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The Indian Army’s first major recruitment rally since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country will see nearly 14,000 candidates screened over the next eight days in Bengaluru. Nearly 30% of these candidates are women who are aspiring to join the Corps of Military Police (CMP) , which, earlier this year, became the first army branch to have women in its rank and file. Male candidates will be selected for various roles spread across the army. Tuesday, the first day of the nine-day drive, saw more than 1,000 women being screened. An officer from the Karnataka and Kerala sub-area overseeing the rally, “Last week there was an open rally in Ludhiana, but the numbers were not as many. This is the first major rally the army is conducting after Covid and we have women candidates from all five southern states and men from Karnataka.” Trials are being conducted to select jawans and the first three days have been dedicated to screening women candidates. Men will be screened between December 18 and ...

For the first time in history, Indian Army has deployed female soldiers for internal security and combat duties near the line of control with Pakistan, reports TOI.    Zee News   The women platoon is from paramilitary force Assam Rifles and has been stationed in the Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir. These 30 woman soldiers are led by Captain Gursimran Kaur of the Army Service Corps (ASC), who is a third-generation military officer of her family. “Deployed at security checkpoints leading to the LoC, the women soldiers are also being used for crowd control and frisking of women because there are intelligence inputs of weapons and drugs being smuggled across,” TOI quoted the officer as saying. The Indian Army has been recruiting women in small numbers but only as officers till now. Women are also not a part of ‘fighting arms’ of infantry, armoured corps, mechanised infantry and artillery. Incredible! Indian Army Riflewomen deployed for the first time along Line of Control be...