India Commissions First Women Officers Trained at NDA
In a landmark moment for India’s armed forces, the first batch of women cadets trained at the National Defence Academy (NDA) has been commissioned as officers in the Army, Navy…
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Assumes Charge of Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, PVSM, AVSM, NM, on Monday assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command, one of the Indian Navy’s most operationally significant commands responsible…
India Gets New CDS as General NS Raja Subramani Takes Over
General NS Raja Subramani on Sunday assumed charge as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who completed his tenure on…
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Takes Charge as 27th Chief of the Naval Staff
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, has assumed charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who superannuated after…
Ajay Kochhar Takes Over as Indian Navy’s 48th Vice Chief
Ajay Kochhar, PVSM, AVSM, NM, on Thursday assumed charge as the 48th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS), taking over one of the Indian Navy’s most senior leadership appointments…
Bharat Khera Assumes Charge as MSME Secretary
Shri Bharat Khera has assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, on May 1, 2026. A 1995-batch IAS officer of…
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth Takes Over as New Vice Chief of Army Staff
Dhiraj Seth on Wednesday assumed charge as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS), taking over one of the most senior positions in the Indian Army. He succeeds Pushpendra…
B.P. Singh Appointed Director General, Naval Armament
Shri B.P. Singh has assumed charge as the Director General of Naval Armament (DGNA), marking a significant milestone in his distinguished career in defence services. As Director General of Naval…
Air Commodore Assumes Command of Base Repair Depot, Palam
Air Commodore B S Vijay Rao, VSM, assumed command of Base Repair Depot, Palam, New Delhi as the Air Officer Commanding on 01 March 2026. Commissioned into the Aeronautical Engineering…
Indian Team Summits Aconcagua in Landmark Climb
In a historic milestone for Indian mountaineering, a six-member team from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi and the Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports (JIM&WS), Pahalgam successfully…