As per the reports, a total of six aircrafts were used under the relief operations, termed Operation Bramha.
The tragic loss of an Indian Air Force pilot in the Jaguar aircraft crash in Gujarat's Jamnagar on Wednesday night has opened a can of worms on social media, with many demanding immediate phasing out of the aging British-French supersonic jet attack aircraft which found its way to the IAF in 1979.
India will send more than 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar following a series of powerful earthquakes that has led to the death of over 144 people and injuring more than 700, sources said.
India’s fighter jet procurement strategy is at a crossroads, caught between immediate operational needs and long-term self-reliance goals.
The event, aimed at highlighting the role of innovation in defence, will be attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with the Chief of the Air Staff and other senior defence officials.
The petition filed by NGO Justice For Rights Foundation through advocate Amit Kumar Sharma is likely to come up for hearing before the High court on Friday, August 28.
Ahead of the planned integration with multi-role combat aircraft Rafale, the IAF test fired two rounds of Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to air missile MICA fighter aircraft earlier this week.
"All n all GS remains a petty film missing the larger picture and essence of a soldier's life, proving her opponents right who said we are here to protect Bharat Mata but you are here for equal opportunity, that's pretty much sums up the film in the end Gunjan wins not India.SAD," read one tweet.
Netizens trolled the filmmaker for the gender bias portrayed in his latest production venture, "Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl".
It is a matter of record that just a couple of years ago, the Government was scouring international resale markets for junked Jaguars to cannibalise them for spares to use in the IAF’s primary deep penetration strike aircraft capable of delivering nuclear warheads.
