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Indian Airforce : Fighter Aircrafts

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The Indian Air Force has aircraft and equipment of Russian (erstwhile Soviet Union), British, French, Israeli, US and Indian origins with Russian aircraft dominating its inventory HAL produces some of the Russian and British aircraft in India under licence.   The exact number of aircraft in service with the Indian Air Force cannot be determined with precision from open sources Flight International estimates there to be around 1,721 aircraft in service with the IAF While the International Institute for Strategic Studies provides a similar estimate of 1,724 aircraft Both sources agree there are approximately 900 combat capable (fighter, attack etc.) aircraft in the IAF. Fighter Air-crafts   SU30-MKI Twin seater twin engine multirole fighter of Russian origin which carries One X 30mm GSH gun alongwith 8000 kg external armament. It is capable of carrying a variety of medium-range guided air to air missiles with active or semi-active radar or Infra red homing
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Indian Air Force : a brief overview

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   The Indian Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces . It ranks fourth amongst the strongest air-forces of the world The top three being USA, Russia and Israeli Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict   When was it established ? It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honored India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix Royal As of 1 July 2017, 139,576 personnel are in service with the Indian Air Force After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the name of Dominion of India With the government's transition to a Republic in 1950, the prefix Royal was removed after   only three years Mission of the Indian Airforce   The IAF's mission is defined by the Armed Forces Act of 1947 , the Constitution of Indi
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The Hindu Analysis 16 July 2018

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                                                                             France beats Croatia 4-2 to win its second world cup since 1989 The goal scorers from France were Mario Mandzukic, Antonio Griezmann, Paul Pogba, kylian Mbappe The scorers from Croatia were Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic Mario Mandzukic scored own goal after inadvertently deflecting an Antoine Griezmann free kick into his own net  The 2018 FIFA world cup final was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , Russia Golden Ball : Luka Modric, Croatia FIFA Young Player Award : Kylian Mbappe, France(19 years ld) Golden Boot Award : Harry Kane, England (6 goals) Golden Glove Award : Thibaut Courtois, Belgium     Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson Novak Djokovic powered to his fourth Wimbledon title with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) rout of South Africa's Kevin Anderson in Wimbledon final Djokovic is a Grand Slam champion for the first time since winning the 2016 Fre
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Who is the Golden girl Hima Das?

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There is more than one hat that Hima Das, popularly known as “Ding Express” in Assam, dons. A world class athlete, who swept past global competition with relative ease in under-20 world championship in Tampere, is a socially-conscious teenager, who participated in a crusade to close liquor shops, and ensure education for girl children in her village, said her family, who recalled how a school teacher made her take athletics in place of her first love, football. Daughter of a rice-farmer, gutsy Das, was spotted by a teacher of Jawahar Navodaya Vidalaya in Morigaon, Assam, Shams Ul Haq, in 2011-12 when she visited the Central government run school for a sporting event. “She won all the athletics events. I told the district sports officer that she can do well if trained properly,” the physical training teacher said. “She was focused and wanted to win everything even as a child.” In over a year, she was a district champ but took almost two years to reach the state-l
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Sandeep Singh : Story of real life Soorma

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Sandeep Singh who had debuted in international cricket in 2004, was on his way to join the national squad ahead of their departure for the FIH World Cup in Germany. He was travelling on the Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express when a Railway Protection Force jawan accidentally shot him. The bullet fractured his rib, damaged his spine, kidneys and liver. Doctors proclaimed the death sentence – it would be next to impossible to play. Singh said it was the worst day of his life. All he wanted to do, lying in his hospital bed at PGIMER Chandigarh, was go out and play. He asked his brother to bring him his hockey stick and holding it his hands promised himself and his brother that he would play hockey again. After two years in a wheelchair, play he did. Sandeep Singh returned to the national team in 2008 and a year later became the captain of the Indian national team. Under his captaincy, India won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2009 after 13 long years. Singh, who stroked i
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An amazing story of Marvan Atapattu

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It’s a story that Harsha Bhogle, India’s most loved cricket commentator, loves to tell, over and over again. Making his debut in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, Marvan scored a duck in his first innings. And again, in his second innings. They dropped him. So he went back to the nets for more practice. More first-class cricket. More runs. Waiting for that elusive call. And after twenty-one months, he got a second chance. This time, he tried harder. His scores: 0 in the first innings, 1 in the second Dropped again, he went back to the grind. And scored tonnes of runs in first-class cricket. Runs that seemed inadequate to erase the painful memories of the Test failures. Well, seventeen months later, opportunity knocked yet again. Marvan got to bat in both innings of the Test. His scores: 0 and 0. Phew! Back to the grind. Would the selectors ever give him another chance? They said he lacked big-match temperament. His technique wasn’t good enough at the highest level. Und
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The Hindu Analysis 13 July 2018

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               Justice Malhotra makes a case against Sec. 377 Justice Indu Malhotra, the lone woman judge on the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the fight against Section 377 of the IPC, made a strong case against criminalisation of homosexuality Justice Malhotra, the junior-most member of the Bench of five led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said homosexuality is only a variation and not an aberration But the prejudice and stigma piled on the LGBTQ community has denied it even basic medical care in the country.   The community is so inhibited by societal scorn that it prefers to forego medical care, especially in rural and semi-urban parts of the country, Justice Malhotra said. On the third consecutive day of hearing, Justice Malhotra spoke of the pressure on homosexual people from within the home. They succumb to marry the opposite sex, leading to a life of mental trauma and bi-sexuality.   The judge spoke of how homosexuality is not against the order
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