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In 1926, Umberto Nobile flew to the North Pole with his beloved dog Titina, who two years later survived 49 days stranded on Arctic ice following a deadly airship crashAn Italian explorer's dog, Titina, sensed danger before an Arctic airship crash in 1928. The airship Italia crashed, leaving ten men and Ti...
US funds Cyprus base upgrade to bolster regional safe haven roleCyprus is boosting its military bases with American taxpayer support. These upgrades will strengthen its role as a safe haven for Middle Ea...
Georgian Bay rescue: 23 fishermen airlifted after ice floe drifts two kilometres from shore, leaving some partially submergedGeorgian Bay ice rescue: Twenty-three ice fishermen were rescued from a drifting ice shelf in Georgian Bay on Sunday, March 8, after it bro...
Indian Air Force evacuates 57 stranded people in Sri Lanka amid Cyclone DitwahIndia's Operation Sagar Bandhu continues to aid Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah. Indian Air Force helicopters rescued 57 people, including c...
Sikkim govt seeks Indian Air Force's assistance to airlift 1,400 stranded tourists in northern part of stateSikkim government seeks Indian Air Force's help to airlift 1,400 stranded tourists in landslide-hit Mangan District due to heavy rainfall.
Indian Air Force ferries 381 stranded passengers from Jammu and Kashmir to LadakhThe IAF operates C-17, C-130 and an-32 aircraft regularly to airlift stranded passengers between Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in view of t...
Over 700 stranded passengers airlifted by IAF from Jammu to SrinagarFor the first time, two C-17 Aircraft airlifted 707 passengers simultaneously from the Jammu Air Force Station, the spokesman said.
All stranded Indian Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims evacuated from NepalThose rescued from Hilsa and Simikot districts have been moved to Nepalgunj and Surkhet, the two towns with better health care and infrastr...
Beijing pulls up its People's Liberation Army over India's swift rescue operationsThe media in China has questioned why air force planes were not deployed to airlift over 8,000 Chinese, many of whom are still stranded in ...
PLA faces flak over swift Nepal evacuation by Indian militaryThe Indian military's swift evacuation of thousands of Indians from quake-hit Nepal has put China's PLA on the defensive with questions rai...
Jammu & Kashmir government to airlift stranded passengers as weather improvesThe minister assured the people that the arrangements to airlift them to their destinations would be made immediately after improvement in ...
Government considering airlifting of Indians stranded in YemenSwaraj has informed the state that two ships have been sent to Yemen to rescue the Indians, including Malayalees, who have been stranded in...
- Congress demands airlifting of Kashmir-bound stranded passengers
Congress with the help of hotel association members of Jammu arranged food and boarding in some hotels for the ill and infirm people.
Chopper to airlift people stranded in Chenab ValleyJammu and Kashmir government said that helicopters would be used to airlift people stranded in various Chenab Valley areas cut off due to s...
- Army completes evacuation from Harsil
The IAF has been involved in the operations since June 17 and has flown around 1,800 sorties airlifting more than 15,000 people in the proc...
- Rescuees to get token for evacuation in Uttarakhand
In order to bring some order to the chaos during airlifting of stranded people in rain-affected Uttarakhand, authorities have hit upon a no...
- Pilgrims from AP being sidelined in rescue ops: Chandrababu Naidu
Alleging that pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh are being discriminated against in the rescue operations, TDP has requested the Centre to arrang...
Seven foreigners evacuated from Himachal's tribal areaSeven foreigners were evacuated from Himachal's tribal Lahaul and Spiti district even as the state chopper made sorties to high altitude ar...
Monsoon woes: Landslides, floods claim over 50 in north IndiaMonsoon woes gripped several parts of north India today as heavy rains wreaked havoc in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
- IAF airlifts 550 stranded people in J&K
IAF launched fresh operation by ferrying 550 passengers including 300 civilians between the two capital cities.