In a boost to the Make in India initiative, Indian Air Force Deputy Chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, inaugurated Chaff Plant at Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), Nagpur on July 31.
Indian Air Force on Saturday airlifted one ZAWER and four REECO radars from Siachen and Delhi to fasten the search operations in the landslide-affected areas of Wayanad.
After 15 people lost their lives in the cloudburst and landslides along the Kedarnath Yatra route, teams from the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, and the Indian Air Force started joint rescue and relief operations for the stranded pilgrims.
During their morning combing operation along the river banks from Mundakai to Soochipara, the ICG search team sighted three individuals stranded near the waterfalls. The presence of the survivors was immediately reported to the control centre at Mepadi.
Earlier, Indian Air Force Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla was selected as the prime astronaut for the upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced.
A brace of goals by Downtown Heroes' Liberian forward Darius Snorton Perwood against the Indian Air Force Football Team (IAFFT) here at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), was enough to give the Club from Srinagar a historic first win in the Durand Cup.
The Indian Air Force has deployed one Chinook and Mi-17V5 helicopter to carry out human assistance and relief operations in the Kedar valley of Uttarakhand. They will be working in coordination with the state government authorities, said Defence officials.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that the main priority now is the rescue of the missing persons and rehabilitation will be initiated at the earliest.
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu sends a message of condolence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over landslides in Wayanad District, Kerala State, that took the lives of over a hundred people and injured many more.