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The Hindu
2 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
1,363 Agniveers complete training at Army Service Corps Centre (North)
As many as 1,363 Agniveers of the Indian Army completed their training and passed out successfully at a parade held at Army Service Corps Centre (North) in Bengaluru on Wednesday. They belonged to the fifth batch of Agniveers to undergo the training that commenced on November 1, 2024. Lt. Gen. J.K. Gera, Commandant, ASC Centre & College, reviewed the parade. In his address, he urged the young soldiers to imbibe the ethos of imandari, wafadari, and bahaduri (integrity, loyalty, and courage). The ceremony was attended by parents of the Agniveers and all the parents were honoured with the Gaurav Padak instituted by the Indian Army as a token of recognition of their gesture of encouraging their wards to join the Indian Army in service of the nation. The Army Service Corps Centre (North) is a premier institute imparting training to mechanical transport drivers to support the Army Service Corps units for the whole of the Indian Army. The Agnipath scheme was introduced by the Union government on June 14, 2022 for the recruitment of soldiers into the three services of the Armed Forces.
The Hindu
25-04-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Bengaluru-based Indian army officer completes IRONMAN 140.6 Triathlon
A 53-year-old Indian army officer serving at the Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre (South), Bengaluru completed the IRONMAN 140.6 Triathlon in Penghu, Taiwan. Colonel Jangvir Lamba, a fourth-generation officer in the Indian army, completed the gruelling IRONMAN 140.6 Triathlon, which is regarded as one of the most punishing endurance races, on April 13. The IRONMAN 140.6 demands 3.8 km of open-water swimming, 180 km of relentless cycling, and 42.2 km of running all in one day without a break. 'At 53.5 years of age, competing in the fiercely contested 50–54 age category, Col. Lamba braved extreme conditions and unrelenting terrain to finish the race in a commanding 14 hours, 53 minutes, and 34 seconds. His accomplishment stands as a bold proclamation that age is no constraint when the mind is resolute, and the spirit is forged in fire,' according to a press statement from the Ministry of Defence. Col. Lamba hails from Jaipur. He is a former professional bodybuilder and a national-level bodybuilding judge with the Indian Body Builders' Federation. According to the ministry, Col. Lamba had participated in the IRONMAN 70.3 Goa in November 2022, Asia-Pacific IRONMAN Championship, Cairns, Australia in June 2023, IRONMAN 140.6 Langkawi, Malaysia in October 2023, and the Marathon des Sables, Morocco in April 2024, which is a 253.5-km multi-stage ultra-marathon through the Sahara desert.
