Qantas signs Airbus order for world’s longest direct flights from Australia
Australian airline Qantas Airways has ordered a dozen aircraft to offer customers some of the world’s longest passenger flights from Sydney to London and New York by 2025, as pandemic restrictions in the region are lifted and international travel rebounds. The Australian airline will offer nonstop flights between Australia and Europe and the US after […]
PM Narendra Modi on 3-day visit to Europe from today, to hold 25 meetings in 65 hours
Prime Minister Narendra Modi left on Monday for the first foreign tour of this year. PM Modi will visit three European countries Germany, Denmark and France during his visit from May 2 to May 4. Today he will reach Berlin and will first meet the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and address the Indian community in […]
West Bengal: SpiceJet flight caught in storm while landing at Durgapur airport, 40 passengers injured
Durgapur: A SpiceJet aircraft got stuck in a storm during landing in Durgapur, West Bengal on Sunday. At least 40 passengers are also reported to have been injured in the accident. The accident happened when a SpiceJet plane was trying to land at the Kazi Nazrul Islam airport in Durgapur, West Bengal. At least 10 […]
Ex-Agni Daman-22: Civil-military agencies Combat fire together
Pune: The onset of summers & extremely high temperature conditions prevalent in areas in and around Pune have severely increased the fire hazard factor. To emphasis the need for awareness and training of men on firefighting as also to exercise the capabilities of combined forces of all agencies including military and civil, a Mutual Firefighting […]
Course Completion of Merged Artifice Apprentice XXXIII: INS Shivaji
Pune: 116 trainees of Merged Artificer Apprentice Course (MAAC) XXXIII Course have successfully completed professional ab-initio training of 96 weeks at INS Shivaji, the premier Marine Engineering Training Establishment of the Indian Navy. Merged Artificer Apprentice Course XXXIII includes 112 trainees of Indian Navy, three trainees of Indian Coast Guard and one International trainee from […]
Inauguration of Southern Star Veterans Node
Pune – A Veterans’ Node has been created at Headquarters Southern Command Unit Run Canteen Complex. The aim of this node is to provide a single point access to the veterans of Pune Station for addressing their concerns. It’s a state of the art complex with tailor made workstations to facilitate easy access and to […]
Convent schools should be inspected by Central Government – Colonel Rajendra Shukla, Retired Officer, Indian Army
Pune- The teaching of Christianity from convent schools, conversion through various means has been going on for a long time. What exactly has been taught in convent schools since pre-independence times? What are the financial resources of convent schools? At least the present central government should inspect the convent schools which are centers of conversion, […]
Army organizes “Fun Run” in Pune
Pune: To commemorate 75 glorious years of Independence and to promote physical fitness and health awareness, a “Fun Run” was organised by Headquarters Southern Command on 26 April 2022 for wives of army personnel at Milkha Singh Sports Complex (MSSC). Southern Command of Indian Army has been actively organizing multiple events to celebrate the Azadi […]
Moscow claims radio station broadcasting Russian programmes bombed in Transnistria
On the 62nd day of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Russian Federation claimed that unidentified individuals blew up a regional radio station in the disputed territory of Transnistria on Tuesday. Russia also stated that a regional radio station in Transnistria transmitted Russian radio programming. Transnistria is a breakaway pro-Russian separatist territory between Ukraine and Moldova. As […]
Global military spending break records; India ranks third highest military spender in 2021
The military spending of all nations combined set a new record in 2021, exceeding the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed in a report published. Governments spent a total of $2.113 trillion on weapons last year. The top spenders were the US, China, India, the […]