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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicNorthern Command

Topic: Northern Command

Ojit Singh is Army’s 1st Command Subedar Major, to advise Northern Command chief on JCO, OR matters

Appointment is following a directive by Army chief who ordered the creation of the post across all Army commands, including at the level of the Chief of the Army Staff.

Lt Gen Pratik Sharma takes over as Northern Army Commander amid heightened tensions with Pakistan

Sharma was stationed in Kashmir since the Pahalgam attack & was part of all security briefings and planning. He takes over after superannuation of Lt Gen M.V. Suchindra Kumar.

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Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.