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TopicRKS Bhadauria

Topic: RKS Bhadauria

Vivek Ram Chaudhari takes over as IAF chief, stopping depletion of fighter squadrons a priority

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Born on 4 September 1962, the Air Chief Marshal was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on 29 December 1982. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria.

Army must ditch ‘superiority’ mindset. Distrust, animosity will only hamper military reforms

Lt General Prakash Menon -
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat laid claims to superiority on behalf of the Army, because he believes it is ultimately all about control of territory. This mindset needs to be disparaged.

Will IAF just support Army in new theatres? CDS Rawat says yes, but air chief says no in public

Snehesh Alex Philip -
CDS Gen Rawat labels IAF as supporting arm to ground forces — likening it to roles of artillery, engineers in Army. But ACM Bhadauria says air power has a huge role to play in battle areas.

Accidents happen, but IAF chief flying MiG-21 Bison shows leaders lead from the front

AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd) -
After a fatality in the IAF, all flight cadets are taken up for a sortie by their flying instructors. It puts their faith back in the aircraft.

ACM ‘Chotu’ Bhadauria was one of the youngest leaders of Gen Sundarji’s Exercise Brasstacks

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
In 'Full Spectrum: India’s War 1972-2020', AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) writes Exercise Brasstacks was the result of Gen Sundarji’s desire to push the limits of deterrence.

Will order for 83 Tejas soon, HAL to deliver 70 aircraft by 2026: IAF chief Bhadauria

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said the plans were being drawn up to depute more officers to HAL to increase accountability.

More midair refuellers, UAVs — Bhadauria explains how IAF is bracing for new nature of war

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
In an interview to ThePrint, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria says the IAF is not in favour of ‘rigid theaterisation’ as it will divide already scarce IAF combat assets and effort.

IAF chief contradicts CDS Rawat, says plan is to buy 114 foreign fighters besides LCA Tejas

Snehesh Alex Philip -
CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat had said IAF was planning to buy the indigenous LCA Tejas instead of 114 ‘Make in India’ foreign jets.

Air Chief Bhadauria’s focus on homegrown AMCA shows IAF learnt nothing from Tejas failure

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra -
The only reason Indian pilots still use the "flying coffin" MiG 21 is because of the delay in acquiring Tejas, about two decades on.

Time to run IAF in a sleek, corporate way. It’s the Force that counted in Kargil, Balakot

Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy -
We expect an Air Force officer to land on the moon in a few years. They are trained to touch the sky.
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RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall

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The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.

Defence

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At 1st Maritime Security Group meet, NSA chief Doval stresses on coordination among stakeholders

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Meeting chaired by Vice Admiral (retd) G. Ashok Kumar, India’s 1st national maritime security coordinator. ‘Crucial policy issues’ such as ‘blue economy initiative’ also discussed.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

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Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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