The sale comes as HFPA struggled to repair its reputation after backlash over its ethics and lack of diversity, which led U.S. TV network NBC to drop the Golden Globes ceremony.
The movie, which is a pre-Independence fictional story woven around two real-life Indian revolutionaries, got nominated for Best Picture – Non-English Language & the Best Original Song.
The baseless claim of Arunachal Pradesh as 'Southern Tibet' cropped up once again when an Indian national was harassed by Chinese immigration officials at Shanghai Airport.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
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.
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