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PM Returns To Ayodhya After 29 Years For Ram Temple Ceremony: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to Ayodhya after 29 years today for the "Bhoomi Pujan" or groundbreaking ceremony for a Ram temple. PM Modi, in a gold kurta and white dhoti, left by special aircraft for the mega ceremony that saw him lay a 40-kg silver brick later today to mark the symbolic start of a grand temple at what many believe ...

On Camera, Fistfight On Airline After Two Passengers Refuse To Wear Masks

World News | Edited by Shatabdi Chowdhury | Tuesday August 4, 2020

A violent fight broke out onboard an aircraft after two passengers refused to wear face masks. The in-flight chaos on a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Ibiza, which led to the arrest of the two men, has now gone viral on social media.

Richard Branson Space-Bound In Early 2021 Says Virgin Galactic

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights.

Aircraft On Aligarh University Campus Appears On OLX; Proctor Says It Is Fake

India News | ANI | Tuesday August 4, 2020

An IAF aircraft installed on the campus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was shown listed on online website OLX with a sale price of over Rs 9 crore on Monday.

Rafales Can Give Big Advantage In Tibet In Aerial Combat: Ex-Air Force Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 2, 2020

The Rafale aircraft will give India a strategic advantage in case of any aerial combat with China in the mountainous Tibet region as the fleet will be able to use the terrain to its advantage, destroy enemy air defence and incapacitate the surface-to-air missiles, former Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal (retd) BS Dhanoa said on Sunday.

7 Killed, Including State Lawmaker, As Two Planes Collide In Alaska

World News | Reuters | Saturday August 1, 2020

A midair plane collision in Anchorage on Friday killed seven people, including a state lawmaker who was piloting one of the aircraft, Alaska officials said.

दुनिया की सबसे तेज़ कार से 5 गुना ज़्यादा रफ्तार, जानें राफेल की दिलचस्प बातें

Friday July 31, 2020

भारत और हम सभी भारतीयों के लिए ये बड़े गर्व की बात है कि राफेल लड़ाकू विमान का हरियाणा के अंबाला एयर फोर्स बेस पर उतर चुका है. जानें राफेल के बारे में...

New Education Policy "More Important Than Rafale Aircraft": Shiv Sena

India News | ANI | Friday July 31, 2020

The New Education Policy 2020 unveiled by the Government of India is more important than the procurement of Rafale fighter planes but there are concerns on its proper implementation, Shiv Sena said in its mouthpiece Saamana on Thursday.

Rafale Fighter Jet: All You Need To Know

Kingshuk Dutta | Thursday July 30, 2020

With the induction of Rafale fighter jets in the Indian Air Force, we couldn't help but get excited. After all, it is one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world and there is massive curiosity around it! So we tell you everything you need to know about the new Rafale fighter jets

Water Salute For Rafale Fighters At Ambala Air Base. Watch

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday July 29, 2020

More than two decades after the Sukhoi aircraft were inducted, a fleet of five French-made Rafale multi-role combat jets touched down in India on Wednesday and were welcomed with a regal water salute as the country's air power received a considerable boost over its adversaries in the neighbourhood.

"Birds Have Landed" Tweets Rajnath Singh As Rafales Touch Down In Ambala

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday July 29, 2020

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh welcomed contingent of Rafale aircraft that reached Ambala today in a series of tweets in which he also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the French manufacturer of the aircraft Dassault and congratulated the Indian Air Force. He did not forget the critics either, warning that anyone "worried about or critic...

5 Rafales Land In Ambala, Greeted With Special Salute

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 29, 2020

A batch of five Rafale fighter jets touched down to a special water cannon salute at the Ambala air base this afternoon, the first western combat aircraft to join the Indian Air Force 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported.

Iran Military Exercise In Gulf "Irresponsible And Reckless", Says US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 28, 2020

The United States Navy on Tuesday criticised Iran as "irresponsible and reckless" for conducting an exercise involving firing a missile at a replica aircraft carrier in Gulf waters.

Iran Targets Dummy US Aircraft Carrier In Gulf Exercises

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 28, 2020

Iran's Revolutionary Guards blasted a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier with missiles on Tuesday during military exercises in sensitive Gulf waters, state television said.

French Air Force Aircraft To Bring Ventilators, Test Kits Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 27, 2020

A French Air Force aircraft will bring ventilators, test kits and other medical equipments to India on Tuesday as part of COVID-19 assistance by France, its embassy said.