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Beating Retreat Ceremony 2023

The United Kingdom used the Beating Retreat Ceremony to call their patrolling units to the castle. India uses this ceremony to end its republic day celebrations. In India,...

January 30, 2023

Defence ministry’s campaign against plastic

The Ministry of Defence has launched a massive campaign in line with the Swachh Bharat Mission in December. All three armed forces along with other defence agencies are...

December 6, 2019

Bipin Rawat appointed as chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has become the new chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC). He succeeded IAF chief – Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa....

September 28, 2019

Chief of Defence Staff

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on Independence Day has announced the institution of the office of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) who will...

August 15, 2019

First full-fledged Services Selection Board (SSB) of Indian Navy opened in Kolkata

The first full-fledged Services Selection Board (SSB) of Indian Navy has been inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at Diamond Harbour near Kolkata. The SSB (Kolkata) will...

May 16, 2019

Rajendra Kumar Nayak appointed as Controller General of Defence Accounts

Rajendra Kumar Nayak, the 1983 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service , has been appointed as the new Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). With over 35...

April 25, 2019

Gargi Kaul Appointed as Secretary of Defence Finance

Centre has approved the appointment of Senior bureaucrat Gargi Kaul as Secretary (Defence Finance), Defence Ministry as part of Bureaucratic reshuffle by the government. Kaul is a 1984-batch...

April 14, 2019

Rajeev Chopra appointed as DG of National Cadet Corps (NCC)

Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra has taken charge as new Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in New Delhi. Commissioned in the Madras Regiment in December 1980, Lt...

February 1, 2019

Saurabh Kumar appointed as Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board

Saurabh Kumar, a 1982-batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer, has taken charge as new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)...

January 4, 2019

The air force units of India & US are scheduled to participate in exercise ‘Cope India 2019 (CI19)’

The air force units of India and the United States are scheduled to participate in a 12-day joint exercise ‘Cope India 2019’ at two air force stations in...

November 30, 2018

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