IN PICS | CDS Gen Bipin Rawat's Last Public Appearance As He Addressed PANEX-21

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 09 Dec 2021 11:35 AM (IST)

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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was pronouced dead by the IAF along with his wife Madhulika and 11 others on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. (PTI Photo)

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His last public appearance was during a PANEX-21 event organized ahead BIMSTEC disaster relief exercise, on Tuesday. During the event, CDS Rawat suggested setting up of information sharing mechanism among the BIMSTEC nations for better defence cooperation among their security agencies. (PTI Photo)

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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane with the delegates of BIMSTEC taking part in the PANEX-21 exercise on disaster management, at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi on Dec 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

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MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt, CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane during curtain raiser of PANEX-21 exercise on disaster management at DRDO Bhawan. (PTI Photo)

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During the event, he refered to the new coronavirus variant Omicron, Gen Rawat wondered whether it will again mutate into something else and said the countries should act together to overcome pandemics. (PTI Photo)

Published at : 09 Dec 2021 10:53 AM (IST)

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India Defence BIMSTEC Bipin Rawat PANEX Chief Of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt PANEX-21