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Thursday, January 29, 2026
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Topic: AN-32

At 16,700 ft, on mud strip: IAF pilot on how his AN-32 reopened Daulat Beg Oldi after 43 yrs

Suryakant Chafekar -
Daulat Beg Oldi is adjacent to the Chip Chap river and lies 8 km south and 9 km west of the LAC with China, making it strategically important for India.

IAF chief says AN-32 will continue flying over mountains because there’s no option

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa said only when new transport aircraft are inducted will the IAF redeploy the AN-32s for training and other purposes.

India v/s Pakistan: No match, says Express; Times looks at ‘maidens’ & ‘fine legs’ at Miss India

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

AN-32 has served IAF for 35 years. We can’t turn our back on ageing workhorse now

ACM S. Krishnaswamy (retd) -
IAF’s search and rescue teams are in urgent need of modernisation. A nationwide integrated civil/military system with a centralised structure is the way out.

Jagran says Kathua rape judgment lesson to all, Dinamani asks why no death penalty

Renu Agal -
A round up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues

IAF plans to stop flying AN-32 over mountains and seas after Arunachal crash

Rahul Singh, HT -
IAF plans to replace AN-32 with Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft and price negotiations for buying 56 of them have been wrapped up.

Times Now got Yogi coverage right, but botched its breaking news on IAF’s AN-32 wreckage

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic’s ‘Editor Live’ gave us a detailed weather report and description of the terrain where the IAF aircraft had fallen.

TV news preoccupied with Dhawan’s thumb, Pak TV World Cup promo stars Abhinandan lookalike

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

Missing AN-32 wreckage found in Arunachal valley where aircraft was not supposed to be

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF's AN-32 aircraft went missing on 3 June while on a routine flight from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh with 13 personnel on board.

Wreckage of missing IAF’s AN-32 aircraft spotted in Arunachal Pradesh

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF aircraft went missing on 3 June with 13 personnel on board while on a routine flight from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.
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Economic Survey 2025-26 takes global lessons seriously—and shows why Swadeshi is the way to go

Bidisha Bhattacharya -
The Economic Survey 2025-26 is not a celebration of success, but a measured warning that the traditional paradigms of global economic growth are no longer applicable.

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

Economy

Economic Survey backs skilled visas to give IT services sector a boost, green energy for data centres

Sampurna Panigrahi -
The IT services sector contributed more than half of India’s Gross Value Added, serving as a major driver of exports and employment, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has found.

Defence

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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