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IAPO gives HAL licence to build Su-30MKI

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- On 28 December 2000, an agreement was signed between the Irkutz Aircraft Production Organisation (IAPO) in Siberia and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for licence production o... Read More


Budget 2026: Boost for modernisation and sustainability in Indian textile industry

India, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget 2026-27 introduces multiple measures to modernise and sustain the Indian textile industry. Key initiatives include the National Fibre Scheme, Tex-Eco Initiative, and... Read More


Letter to the Editor

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Dear Vayu Team, Thanks for the info and for the opportunity once again. I must also share this plaque I received from the CO of INS Virat when I was in my first job. I'm not sure ... Read More


Rewriting India's Plate from Generic to Genomic

India, Feb. 2 -- India's nutrition problem is no longer about hunger alone-it is about mismatch. Even as supermarket shelves overflow with "healthy" products and fortified foods, diabetes, obesity, an... Read More


75th Anniversary of The Falkland Islands Government Air Service

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) was established in November 1948 with the arrival of two Auster aircraft to provide the community with an air ambulance service... Read More


Caricaturist Kash

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Our colleagues in Kinshasa asked the renowned Congolese illustrator and caricaturist Kash to create 10 drawings depicting the heroic flight. In the embassy building, they organise... Read More


Edmond Thieffry

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- In 1925, air travel was still in its pioneering days. However, our source of national pride Sabena - an acronym for the 'Societe Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aeri... Read More


A world first

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Together with mechanic Joseph De Bruycker and pilot Leopold Roger, navigator and pilot Edmond Thieffry left Brussels for Congo on 12 February 1925, for an 8,000 km flight. What ma... Read More


100 years of the first flight to Congo

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- On 12 February 1925, at five minutes to eight in the morning, Edmond Thieffry, Leopold Roger and Joseph De Bruycker took off for the first flight to the Congo with their plane Pri... Read More


EXERCISE POGGIO DART 2025

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- In the contemporary international security landscape, marked by an increasing complexity of threats and the constant evolution of military technologies, joint training represents ... Read More