Lt Gen Vinod G Khandare (Retd) has been appointed as an Advisor in the Ministry of Defence, providing strategic insight and advice to the Defense Secretary on matters relating to Defense Strategy.
USA, with 39% share, retained its standing as the world's largest arms exporters during 2017-21. Russia (19%), France (11%), China (4.6%) and Germany (4.5%) were among the top 5 largest exporters respectively.
"Dare2eraD TB" will be the umbrella TB program comprising initiatives like the Indian Tuberculosis Genomic Surveillance Consortium, Indian TB Knowledge Hub- Webinar Series and Host Directed therapies against TB and Evidence-based procedures for treating extra-pulmonary TB.