Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday took charge as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on Friday with the aim to focus back on the implementation of the ambitious theaterisation drive to bring synergy among the three services. He will be the first retired three-star officer to return to service in four-star rank.(PTI)
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Gen Anil Chauhan was appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on September 28, more than nine months after the post fell vacant following the death of Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash.(PTI)
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61-year-old Gen Anil Chauhan will also function as Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs.(HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)
Gen Chauhan is from the 11 Gorkha Rifles, the same regiment as Gen Rawat. "He will assume charge as the new Chief of Defence Staff on Friday," said an official.(HT Phhoto/Sanjeev Verma)
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Gen Chauhan was the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Army during the Balakot air strikes in 2019 when Indian airplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan in response to the Pulwama terror strike.(HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
