Live Updates: Armed Forces To Conduct Fly Past, Shower Petals On Hospitals, Light Up Ships To Thank COVID-19 Warriors On Sunday, Says CDS

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh, Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane and IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria are addressing the media.

This is the first time the CDS and the three military chiefs are holding a joint press conference.

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6:20PM: The armed forces stand solidly behind the nation, says CDS Rawat

6:19PM: Armed Forces To Conduct Fly Past, Shower Petals On Hospitals, Light Up Ships To Thank COVID-19 Warriors On Sunday, Says CDS

6:16PM: Our nation has shown resilience to overcome such crisis, says CDS Rawat

6:14PM: The Army on its part will conduct mountain band displays along some of the COVID hospitals in almost every district of our country. The armed forces will also lay wreathe at the police memorial on May 3 in support of our police forces: Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat

6:09PM: There are some special activities that nation will get to witness. Air Force to conduct flypast from Srinagar to Trivandrum & another one starting from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kutch in Gujarat. It'll include both transport & fighter aircraft: CDS Rawat

6:08PM: On behalf of armed forces, we want to thank all COVID-19 warriors. Doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, police, home guards, delivery boys & media which has been reaching out with the message of government on how to carry on with lives in difficult times: CDS General Bipin Rawat

5:50PM: The three top military brass held a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday to take stock of the overall preparedness of the armed forces in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. CDS General Rawat was also present at the meeting.