Third edition of tri-services future warfare course from Feb 2
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The third edition of the tri-services future warfare course featuring an enhanced curriculum which covers specialised subjects and domain-specific warfare developments in military operations will be held here from February 2-25, officials said on Monday. This course features experts on subjects like critical and rare earth elements, supply chain vulnerabilities and regional and global geopolitics impinging on operations in the future, expanding the number of subjects that will need to be studied and analysed by the defence forces in order to plan and conduct operations in the future. The course focuses on developing an erudite understanding on how war fighting is being impacted by technology, necessitating a relook at our thinking, concepts, doctrines, strategies and techniques, and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures. (PTI)
Call for judicial probe into Ajit Pawar’s death
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded an independent judicial inquiry into the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Participating in the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Upper House, Raut said Pawar, who was investigated in an alleged Rs 70,000 crore irrigation scam in Maharashtra, was “no longer tainted” once he became a partner of the BJP. On January 15, Pawar gave a statement that the BJP embezzled a lot of money in the scam, and days later, he died in a horrific air crash, Raut said. “There should be an investigation. There should be an independent judicial inquiry,” he demanded. Pawar was a big leader of Maharashtra, and he died in an unfortunate manner, Raut said, adding, “We are still in shock today as to how it happened.” Pawar, who was the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and NCP president, along with four others, were killed on January 28 when an aircraft carrying them crashed near the Baramati airport in Pune district. (PTI)
