A former Indian Navy chief and a former Indian Army chief led the protest on Twitter against hate speeches delivered at a conclave of monks in Haridwar in Uttarakhand recently. “WHY IS THIS NOT BEING STOPPED?” former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash wondered on Twitter, reacting to a video with monks being seen and heard making speeches, calling upon a community to take
India can learn from Azerbaijan how to spend smart on military when budget is thin
Modi govt s capital budget allocation for 2021-22 is lower than the amount armed forces had sought in 2014-15. But spending more is not the answer, spending right is.
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Over the past few days, India’s defence budget has come under the spotlight all over again. Former Army chief Gen V.P. Malik (retd), in ThePrint’s Off The Cuff programme, said that India is not spending much on defence. With China’s defence budget nearly four times that of India, Malik argued that India’s defence budget should be at least 3 per cent of the GDP.
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Admiral Sunil Lamba (Retd) paying tribute
CHANDIGARH: To commemorate the Vijay Diwas, homage was paid during a solemn wreath laying ceremony on Wednesday to the martyrs at Veer Smriti -the war memorial inside the Chandimandir military station.
On behalf of GOC-in-C Western Command, Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri, Chief of Staff, Western Command laid the wreath and paid tributes. A number of senior veterans of all three services also graced the occasion and paid their tributes.
Among distinguished veterans former Army Chief Gen V P Malik (Retd), Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa (Retd), Admiral Sunil Lamba (Retd), Lt Gen T K Sapru (Retd), Lt Gen A N Aul, Vice Admiral H C S Bisht (Retd) and several other were present during the solemn ceremony of Wreath Laying.