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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicFighter pilot

Topic: fighter pilot

On this day 54 yrs ago, another IAF hero shot down a vastly superior Pakistani fighter jet

Sqn Ldr Devayya's heroics to shoot down a PAF Starfighter in 1965 are among IAF's finest hours. But he wasn't lucky like Abhinandan & perished with his Mystere.

Avani Chaturvedi becomes India’s first woman fighter pilot in 2018. Why are we clapping?

A decade before Avani Chaturvedi became India's first solo woman fighter pilot, Pakistan had already done it, as had UAE, Somalia and Turkey.

As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it

From IAF’s Tezpur base, rookie fighter pilots in the early 1980s went on to hone their air combat skills in MiG-21 squadrons.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.