A new sea trade route connecting India and Russia is now open, and it’s set to change the game for global shipping. The Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) links Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East to Chennai on India’s southeastern coast. Indian Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, made the
In 1963, an Indian Navy sailor named AS Gill, who was a Leading Aircraft Ordnance Mechanic, stole a Navy fighter jet from the Meenambakkam civil airport in Chennai. On August 12, 1963, a British-made single-engine Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft taxied out and took off from the Meenambakkam civil airport in
The Ministry of Defence has cleared the Indian Army’s proposal to shutdown the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Gaya opened after the Kargil conflict in the hope that more youngsters would queue up to join the Armed Forces. But with few takers owing to a failure to attract youngsters, the
