Lt Gen Dhiraj Shet. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, the current vice-chief of Army staff (VCOAS), has been named the next chief of the Indian Army, the government announced on Saturday. He will succeed General Upendra D...
L&T-built K9 Vajra howitzer. (File photo) New Delhi: The Indian Army is preparing to make one of its biggest artillery acquisitions in recent memory, moving a proposal to procure more than 300 additional K9 Vajra self-propelled ho...
New Delhi: On World Environment Day, Penguin Random House released a book that is part memoir, part conservation chronicle – ‘Ghosts on Peepal Trees’, written by the veteran environmentalist widely known as ‘Peepal Baba’...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
Gen Anil Chauhan.New Delhi: After more than four decades in uniform, the chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, hung up his boots on Saturday. This brings to a close one of the most consequential tenures in India’s higher defence establi...
Indian Navy's new vice-chief Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed charge as the 48th vice-chief of the naval staff on May 29, stepping into one of the Indian Navy’s most senior operation...