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TopicMi-17 V5

Topic: Mi-17 V5

Pilots of IAF chopper shot down in friendly fire in Budgam awarded gallantry medals

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Four other IAF personnel on board the chopper have been awarded ‘Mention-in-Despatches’ posthumously by the President.

IAF probe confirms 27 February Budgam chopper crash was caused by friendly fire

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Court of Inquiry finds crash was result of system failure. Two officers — chief operations officer and senior air traffic control officer — found at fault.

Mi-17 IAF chopper crash in Budgam could be the result of friendly fire

Snehesh Alex Philip -
A formal Court of Inquiry is on even as all indications point to friendly fire — a common military occurrence worldwide.

Spate of chopper crashes raises questions on crew safety and training

Manu Pubby -
Ten service personnel have been killed in four chopper crashes this year, only one of which was an ageing helicopter, the Chetak.

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Economy

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

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

Defence

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

Vaibhav Pant -
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.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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