{"id":9330,"date":"2022-10-01T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T06:54:10","slug":"lt-general-anil-chauhan-retd-chief-of-defence-staff-edward-snowden-putin-jhulan-goswami-dilip-tirkey-hockey-india-president-cosmonaut-valery-polyakov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/lt-general-anil-chauhan-retd-chief-of-defence-staff-edward-snowden-putin-jhulan-goswami-dilip-tirkey-hockey-india-president-cosmonaut-valery-polyakov\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. General Anil Chauhan (retd.) appointed next Chief of Defence Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Government on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, appointed former Eastern Army Commander Lt. General Anil Chauhan as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). The post has been vacant since the death of the country\u2019s first CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Government has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) who shall also function as Secretary to Government of India, Department of Military Affairs with effect from the date of his assumption of charge and until further orders,\u201d the Defence Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gen. Bipin Rawat who had served as the 27th Army Chief from December 31, 2016 till December 31, 2019, took over as the first CDS on January 1, 2020. He, along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 others were killed in a chopper crash on December 08, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on May 18, 1961, Lt. Gen. Chauhan was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army in 1981. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the rank of Major General, he had commanded an Infantry Division in Baramulla sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Later as Lt. General, he commanded a Corps in the North East and subsequently became the Eastern Army Commander in September 2019 and held the charge until his retirement from service on May 31, 2021. In addition to these command appointments, Lt. Gen. Chauhan also served as Director General of Military Operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden<\/strong> Snowden first arrived in Russia in 2013 after leaking secret files that revealed a vast web of domestic and international surveillance by the US government. The Kremlin subsequently granted him asylum, even as the US pursued espionage charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snowden leaked documents that showed how the NSA collected huge amounts of data that passed through US-based Internet companies. He also revealed details about the classified US intelligence budget and the extent of American surveillance on foreign officials, including the leaders of US-allied countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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