The post of chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, now taken by General MM Naravane, fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat in an Indian Air Force helicopter crash on December 8.
The untimely demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has raised questions around who the next CDS would be. From General Naravane to Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, here are a few names for the post that have been doing rounds.
Since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it a point to visit troops on Diwali. This time in Nowshera, he said that India must enhance its military capabilities in line with the changing world.
The Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Army personnel at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.