Pune, May 30 -- Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said the Operation Sindoor had set the benchmark for how "Bharat responds to provocation" and urged graduating cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) to uphold that standard as they begin their military careers.

Addressing the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the 150th Course of the NDA at the tri-services academy campus in Khadakwasla, Pune, General Dwivedi highlighted the changing nature of modern warfare and the importance of integrated military responses.

"Threats today do not always arrive in uniform or on a declared front.... Operation Sindoor demonstrated that and set the benchmark when national will was expressed with precision and resolve, defining how Bha...