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During his 37 years of distinguished service, Lt Gen Pande has taken active part in Operation Vijay and Operation Parakram.

Bengal develops unified command to combat Cyclone Yaas IANS / Updated: May 24, 2021, 11:57 IST Representational Image. Photo: Nalam Kanaka/BCCL Kolkata: Yaas, which is turned into a very severe cyclonic storm, is presently located around 630 kilometres away from Digha coast and is likely to make landfall on Tuesday evening somewhere between Digha in East Midnapore district in West Bengal and Paradeep in Odisha. The state administration has pressed into action all its resources to minimise the damages caused by the storm. The state administration is fully geared up to deal with the cyclone....

New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Ahead of Cyclone Yaas, the Armed Forces have commenced preparations to mitigate the impact of the anticipated disaster by airlifting 950 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel across the country, with 26 helicopters in standby for immediate deployment.

In the strategic circles in both the US and India, there are now more voices favoring the idea of India providing a military base to the US Navy, preferably somewhere in the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. On May 17, The EurAsian Times had reported that “the US Hunting for More Military Bases to Cripple China; India One of the Options”. Since the US Navy is said to be planning to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships in the Indo-Pacific, it wants safe territories in or the adjoining Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar, and the Bay of Bengal for refueling and other logistic support.

After Cyclone Tauktae, armed forces gear up to brace Cyclone Yaas impact After Cyclone Tauktae, armed forces gear up to brace Cyclone Yaas impact The armed forces are gearing up for Cyclone Yaas, which is expected to hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26. Four diving and 10 flood relief columns have been pre-positioned at Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Chilika for rendering assistance to civil administration. advertisement The armed forces are in constant touch with the civil administration of the affected states. The armed forces are gearing up for Cyclone Yaas, which is Sixteen transport a...