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Death of a general

Military reforms should remain a priority

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat speaks during the Raisina Dialogue 2020, in New Delhi.
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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat speaks during the Raisina Dialogue 2020, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Business Standard Editorial Comment Mumbai
Military aviation is attended by even greater hazards than commercial flying but, even so, it is shocking for the defence services to be suddenly confronted with the deaths in a flying accident of their senior-most commander and key members of his personal staff. From what is known till going to the press, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, was travelling from his headquarters in New Delhi to give a lecture to student officers attending the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington — a year-long course that marks out the brightest and best military officers who are destined

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