CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is appointed as the new Eastern Command chief recently?
A
Shri Praveen Bakshi
B
Shri George Giffard
C
General Noel Irwin
D
Shri Abhay Krishna
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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’s first CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in December 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command.

Detailed explanation-3: -Air Marshal A P Singh is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. He will take charge as the Vice Chief on Wednesday, the officials said.

Detailed explanation-4: -Officers from the ‘sappers’ have served as commanders and vice chiefs, but never as army chief. Born May 6, 1962, he will be the 29th army chief for over two years. Service chiefs have a three-year term or serve till they turn 62, whichever is earlier. Who is General Manoj Pande, India’s new army chief?

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