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Topic: Indian Air Force

At least 373 dead in Kerala due to rains, floods & landslides

PTI -
More than 54.11 lakh people have been affected in the floods since 30 May.

How Vajpayee worked with leaders from rival parties to save the Sukhoi-30 deal in ’96

Shekhar Gupta -
The inside story of how IAF’s Su-30 dream would've crashed but for the sagacity of Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, Jaswant Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Rakesh Sharma, the first and only Indian in space, wants to go back as a tourist

Rohini Swamy -
The veteran Indian Air Force fighter pilot says he is excited about PM Modi's announcement of plans to launch a desi crewed mission by 2022.

In the Rafale brouhaha, India has missed its real, bigger defence scandal

TN Ninan -
Nothing would be lost in making details of Rafale deal public, especially since the broad numbers are already available.

Bollywood’s supine superstars and how a WhatsApp rumour led to 29 deaths

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

Profile of a new Hindutva warrior and how ASI is spending more on itself

Ruhi Tewari -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

These are the 6 fighter jets in the race for an Indian Air Force contract. Again

Sujan Dutta -
In a re-run of the scrapped MMRCA race, the same six companies with the same aircraft will compete for the same order from the same customer.

Pilot killed as IAF Jaguar crashes in Gujarat

ThePrint Team -
A court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident, one of several over the past few years to hit the Indian armed forces.

How Indian Air Force’s Gagan Shakti exercise packed a punch together with Army and Navy

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
The exercise has demonstrated that whenever the call of duty has been blown, the services have pulled together with alacrity.

The first Dakota to land in Srinagar in 1947 and save the airfield will soon fly again

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
The refurbished Dakota, called ‘Parushurama’, bearing tail no VP 905 is now part of the IAF Vintage Flight. It will fly next week to Jamnagar.
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Afzalgunj to Begum Bazar—Hyderabad’s markets don’t look ‘nawabi’. Marwaris, Gujjus built them

Yunus Lasania -
Some of Hyderabad’s oldest jewellery and perfume stores—many dating back to the Nizam era—are run by Marwari, Gujrati, and Jain families.

Trump govt considering ban on Muslim Brotherhood—Is the West’s romance with Islamism over?

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India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

Keshav Padmanabhan -
New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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