India, Aug. 5 -- Describing Operation Sindoor as a major shift in India's counter-terror strategy following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said the 88-hour-long tri-services operation compelled Pakistan to seek a ceasefire.

The Army Chief was speaking during the inauguration of 'Agnishodh', a new Indian Army Research Cell at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. The facility has been established as part of a broader effort to integrate academic research with operational needs and support the Indian Army's transformation agenda.

General Dwivedi said the Indian Armed Forces are preparing for fifth-generation warfare marked by non-contact operations and strategic ps...