Month: July 2026

General Upendra Dwivedi relinquished the appointment of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) after an illustrious career spanning over four decades in the Indian Army. He handed over command to General Dhiraj Seth, marking the completion of his tenure as the head of the Indian Army.   Commissioned into the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1984, General Dwivedi held several key command, staff and instructional appointments during his distinguished military career. He commanded units and formations across diverse operational environments, including the Northern and Western theatres, and played a…

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General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday assumed charge as the 31st Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi, who retired after more than four decades of distinguished service in the Indian Army. A highly decorated officer from the Armoured Corps, General Seth becomes the first officer from the Armoured Corps to head the Indian Army since General Shankar Roy Chowdhary in 1997.   An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, General Seth was commissioned into the Armoured Corps in December 1986. During his nearly four-decade-long military career,…

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Scientists have uncovered new insights into space weather by analyzing the thermal signatures of solar storms recorded at Earth over the past three decades. The long-term study reveals distinctive heating patterns in Earth’s upper atmosphere linked to solar storms, offering a promising new tool to improve space weather forecasting.   Researchers examined atmospheric temperature changes caused by geomagnetic storms triggered by solar eruptions such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares. The findings show that each storm leaves a unique thermal fingerprint in the thermosphere, allowing scientists to better…

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