Why We IAF Pilots Love Our Ray-Bans

'I was a young pilot in the IAF and Tom Cruise (with his genuine Ray-Bans) was now an icon with his sensational performance in Top Gun.''The IAF, maybe influenced by the movie, decided to 'issue'......

Rajnath flies sortie in LCH Prachand after induction into IAF

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday flew a sortie in a Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) after a fleet of the highly agile choppers was inducted into the Indian Air Force. IMAGE: Defence Minister......

'LCH Outperformed Other Aircraft In Ladakh'

All of India welcomes the Light Combat Helicopter into the Armed Forces arsenal and wishes it a safe tenure and happy shooting.May it rule the skies and ensure that the enemies are given a fitting......

Cyrus Mistry: The Wise Young Owl

'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'An exclusive excerpt from Changing Skylines: The Shapoorji Pallonji Sesquicentennial 1865-2015. Illustration: Dominic......

Pandemic slows privatisation of train services

IRCTC has requested the Railway Board to waive fixed charges worth Rs 27.93 crore for the period the three trains -- 2 Tejas and  Kashi Mahakal Express -- were non-operational owing to the......

IL&FS case reveals what India's resolution mechanism is lacking

The infra-major going belly up cracked open some major flaws in the system — the most evident being weak corporate governance and how layers of corporate structures could be formed adding to......

Businessmen Subhash Chandra, Naresh Goyal summoned in Yes Bank case

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned top corporate honchos, including Essel Group promoter Subhash Chandra, Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and Indiabulls chairman Sameer Gehlaut, to appear......

3 failures: Why the RBI is in a mess

'When an institution believes its knowledge and capability is superior to everyone, it behaves like a frog in the well.''And this is precisely the cause for the mess,' says J N Gupta.Illustration:......