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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(From L to R) Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Princess Charlotte gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on May 5, 2025. They stood united in tribute during the national anthem. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
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This tradition has started when the maker of "Budgie Smuggler" was giving out free swimming trunks to the first 200 people who voted in smugglers, as per reports.
