Gen Rawat is CDS but def sec still in picture and other stories

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Mon, Jan 06, 2020 | 11:56 AM IST

Bipin Rawat is the new CDS, but defence secretary still in the picture Any files related to defence policy issues would still have to pass through the Defence Secretary.... Iran's Qassem Soleimani and Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis killed in US air strike An Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters, Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were kill... Small battle groups will fit well in theatre commands, says Army chief The creation of the agile and self-contained IBGs, each with around 5,000 soldiers and a varying mix of infantry, tanks, artillery, air defence, si... CDS Bipin Rawat seeks proposal to create Air Defence Command by Jun 30 CDS Rawat during the meeting held on Wednesday, also directed the different branch heads to give recommendations for inter-service synergy and join... Nukes a deterrent, no other role: Army Chief General Naravane Naravane, who assumed charge as the Army Chief this week, said that although the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camp in Balakot, Pakistan has been "rea... As standoff with Iran escalates, US resumes military training for Pakistan Pakistan military is part of US security plan in West Asia; it is administered under US military based in the Gulf region.... 'If Iranian general can be droned for terrorism, why not a Pakistani general?' Amid widespread misgivings in the US Congress and among American analysts about the assassination of a serving general of a sovereign nation, the T... Amid rumours of Geelani's death, J&K reviews security Jammu and Kashmir police discussed what is informally referred to as a 'G-Plan' during at least two top-level meetings in December, said senior gov... US Defence Authorisation Act readies three strategies for Indo-Pacific region The NDAA 2020, which was signed by US President Donald Trump a few days ago, authorises $738 billion for fiscal year 2020 for military activities, ... Defence in 2019: Balakot air strikes, CDS and military modernisation The strike by India's warplanes on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist training camp in Pakistan on February 26 to avenge the killing of 40 paramilitary p...

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