Malabar exercise is to provide stability in the region, says U.S. Navy chief
The Hindu
Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy, Admiral Karambir Singh, said the Malabar exercise was started 25 years ago and would continue for the years to come
Exercise Malabar - 2021 is being held to provide and we are in the 25th edition of the India-U.S. partnership, said Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), U.S. States Navy, Michael Gilday.
He was addressing the media on board USS Carl Vinson, the super aircraft carrier, which is the lead ship of the U.S. carrier strike group, taking part in the exercise in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean Region.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.