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Indian Army, Air Force Conduct Joint Drills Vayu Prahar Along LAC In Eastern Command

In the second week of March 2023, the Indian Army and the Air force jointly conducted a Multi Domain Air-Land Exercise Vayu Prahar in the Eastern Theatre to validate joint plans to prosecute synergised multiple domain operations, according to the sources

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Capital Budget Of Indian Army Should Be Raised: Parliamentary Committee

The parliamentary standing committee mentioned proxy conflicts in reference to the Army's challenges, an apparent reference to Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir

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Women Owning Commanding Roles In Armed Forces: Maj. Gen. Dr Rashmi Datta

Of the three services, the Army marks women officers at 1,705, followed by 1,640 women officers in the IAF, and 559 in the Navy, as per the data submitted by the government to Parliament last year

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Amit Shah Assures Peace in Nagaland

Shah while addressing an election rally in Tuensang, highlighted some issues related to the development and rights of eastern Nagaland and assured considering the same after the assembly elections

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Efforts Underway To Make Armed Forces Aatmanirbhar, Says PM Modi

The current generation of youth especially has this potential, and so the Agniveers will play a leading role in our armed forces in the times to come, says PM Modi

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Efforts Underway To Make Armed Forces Aatmanirbhar, Says PM Modi

The current generation of youth especially has this potential, and so the Agniveers will play a leading role in our armed forces in the times to come, says PM Modi

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Indian Army Plans To Buy 300 High-altitude Rough Terrain Vehicles

The development comes amid a lingering standoff with the Chinese army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh sector, with tensions spreading into the eastern sector as well

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Agnipath To Be Game Changer Scheme For Armed Forces: Rajnath Singh

The government launched the Agnipath scheme on 15 June 2022 to recruit both male and female aspirants into the ‘below the officer’s rank’ cadre of the three services for a period of four years as Agniveers

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Three Indian Army Units Thwart Chinese Troops In Tawang

According to sources, troops from three different battalions, including the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, the Jat regiment and the Sikh Light Infantry, were present at the site of the clash last week when the Chinese attempted to unilaterally change the status quo in the area

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Peace Cannot Be Achieved Without Strength: PM Modi

During his Diwali speech, PM Modi said that we have always considered war to be the final option, not the first, we believe in peace, but peace cannot be achieved without strength

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Govt Weakening Armed Forces, PM Will Have To Rescind Agnipath: Rahul

Taking a dig at the Centre over the 'Agnipath' scheme, he also said those who talked about 'one rank, one pension' were bringing in 'no rank, no pension'

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Army Personnel Without Govt House Now Can Get HRA Without NAC: Singh

Armed Forces Personnel will now be able to get HRA without NAC. The Ministry of Defense gave this information

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Defence Budget 2022 Puts Spotlight On R&D in Defence; Reserves 68% of Capital Budget For Domestic Industry

In the Union Budget 2022-23 on Tuesday, a total of Rs 5.25 lakh crores has been allocated to the Defence Ministry and the Services this year. Overall, the budgetary allocation is increased by Rs 47,000 crores from last year's allocation of Rs 4.78 lakh crores which is around 10% compared to the last year. While the announcement to reserve 68% of the capital procurement budget for domestic industry is towards indigenization, the finer aspect of the budget is the focus on R&D.

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Rajnath Approves Increase In Financial Powers Of Armed Forces For Revenue Procurement

The ministry said the financial powers of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CISC) as CFA has been enhanced substantially and aligned with that of the vice chiefs of the services.

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A Learning Platform 'udChalo Academy' is Launched For The Dependents Of Indian Defence Personnel

udChalo introduces ‘udChalo Academy’, a learning platform exclusively for dependants of Indian Defence Personnel. A joint initiative by udChalo and powered by SpeEdLabs offering a wide variety of educational programs, scholarship benefits and more.Through this initiative, UdChalo offers online JEE/ NEET 2022 scholarship which is exclusively available for the wards and siblings of Defence Personnel. The scholarship worth INR 20 lacs is marked for this.

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