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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicTri-Services

Topic: Tri-Services

PM Modi to attend tri-service military exercise ‘Bharat Shakti’ in Rajasthan’s Pokhran today

'Bharat Shakti' will demonstrate the prowess of indigenously manufactured defence equipment of the three services including systems and platforms integrated with the use of AI.

Army, Navy & IAF to perform firepower demo at ‘Bharat Shakti’ in Pokhran, Modi to be in attendance

The exercise, where all 3 services will display indigenously-made weapon systems, aligns with Army observing 2024 as yr of ‘tech absorption’, as announced by Army Chief General Manoj Pande.

Military must read govt’s cryptic signals. Get on with integrating theatre commands

Once the Modi govt approves the framework of tri-Services integration and theatre commands, the new system must be superimposed on the existing one for a transitory phase of four to five years.

Resolve HR issues in Navy, Army, Air Force on 3 levels. Then bring in Theatre Command System

Unless anomalies are addressed and a system worked out to harmonise the differences, court cases could cause major problems in the management systems of the Services.

22 yrs after introducing tri-service commands, MoD seeks law to give commanders disciplinary powers

Currently, personnel are governed by separate service acts & officers only have disciplinary powers over troops from own service, which has direct impact on inter-services organisations.

With Gen Bipin Rawat gone, here is why it is critical for Modi to select the right CDS

For the next CDS, toughest will be the act of bidding on behalf of the government but at the same time ensuring that the red line between the two always remains.

On Camera

Carnatic musicians indulged TM Krishna for too long. Boycott is just a start

Krishna has slandered an entire community in the name of freedom of speech. But Brahmin musicians numerically dominate the field due to a complex mix of socio-economic factors, not casteism.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.