- On 19 February, Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the Army Vice Chief.
- Earlier, he was appointed as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Udhampur-based Northern Command from 2022 to 2024.
- When Army Chief Lieutenant General Manoj Pandey retires from service in May, he will be the senior-most officer in the Army and in line for the top post on the basis of seniority.
- On assuming the appointment, Lieutenant General Dwivedi laid a wreath at the National War Memorial and was given a Guard of Honor at the South Block Lawn.
- Lieutenant General Dwivedi was awarded 'Distinguished Fellow' at the National Defense College equivalent course at the US Army War College, Carlisle, USA.
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