military institutions.

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.

Military officers who faced ‘ragging’ at NDA say cadets need to be broken in

A former NDA instructor and a serving officer told me training of cadets is ‘still inadequate’ and ‘ragda’ should in fact increase.

Outdated courses to rampant ragging: Why India’s National Defence Academy needs urgent help

NDA instructors pass on the same unethical practices they picked while being ‘groomed’ by the flawed leadership development programme.

National Defence Academy principal forged papers, is ineligible for post: CBI

CBI says 12 others — including professors of math, economics and chemistry — also fudged data to meet job standards. Agency raids Khadakwasla campus, no arrests yet.

CBI raids on defence academy show military education system needs fixing

Preoccupied with immediate organisational and operational challenges, the services have ignored military education for too long. The recent news about CBI raids on the...

On Camera

India’s IT firms must reduce dependence on North America, think long term

India’s IT services companies are not holding firms. They should focus on creating long-term value for shareholders instead of returning cash to keep share values up.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.