Question: Who has been recently appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff?
(a) Satinder Kumar Saini
(b) Jagmeet Singh
(c) Deepak Kapoor
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Lt Gen Satinder Kumar Saini assumed the charge of Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
- Before assuming the appointment of Vice Chief of the Army Staff, the General Officer was heading the Southern Command of the Indian Army.
- He was commissioned into the 7th Battalion, The JAT Regiment in June 1981.
- He has also served as the Deputy Chief Military Personnel Officer in the UN Mission in Iraq-Kuwait, attended an exercise on peacekeeping conducted by the Global Peace Operations Initiative in Mongolia and a counter terrorism exercise in Australia.
Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1600893