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Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi and Anil Ambani; tweets iconic Sholay song

The 17-second video uploaded by Rahul Gandhi on Twitter only shows the smiling faces of PM Modi and Anil Ambani with the song playing in the background.

Oct 22, 2018

Cash-crunched Jet airways to raise $800 mn from sale and leaseback of 16 aircrafts - Report

The airline company, which has been in financial trouble for the past few months, currently owns 16 aircrafts, out of the 124 in its fleet.

Oct 20, 2018

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HAL a white elephant? MoD report reveals startling cost spike when fighter jets are made in India

The report has made the revelation that the reason behind the cost spike in HAL is primarily "lesser efficiency and exorbitant man hour rates," in the hone-grown company.

Oct 19, 2018

Sardar Patel's 1948 order to ban RSS should be placed at the foot of Statue of Unity: Congress leader

Though Anand Sharma did not name the RSS, he apparently referred to the ban on the organisation following Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, which was later lifted.

Oct 16, 2018

Dassault to deliver Rafale fighter jets to India from 2019, CEO Eric Trappier says

India signed a deal with Dassault in 2016 for the transfer of 36 Rafale jets.

Oct 16, 2018

Rafale deal: Shatrughan Sinha appeals to opposition parties to unite, defeat BJP in 2019 elections

The Congress and the BJP have been involved in a war of words over the Rs 58,000 crore deal to purchase 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France, with claims and counter-claims flowing thick and fast.

Oct 15, 2018

What separating parents from children could do?

Being less affectionate can make your child anti-social, reveals study

The findings suggest that less parental warmth and more harshness in the home environment affect how aggressive children become and whether they lack empathy and a moral compass -- a set of characteristics known as callous-unemotional (CU) traits.

Oct 15, 2018

Rafale deal: Dassault says it picked Reliance of its own will for jet contract

The deal has faced scrutiny both on the price and the decision to choose billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance as a local partner with no aeronautical expertise instead of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics which has a long history of making planes.

Oct 12, 2018

World's longest non-stop flight to last 19 hours: Fly Changi to New York with Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines' new Airbus A350-900ULR (ultra-long-range) will take off from Changi Airport on Thursday to Newark Liberty Airport in the US. The mammoth aircraft will travel more than 18-hours without a stop.

Oct 11, 2018

PM Modi is a corrupt man: Rahul Gandhi demands probe in Rafale deal

Gandhi's demand for a probe came a day after a report in French publication said Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, had to choose Ambani's firm Reliance Defence as its offsets partner in India as a trade-off for getting the deal.

Oct 11, 2018

Air Force Day: IAF beast MiG-29 gets much-needed upgrade; gains in lethality, ferocity

The now upgraded India Air Force's beast -- MiG-29 is capable of effecting mid-air refuelling, is compatible with latest missiles and can launch multi-dimensional attacks, Flight Lieutenant Karan Kohli said.

Oct 7, 2018

Indian Air Force microlight aircraft crashes in Uttar Pradesh; pilots eject safely

The ML-130 microlight plane had taken off from Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad and was reportedly participating in a drill for Air Force Day.

Oct 5, 2018

Canada revokes Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship amid Rohingya crisis

A United Nations fact-finding mission reported last month that Myanmar's military has systematically killed thousands of Rohingya civilians, burned hundreds of their villages and engaged in ethnic cleansing and mass gang rape.

Oct 3, 2018

Rafale fighter not ready to fly at 2019 Aero India, says IAF official

The advanced fourth generation fighter Rafale will partly replace the ageing Russian-built MiG-21 jets the IAF is phasing out due to their obsolescence.

Oct 1, 2018

Centre owes Rs 1146 crore to cash-strapped Air India for VVIP charter flights: RTI reply

According to the details furnished by the Air India on September 26 to applicant Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), the Defence Ministry has outstanding bills of Rs 211.17 crore, Cabinet Secretariat and PMO Rs 543.18 crore and External Affairs Ministry Rs 392.33 crore.

Sep 30, 2018

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