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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndian airspace

Topic: Indian airspace

India thwarts Pakistan’s attack on military installations, retaliates with own

India says Pakistan targeted Indian military installations along western, northern sectors, adds it has been reliably learnt that an air defence system at Lahore has been neutralised.

Sheikh Hasina reached out to India for safe passage, now on her way to London

Sheikh Hasina, it is learnt, was offered military chopper by Bangladesh Army to ferry her from her official residence, which was stormed by protesters moments after she left Dhaka.

India’s ‘Air and Space Force’: Spaceplane to ‘desi GPS’, how IAF renaming will widen its ambit

Renaming imminent, it is learnt. IAF aims to boost intel, surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities via space assets, has started training officers to operate in space.

Pakistan says it’s waiting for India’s official word to open up its airspace

A govt official in Lahore said that Pakistan will follow suit once the Indian govt lifts the air restriction on Pakistan's flights.

Pakistan will decide on 15 May to reopen airspace for Indian flights

Pakistan's science and technology minister however sees no change in status-quo till elections are over in India.

Key Asia-Europe air route closed after Pakistan shuts its airspace till Friday

Pakistan airspace is the primary route for Southeast Asia and Europe, with about 220 services connecting the regions daily.

Pakistani chopper strays into Indian airspace, PoK ‘PM’ was reportedly on board

The helicopter came into Indian airspace just after noon Sunday. Army PRO in Jammu says air sentries ‘engaged’ it with small arms.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.