Although the strength had been halved from around 400,000 since the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in 2009, the current strength of 200,000 was termed excessive.
A decorated Army officer, 61-year-old Chauhan will function as Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs.
India-China military talks: The talks come at a time when China is having strained relations with several countries, including the US, over a high-profile US leader's visit to Taiwan and the firing of ballistic missiles in the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone.
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The 5G test bed will be established by the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) in Mhow in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
The banned TTP in an order issued by its military commission on Tuesday announced that the ceasefire will remain in place till May 15
US military spending reached USD 801 billion in 2021, a drop of 1.4 per cent from 2020. China spent USD 293 billion on defence, an increase of 4.7 per cent compared with 2020. India's military spending of USD 76.6 billion ranked third highest in the world
The new package is expected to include much needed heavy artillery and ammunition for Ukrainian forces in the escalating battle for the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
The Indian delegation at the talks is being led by Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, the newly-appointed Commander of the Leh-based 14 Corps.
According to AFP, Moscow said some military forces deployed near Ukraine are returning to their bases after a build-up of Russian forces around Ukrainian borders spurred fears of an invasion.
The Indian Army has launched its latest messaging application dubbed as ASIGMA (Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application), which has been exclusively developed by the team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army.
To counter the threats emanating from China, The US, in addition, has also planned to modernise the military bases it operats in Australia and on the western Pacific islands of Guam.
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said in a biennial report that Beijing is employing “gray zone" tactics to ratchet up pressure on the self-governing island republic which China claims as its own territory.
There was no official comment on the negotiations that took place on Chinese side of the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh.
The sources also divulged that the talks will be held at Moldo on Chinese side of LAC. Resolution of friction point at Hot Springs will be discussed during the talks, added the source.
The US and China held their first high-level talks in March in Alaska after Biden assumed power, where Wang and top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi exchanged barbs with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
A senior Army official said that the affected jawans have been admitted at the military hospital in Pathankot and are being provided with required medical care.
It is learned that both sides discussed "specific details to cool tempers in the remaining friction points including moving ahead with the disengagement process and agreed to jointly maintain stability on the ground".
Indian military delegates will meet their counterparts to discuss disengagement of troops at the friction areas such as the Hot Springs, Gogra and the Depsang plains spread over 900 sq km land.
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