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Short tenures short-change the officer concerned and the job he’s tasked to do. Clearly, there is an urgent need to fix this system.

Lt Gen Manoj C Pande has been appointed the next Chief of the Army. He will take over on April 30, the day General MM Naravane superannuates.

Lt. Gen Pande, now serving as the Army’s vice-chief, will be the first officer commissioned into the Corps of Engineers to become Army Chief

Lt Gen Manoj C Pande was commissioned on December 24, 1982 in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) of the Indian Army.

War veteran, tech advocate: All you need to know about new Army Chief Lt Gen Manoj Pande - Lt Gen Manoj Pande was the senior most among contenders to take over from Gen Naravane, who is set to retire by April end.

With this appointment, Lt Gen. Pande will be the senior-most army officer. Notably, he is the first engineer to be appointed as Army Chief.

An excerpt from ‘December In Dacca: The Indian Armed Forces and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War’, by KS Nair.

The Army Commander visited Headquarters IGAR (North) of Spear Corps in Kohima on March 1 and 2 .

The Russian attack on Ukraine has put a spotlight on another place that could face an invasion by its larger neighbor, as some analysts draw quick compar

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As Russia presses ahead with its attack on Ukraine , many analysts and internet users have drawn comparisons to Taiwan, another place that could face an invasion by its larger neighbor — China.