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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicAero India 2019

Topic: Aero India 2019

500 Sikhs from India arrive in Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary

The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued visas to the Indian Sikh pilgrims under the framework of Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974.

Fight’s on the ground at airshow as Boeing takes a jibe at Lockheed Martin over IAF contract

Looking to beat its rival to the new IAF contract for 114 fighter jets, Boeing takes to Twitter to highlight 'concerns' against Lockheed Martin's F-21.

At Aero India, Jaguar, Tejas & Sukhoi honour IAF officer killed in mid-air collision

Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, 37, died after two Hawk advanced jet trainers collided during rehearsals for Aero India.

Nirmala Sitharaman pitches for ‘Make in India’ defence manufacturing as Aero India begins

In her inaugural remarks, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited the 100% Foreign Direct Investment in defence manufacturing and said there possibilities for joint investments.

What is a Hawk, the jet that crashed at Aero India rehearsal in Bengaluru

The introduction of the Hawk resurrected the Surya Kiran aerobatics team in 2015, but Tuesday, two aircraft collided in Bengaluru, killing one IAF officer.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.