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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicB.S. Dhanoa

Topic: B.S. Dhanoa

IAF transported 625 tonnes of new notes after demonetisation, reveals former chief Dhanoa

Dhanoa, who became IAF chief the month after demonetisation in 2016, said the force flew 33 missions but doesn't know how many crores the notes added up to.

What would have happened if Abhinandan Varthaman was flying a Rafale, ex-IAF chief asks

Former IAF chief Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa took a veiled dig at previous govts, saying they kept negotiating for 10 years to get the advanced multi-role jets.

New IAF chief to be named soon, big task for Dhanoa’s successor will be reform rollout

The race for the new IAF chief post is mainly between Air Marshals B. Suresh and R. Nambiar, but there is a third candidate who can’t be discounted.

Come September, Wing Commander Abhinandan could fly with IAF chief in a MiG-21 Bison

The plan is to make Abhinandan Varthaman fly during the Apache attack helicopters induction ceremony in Pathankot on 3 September. He’s medically cleared.

IAF probe confirms 27 February Budgam chopper crash was caused by friendly fire

Court of Inquiry finds crash was result of system failure. Two officers — chief operations officer and senior air traffic control officer — found at fault.

Pakistani jets did not cross LoC day after Balakot strikes, says IAF chief Dhanoa

The Indian and Pakistan air forces engaged in a dogfight on 27 February, a day after Indian fighter jets attacked Jaish terror camps in Balakot.

IAF will go into details of AN-32 crash, ensure it does not happen again: Dhanoa

IAF chief BS Dhanoa says the terrain in Arunachal Pradesh is very treacherous and weather often cloudy which lead to such accidents.

Air Chief Dhanoa criticises HAL, backs Rafale purchase as ‘gamechanger’

Amid row over Reliance Defence as Dassault's offset partner for Rafale, Air Chief says neither govt nor IAF has anything to do with such selections.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.