UPSC NDA, CDS 2025: Application deadline extended; Check new last date, eligibility, direct link & key tipsThe UPSC has extended the application deadline for the NDA & NA (II) and CDS (II) 2025 exams to June 20, 2025. These exams offer opportunit...
18 Jun, 2025, 05.57 PM IST
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumes charge as CISCAir Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, a highly experienced fighter pilot, has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff. He brings with him nea...
01 May, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Understanding the key differences: NDA, CDS, and AFCAT exams for Indian Armed Forces aspirantsThe National Defense Academy, Combined Defense Services, and Air Force Common Admission Test are key exams for joining different branches o...
27 Jan, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
Air Chief Marshal A P Singh takes charge as new Chief of Air StaffAir Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, with over 5,000 hours of flying experience, has assumed charge as the new chief of the Indian Air Force...
30 Sep, 2024, 05.25 PM IST
Sunita Williams set to fly into space for a third time next monthIndian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is set to pilot Boeing's Starliner on a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is e...
23 May, 2024, 05.03 PM IST
U.S. limits exports to flight schools, others for training Chinese military pilotsThe Biden administration added 43 entities, including Frontier Services Group, a security and aviation company formerly owned by Erik Princ...
12 Jun, 2023, 10.37 PM IST
Air Marshal A P Singh to be new Vice Chief of IAFAir Marshal A P Singh is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. He will take charge as the Vi...
30 Jan, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
DGCA stops operations at 2 flying training schools due to safety concernsThe two schools are Chimes Aviation Academy in Madhya Pradesh and NMIMS Academy of Aviation in Maharashtra, it said. Chimes Aviation Academ...
25 Jun, 2022, 09.14 PM IST
Air Marshal Sandeep Singh takes charge as Vice Chief of IAFAn alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Singh was commissioned in the flying branch of the IAF in December 1983, as a fight...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
InterGlobe, Flytech get DGCA nod for aviation English language training and testing servicesUnder the norms of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), it is mandatory that all professional flight crew require proficie...
13 Dec, 2019, 07.20 PM IST
For the first time in 60 years: ‘Silver Spitfire’ to take to skies for round-the-world record flight attemptThe iconic WW2 Spitfire underwent a two-year painstaking restoration.
16 Jul, 2019, 05.18 PM IST
Air Marshal R K Singh Bhadauria takes over as Deputy Chief of Air StaffPrior to taking over as DCAS, Air Marshal Bhadauria was Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air Command of IAF.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.40 PM IST
IndiGo to hire trainee pilots for A320s from IGRUATraditionally, trained pilots from the government-run flying training academy IGRUA get jobs at the state-run Air India or its subsidiaries.
25 May, 2018, 06.51 PM IST
Indian boy in UAE is youngest pilot to fly single-engine planeThe boy, named Mansour claimed that he had also set a record of being the youngest pilot to fly solo with the least number of training hour...
07 Sep, 2017, 06.37 PM IST
China develops highly accurate laser to shoot down dronesIt is expected to play a key role in ensuring security during major events in urban areas and address unlicensed mapping activities.
03 Nov, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
China successfully tests laser weapon to shoot down dronesChina today claimed to have successfully tested a homemade laser defence system specially targeting small-scale drones flying at low altitu...
02 Nov, 2014, 09.17 PM IST
Kevin ietersen to start academy in Dubai, India is next destinationKevin Pietersen has embarked on a journey to produce future stars as he is all set to open a state-of-the-art academy in Dubai in October.
04 May, 2014, 04.36 PM IST