In a move to address one of the core anomalies of the services with respect to their civil counterparts in the government, the Centre has decided to grant Non-Functional Upgrade benefit over which a legal battle has been going on for some time. In December 2016, the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal, New Delhi granted NFU to armed …
Vladimir Putin has lost more than 1,500 military officers – including nearly 160 generals and colonels – since Russia invaded Ukraine, The Independent reported. Earlier this month, the United States’ top general Mark Milley suggested that Moscow and Kyiv’s forces had each sustained more than 100,000 casualties since the war began. The list of alleged Russian losses by Ukrainian colonel …
In yet another victory in the quest for equal opportunities for women in the Indian Army, a Services Selection Board of the Army has cleared the way for the time-scale promotion of five women officers to full Colonel rank in three key corps. Previously, promotion to the rank of Colonel was only applicable for women officers in the Army Medical …
