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  Prominent personalities who lost their lives to air crashes | Read Here

  India | December 08, 2021 19:55 IST

  General Rawat's condition was earlier said to be critical, but the Indian Air Force later informed that he had succumbed to his injuries. The incident brings to mind several prominent personalities who have perished in air crashes in the past.

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  RIP CDS General Bipin Rawat: The man who was born to serve the Indian Army

  India | December 08, 2021 19:10 IST

  According to reports, CDS Rawat was headed to Defence Services Staff College located in Wellington in Udhagamandalam (Ooty). His wife Madhulika Rawat was also on the chopper that crashed.

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  CDS Bipin Rawat's Mi-17V5 helicopter had undergone all major checks before flying: Sources

  India | December 08, 2021 18:25 IST

  The chopper's external check was done. It was conducted by pilots and maintenance staff. The chopper was being maintained properly, say sources.

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  CDS Bipin Rawat helicopter crash: All about IAF's Mi-17V5 chopper

  India | December 08, 2021 17:28 IST

  A military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday in which Indian's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was travelling along with others.

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  Know everything about CDS General Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat's family and kids

  India | December 10, 2021 16:28 IST

  General Bipin Rawat was the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India. He was appointed the same on 1 January 2020. Born in Pauri, Uttrakhand, Rawat's family has been serving in the Indian Army for four generations.

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  Who was Madhulika Rawat, wife of CDS General Bipin Rawat - Know all about her

  India | December 08, 2021 18:18 IST

  Mrs Madhulika Rawat was the President of AWWA (Army Wives Welfare Association) and wife of Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat. She worked for the welfare of wives, children and dependents of Army personnel.

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  When Bipin Rawat survived a helicopter crash in 2015

  India | December 08, 2021 19:15 IST

  General Rawat had survived a helicopter crash some six years ago too. Rawat was in a Cheetah helicopter that crashed in Dimapur, Nagaland on February 3, 2015. He was a lieutenant general at that time.

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  CDS General Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika, 11 others dead in Mi-17V5 chopper crash in TN | Updates

  India | December 09, 2021 0:07 IST

  CDS chief General Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons who were on board ill-fated IAF chopper Mi-17V5 which crash-landed today in Tamil Nadu have died in the incident.

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  'Omnipresent danger' to stability of South Asia due to China's ambitions: General Bipin Rawat

  India | October 23, 2021 23:31 IST

  On Indo-Pak relations, Rawat said Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism as well as by non-state actors is a stumbling block in the peace process between India and Pakistan.

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  Fully prepared for any challenges on LAC: CDS Bipin Rawat

  India | October 21, 2021 8:05 IST

  The official agenda read that the meeting was called for, "Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Defence on subject 'Provisioning, Procurement and issue of High Altitude, Clothing, Equipment, Ration and Housing' based on C&AG Report of 2019."

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  General Bipin Rawat meets Gen Mark Milley, discuss ways to ensure regional security

  India | October 01, 2021 8:51 IST

  The United States stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Indian military, having offered state-of-the-art capabilities, such as the F/A-18, F-15EX, and F-21 fighter aircraft.

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  India's aspiration to become regional power can't rely on borrowed strength: CDS Bipin Rawat

  India | August 27, 2021 22:47 IST

  Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said the segregated nature of the defence commercial industry ecosystem in India restricts its capacity to manufacture defence equipment.

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  CDS Bipin Rawat on Taliban's take over in Afghanistan: 'India's contingency plan in place'

  India | August 25, 2021 23:08 IST

  The Chief of Defence Staff said India is committed to ensuring a terrorist-free environment in the region.

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  Air Force veterans critical of IAF being 'supporting arm' remark by CDS

  India | July 03, 2021 15:12 IST

  Tensions escalated between armed forces over the creation of four new integrated theatre commands on Friday, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat saying that the Indian Air Force is like "a supporting arm" akin to artillery or engineers in the Army.

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  China realised they need to be better trained, prepared: CDS General Bipin Rawat

  India | June 22, 2021 22:14 IST

  Welcoming the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, Bipin Rawat said that peace along the borders is good for both countries.

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  Army ready to help Indians fight COVID-19, says CDS Rawat

  India | May 24, 2021 6:30 IST

  Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the Army is ready to extend help to the people of India in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic

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  PM-CDS meet: Retired Armed Forces medical staff recalled to work at Covid facilities

  India | April 26, 2021 16:59 IST

  India's health infrastructure has been buckling under pressure with an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks. The country's coronavirus cases hit a new record on Monday with 3,52,991 new cases, along with 2,812 deaths.

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  Nothing can deter Indian armed forces on remaining steadfast: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat

  India | January 02, 2021 23:10 IST

  Nothing can deter the Indian armed forces on remaining steadfast in their call for duty, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Saturday after carrying out a detailed review of India's military preparedness in forward air bases near the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh amid the nearly eight-month-long Sino-India standoff in eastern Ladakh.

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  ‘High levels of preparation underway on land, sea and air’: CDS Bipin Rawat amid border tensions

  India | December 14, 2020 15:14 IST

  Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that the Indian armed forces will leave no stone unturned to safeguard our frontiers be it at land, air or ocean.

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  Race for strategic places, bases in Indian Ocean region: CDS

  India | December 11, 2020 15:05 IST

  Over 120 warships of extra-regional forces are currently deployed in the Indian Ocean Region in support of various missions, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday, referring to increasing maritime presence of various countries in the strategic sea lanes.