WORLD 4 Russian military aircraft shot down 'simultaneously' nearUkrainian border, Kyiv calls it 'instant karma' Two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were reportedly shot down on Saturday near the Ukrainian border, according to the Russian news agency Kommersant. If true, this would be a stunning victory for Kiev.
NATION Last of 36 IAF Rafale aircraft lands in India Under the deal with France, the delivery of fighter aircraft Rafale was completed today on Thursday. With the landing of the last and 36th Rafale aircraft in India, the country got 36 Rafale fighters. Rafale has reached India after mid-air refueling in UAE. In September 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to buy 36 Rafale aircraft at a cost of Rs 59,000 crore. The first Rafale aircraft came to the country in the month of July last year.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Nepal plane flying 22 persons including 4 Indians goes missing: Report A 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft of the Tara Air with 22 people onboard has lost contact with airport authorities, said officials on Sunday.
WORLD China: Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 crashes, casualties unknown A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China with unknown number of casualties.
NATION Aircraft used for army training crashes in Bihar's Gaya An aircraft of the Indian Army's Officers' Training Academy in Bihar's Gaya, with two trainee pilots on board.
WORLD F-35 jet crash-lands on aircraft carrier in South China Sea Seven sailors were injured on Monday after a pilot of the US F-35 fighter jet crashed on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier.
WORLD At least 16 dead after Russian jet crashes in Tatarstan region At least 16 people have been killed and seven injured after a Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft crashed in Russia’s Tatarstan region.
NATION DGCA lifts ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for commercial flight operations India's air safety regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Thursday, said it had cleared Boeing Co's 737 MAX aircraft to fly with immediate effect.
WORLD Philippine military transport aircraft carrying 85 people crashes A Philippine Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft carrying troops crashed at Patikul in Sulu province, in the far south of the archipelago nation where the army has been fighting a long war against Islamist militants from the Abu Sayyaf and other factions.