The top Army general who was charged with examining eight Colonel-level female officers under his command has expressed “serious concerns” about them. He has mentioned “mundane ego issues” and “lack of empathy” among numerous other concerns in the “highly critical” assessment. Notably, two years after the Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision, the Army elevated 108 female … Read more
On July 10, 2024, Lt Gen Shankar Narayan, NM, VSM, became the Commandant of Army Hospital (R & R), the premier hospital of the Armed Forces Medical Services. The general officer, who graduated from the 1982 (‘U’) batch of the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, was educated in paediatric liver transplantation at King’s College … Read more
On Monday, terrorists attacked an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, resulting in an exchange of fire after starting fire on an army convoy near Machedi, Billawar. Preliminary reports revealed the involvement of armed militants. The soldiers replied, and an encounter in the area began. Additional forces have been mobilised to deal with … Read more