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Indian Army chief General Naravane on a five-day visit to Bangladesh

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane on Thursday proceeded on a five-day visit to Bangladesh to enhance defence cooperation and strong bilateral ties between the two nations

Integration among 3 services key to face future security challenges: CDS

General Rawat dispelled apprehensions on Wednesday that the creation of theatre commands to increase the synergy among the Army, Navy and Air Force would lead to one service usurping the other two

AI can bring enormous changes in way wars are fought: IAF chief Bhadauria

The Indian Force has started looking at AI in a range of areas, including training and threat monitoring, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said

Best of BS Opinion: Changing a monolith, bare necessities for India & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Changing a monolith

The plans currently afoot to restructure the military raise several questions about the command structure and accretion of power

DRDO develops lightweight bullet-proof jacket for requirements of Army

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and its lab DMSRDE for developing the new jacket

Indian Army donates 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal Army

Meanwhile, China on Monday donated 800,000 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal

Indian Army donates 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal Army

The Indian Army on Sunday gifted one lakh doses of made in India anti-COVID-19 vaccines to the Nepal Army, according to the sources

PM Narendra Modi assures of 'doing best' on Bangla water treaty

Says he went to jail while protesting for Bangladesh's liberation

Fundamental fallacies in denying PC to women officers in Army: SC

"There is no justification to exclude women officers based on irrational and arbitrary standards. We must rebuild the structure of our society to include women," the top court said

'Created by males, for males': Supreme Court says ACR evaluation flawed

The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the pleas of several women SSC officers seeking grant of permanent commission in the Army and held that the ACR evaluation process was flawed and discriminatory in nature. The apex court said the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation criteria for grant of permanent commission to women officers ignored the achievement and laurels brought by them to the Indian Army. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the process by which women officers were evaluated did not address the gender discrimination concern raised in the verdict delivered by the apex court last year. The top court delivered the verdict on a batch of pleas filed by several women officers who had sought compliance of its February last year directions to the Centre for grant of permanent commission, promotions and consequential benefits. In its landmark verdict delivered on February 17 last year, the top court had directed that women officers in the Army be granted permanent

India's military set to get its own version of the iconic US Army Humvee

Mahindras will supply 1,300 of light-specialist vehicles for Rs 1,056 crore

Army to take strict action against officers who bribed their way into force

Army to take strict action against officers who bribed their way into force

Peace and Pakistan

The besieged country looks for a breather

India has world's fourth strongest armed forces: Military Direct's study

China has the strongest military force in the world while India stands at number four, according to a study released on Sunday by defence website Military Direct

First tri-service missile gets underway with roll-out of MRSAM components

The MRSAM has been developed for the army, navy and air force by DRDO, in close partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries

India must prepare for borderless war, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the country must prepare for a borderless war as the past practice of a 2.5-front war has become obsolete

Defence Budget: Military gets 28% less budget than it projected

Money requested for equipment modernisation slashed by 38 per cent

Army got 7 complaints of human rights violations in 2020, none true: Naik

The Army received a total of seven complaints of human rights violations in 2020, but none of them were found to be true, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Monday.

Army pays Rs 61.50 lakh ex-gratia to disabled porter, kin of 3 others

The Army paid Rs 61.50 lakh compensation to a porter who was disabled and families of three others who died in the line of duty in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district last year, officials said.