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 He is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army.

 He will succeed Gen Bipin Rawat, who will retire on the 31 December 2019.

 He has been awarded the Sena Medal (Distinguished) for effectively commanding his battalion in Jammu 

and Kashmir.

 He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy.

Exercise Mitra Shakti VII culminated

 The seventh edition of the joint training exercise between the Indian Army and the Sri Lankan Army, 

Exercise Mitra Shakti concluded on 14 Dec 2019 at Aundh Military Station, Pune.

 A Contingent comprising of 120 personnel each from Sri Lankan and Indian Army participated in the 

exercise.

 The two-week-long exercise had commenced on 1 Dec 2019.

Defence Minister chaired a meeting

 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament for the 

Ministry of Defence in New Delhi on 13 Dec 2019.

 The subject of the meeting was Border Roads Organisation, BRO.

 General BRO Lt Gen Harpal Singh gave a detailed presentation on the working of the 

organisation, especially on maintaining operational road infrastructure for the armed forces.

NAVARMS 2019 organised

 The 4th edition of the International Seminar-cum-Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems ‘NAVARMS 2019’ is 

being held from 12-13 Dec 2019 in New Delhi.

 Its theme is ‘Make in India – Fight Category: Opportunities and Imperatives’.

 Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the gathering during the Exhibition’s inaugural session on 

12 December 2019.

Rafale fighter jets to have tail sign ‘BS’

 The Indian Rafale fighter jets will fly with the tail sign ‘BS’ to honour recently retired Air Force Chief 

Birender Singh Dhanoa.

 The Indian Air Force has decided to put tail numbers in 30 Rafale jets with ”BS” initials.

 Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, 

the current Chief of Air Staff.

Ravneet Singh: Chief of Personnel of the IN

 Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM, took over as Chief of Personnel from Vice Admiral R Hair Kumar 

AVSM, VSM recently.

 As Chief of Personnel he will head the Personnel Branch of the Indian Navy.

 Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar has been appointed as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs 

of Staff Committee at HQIDS.

Exercise INDRA 2019 to be held

 Exercise INDRA 2019 a joint tri-services exercise between India and Russia will be conducted in India from 

10-19 December 2019 simultaneously at Babina, Pune, and Goa.

 The INDRA series of exercise began in 2003 and the First joint Tri Services Exercise was conducted in 2017.

 The exercise will consist of a five-day training phase consisting of a comprehensive training curriculum.

 Source Link: https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=195493