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Defence Budgets Arcane Format Makes It a Largely Unresolved Puzzle If the definition of India’s defence budget is suitably aligned with analogous international practice, it can do away with the ambiguity that presently prevails. Indias "Akash" missiles, mounted on a truck, are displayed during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2007. Credit: Reuters/B. Mathur/Files Government22/Feb/2021 Like most official documents, India’s defence budget is a mystifying puzzle, necessit...

Posted February 5th, 2021 for Tennessee Government Friday, February 05, 2021 04:11pm NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After nearly 37 years of service, Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Lyndon Craig Johnson, a Manchester resident, is retiring from the Tennessee Military Department on Feb. 6. Johnson, the current commander of the Tennessee State Guard, will relinquish command of the State Guard to Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Juan R. Santiago from Memphis, during a ceremony held at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joi...

After nearly 37 years of service, Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Lyndon Craig Johnson, a Manchester resident, is retiring from the Tennessee Military Department on Feb. 6. Johnson, the current commander of the Tennessee State Guard, will relinquish command of the State Guard to Brig. Gen. (Tenn.) Juan R. Santiago from Memphis, during a ceremony held at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville.   “Johnson has done a fantastic job for more than four-and-a-half year...

Indian Army to study Tibetology to counter China By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 29: The Indian army is reportedly setting a proposal for its offices to study Tibetology amid the deployment of military forces and fire power to the borders with China, reported Times of India on Thursday. The course will teach Tibetan history, culture and language on “both sides” of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to “counter the propaganda and spread of influence by China.” The Tibetology proposal wa...

Updated Jan 29, 2021 | 07:47 IST The Shimla-based Army Training Command (ARTRAC) is now analysing the Tibetology proposal on General MM Naravanes directions. Representational image&nbsp Key Highlights Indian Army mulls over proposal for officers to study Tibetan history to counter Chinas influence: TOI report Army lists seven institutes for the course; officers can go on study leave to complete their course Amid standoff, India and China have agreed to hold 10th round of ...

India News: The Army is now fine-tuning a proposal for its officers to study Tibetan history, culture and language on “both sides” of the Line of Actual Control a

What is Tibetology, the Indian Army is eyeing to counter China India Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 17:06 [IST] New Delhi, Jan 28: The Indian Army is fine tuning a proposal for its officers to study Tibetan history, language and culture on both sides of the Line of Actual Control and International Boundary. This is part of the measures that are being discussed to counter the spread of influence by China. Representational Image Known as Tibetology, this was first proposed in the Army Comma...

ARTRAC has identified seven institutes that offer postgraduate courses in Tibetology where Army officers can go on “study leave”. It has also been recommended that officers can also be sent to these institutes for “small capsules” on Tibetology. They are Department of Buddhist Studies (Delhi University), Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies (Varanasi), Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (Bihar), Visva Bharati (West Bengal), Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education (Bengaluru), Namgyal In...

Shimla, January 24 The bust of Major Sandeep Shankla, awarded Ashok Chakra (posthumously), original Vir Chakra of Captain Jatinder Nath Sood (posthumous), a lucid write-up about Major Pradeep Agarwal, first test pilot of the Army and war bunker, are the latest additions to The Army Heritage Museum in Shimla. “There was confusion over the birth place of Major Shankla and records were searched with the help of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) which verified that he hailed from Karwar village ...

Nain may head S Command, Mohanty to be vice chief Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Jan 22: A major reshuffle is on cards in Army’s top hierarchy in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh involving GOCs of Srinagar-based 16 Corps, Karu (Ladakh)-headquartered 3 Infantry Division which looks after the Eastern Ladakh where India and Chinese troops are engaged in standoff for past several months, Rajouri’s 25 Infantry Division and Gulmarg’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) among others....