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Thursday, December 11, 2025
TopicVeterans

Topic: Veterans

India’s oldest air force pilot dies — Dalip Singh Majithia, who flew alongside Manekshaw & Asghar Khan

Squadron Leader Majithia joined air force in Nov 1939 during World War 2. He had also worked under IAF legend Mehar Singh apart from flying with ex-Pakistan air force chief.

‘Assault on dignity…’ — veterans’ group demands rollback of ‘draconian’ changes to disability pension

All-India Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, in statement addressed to defence ministry, says new entitlement rules 'turn medical science on its head and beat logic to death'.

‘The Young and the Restless’ star Brett Hadley no more

Hadley joined the daytime serial as father of Doug Davidson’s character, Paul Williams, in 1980 and remained with the show through 1990, when his character mysteriously disappeared.

Change in Rajasthan military veteran quota will open caste cauldron. Consequences won’t be good

Instead of veterans being taken as a united whole, they are likely to be divided into caste categories if the Rajasthan government accepts the demands of OBC groups.

Committed to giving care & treatment for Covid to veterans, says Indian Army

In a statement Tuesday, the army said that the base hospital at Delhi and service hospitals at all military stations are working tirelessly to accommodate maximum veterans.

Veterans of the ‘forever wars’ need jobs as much as healthcare

There are reports of insufficient levels of personal protective equipment in many facilities. Cuts at the post office have made it more difficult for many veterans.

7 military veterans join BJP saying even they have a ‘right to political thought’

The retired officers said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken historic decisions in matters of defence and that the country could only flourish under him.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.