PM Modi congratulates Gen Rawat as he takes charge as CDS

ormer Army Chief Bipin Rawat took charge as the first Chief of Defence Staff on Wednesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate him. "I am delighted that as we begin the new year and new decade, India gets its first Chief of Defence Staff in General Bipin Rawat. I congratulate him and wish him the very best for this responsibility. He is an outstanding officer who has served India with great zeal," PM wrote.