New Delhi, May 7 -- Agniveers, India's youngest soldiers, faced a baptism of fire during Operation Sindoor last year, but their performance in their first brush with conflict reflected courage, resilience and composure, and helped dispel doubts about the Agnipath scheme under which they were recruited into the armed forces in the two years preceding the military confrontation with Pakistan, top officials said on the eve of the operation's first anniversary. "Operation Sindoor marked the first exposure to combat for thousands of newly inducted Agniveers across the three services. They proved themselves on the battlefield, and hopefully their performance has ended the debate about the effectiveness of the Agnipath scheme," one of the official...