In an interview with News18, the former Northern Army Commander said that military modernisation needs to keep pace with the future challenges that India faces, particularly from China The cross-border surgical strikes conducted by the Army in 2016 and the air attack carried out by the Indian Air Force in 2019 at Pakistan’s Balakot had shown India’s strong response to …
The revelation that a small Chinese company called Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Technology collected online and social media data of 10,000 influential Indians, including political leaders, was greeted with a great deal of shock. We must also be conscious that while Zhenhua may only be collecting data from open sources, this would only be one part of the data that would …
Last week, in response to an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on permanent commission for women officers, the government cited “physical” and “physiological limitations” in granting command positions to women officers in the Indian Army. Lt Gen Hasnain: Till September 2019, permanent commission for women was restricted to only two departments: the Army Education Corps and the Judge Advocate …
Former Northern Army Commander Lt General DS Hooda, the main architect of the 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK, has been accused of “leaking” details of a report on “right-sizing” the Indian Army. If there is even one person who can certify that I spoke and divulged details in that seminar then I am at fault, else …
Chandigarh: The initial euphoria over the success of surgical strike was natural but the constant hype around the operation was unwarranted, said former Army officer Lieutenant General D S Hooda, two years after the surgical strikes were carried out by the Army across the Line of Control. Lt Gen Hooda was speaking during a panel discussion on the topic, 'Role …