Victory smiles on those who anticipate changes in the character of warfare and adapt accordingly, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday.

In his address at a seminar on ‘Central Role of Air Power in the Evolving Battlespace’, he also reiterated that the two major ongoing conflicts in the world, and India’s own experience during Operation Sindoor last year, have underlined the primacy of air power.

The gathering, hosted by a defence think-tank at the Subroto Park here, is a parallel event held in Delhi, on the sidelines of the mega multilateral air exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ currently underway at Jodhpur Air Force Station in Rajasthan.

Seven foreign nations, including the US, France, Germany and Australia, are participating in the second edition of the exercise hosted by the Indian Air Force, with their air assets.

The US’ multi-role stealth fighter jet F-35 is taking part in the exercise for the first time.

At the seminar at the Air Force Auditorium, the IAF Chief said victory smiles upon those who anticipate changes in the character of warfare.

If one doesn’t anticipate changes and waits for them to happen and then adapt, then maybe it will be a bit late, in this era of rapidly evolving technology and changing nature of warfare, he said.

On Thursday, Air Chief Marshal Singh led celebrations marking the IAF’s 94th anniversary through a grand ceremony at Hindan Air Base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier, in his address at Air Force Day, he said conflicts in several parts of the world have shown that air power is the primary means of protecting national interests.

On last year’s Operation Sindoor, the air chief marshal said the IAF showed the speed of its combat operations.

He asserted that since its inception in 1932, the IAF has evolved into an exceptional, capable, network-centric, multi-domain force ranked among the finest in the world. (Agencies)

The Centre has empanelled three officers of the 2002 batch of the Indian Information Service (IIS) for holding posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent.

The officers are Padma Angmo, Himani Sarad and Pankaj Pandey, according to an Information Note issued on October 6, 2026.

Pertinently, Angmo has served in Ladakh at the Commissioner Secretary rank in various departments during her deputation to the Union Territory.

She is currently posted as Additional Director General (ADG) of the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) in New Delhi under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The Punjab government on Friday appointed 1992-batch IPS officer Gaurav Yadav as the regular Director General of Police (DGP), an official order said.

Yadav was appointed as the officiating DGP in July 2022.

His name was among the three officers empanelled by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for appointment as the regular DGP from a panel of 14 senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers sent by the state government.

Special DGP Sharad Satya Chauhan (Punjab Vigilance chief) and senior IPS officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu (awaiting posting) were the other two officers on the panel sent by the UPSC.

According to the Punjab government order, the UPSC, vide its letter dated July 1, had empanelled three IPS officers from the panel communicated by the state government as suitable for appointment to the post of DGP.

Yadav’s appointment as head of the state police force has been made on consideration of the panel received from the UPSC, the order said.

His tenure shall be for a minimum period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office, it said. (PTI)