General Manoj Pande during Times Now Summit 2024 Kolkata: Former Army chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday said Kolkata and the entire northeast had the tremendous potential to develop into a major defence manufacturing hub, and urged the state’s industrialists and academics to work together to strengthen India’s indigenous defence ecosystem.Speaking at the inaugural seminar on ‘National Security and Economic Resilience for a Viksit Bharat’ by Vyana Geo-Economic Forum (VGEF) in Kolkata, Gen Pande said India must prepare for conflict across conventional, cyber, space and information domains, and accelerate technology integration across military platforms.While highlighting the rapid rise of AI…