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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicIndian Air Force (IAF)

Topic: Indian Air Force (IAF)

Vijeta is the war film with a difference that deserves a rewatch this Independence Day

Govind Nihalani’s gentle coming-of-age movie stars Shashi Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Rekha and some great footage of MiGs in the sky.

India prepares for ‘collusive’ threat from China & Pakistan, Rajnath asks forces to be ready

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the armed forces to be prepared to respond at a short notice as well as build & sustain military capabilities to deter any adversary.

IAF to induct 5 Rafale fighters on 29 July in Ambala, their first mission could be in Ladakh

The IAF, in a statement, Monday said that after the arrival, ‘efforts will focus on operationalisation of aircraft at the earliest’.  

Story of 2 Indian-origin doctors behind one of the biggest medical research scandals in years

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Joint Air Defence Command will lead to sub-optimal utilisation of assets. Not a great idea

The decision to form the ADC has operational risks. Its consequences could lead to an irreversible fracture of the very integrity of the IAF’s air operations.

ACM Idris Hassan Latif — WWII veteran who chose India over Pakistan and went on to head IAF

Latif led the first fly-past over New Delhi after India became a republic in 1950. He was instrumental in procuring Jaguar, MiG-23 & MiG-25 aircraft for the IAF.

Indian Air Force cancels Services Selection Board interviews amid coronavirus outbreak

The fresh dates for the interviews would be intimated in due course of time.

Joint training command for Army, Navy & IAF in the works, Nagpur the likely base

The development puts Army plan to shift ARTRAC from Shimla to Meerut on hold for now.

Hours after Jaishankar’s assurance, IAF to fly to coronavirus-hit Iran to evacuate Indians

In Srinagar, Jaishankar meets worried family members of Kashmiri students stuck in Iran amid coronavirus outbreak.

How the IAF plans to get the edge back from Pakistan on air-to-air strike capability

During the aerial duel between India and Pakistan on 27 February last year, the IAF had felt the chinks in its air-to-air armour with the Pakistanis having had the edge in this sphere.  

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.