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Meet the first woman fighter pilot in LCA Tejas fleet

Meet the first woman fighter pilot in LCA Tejas fleet

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

Up until recently, she was flying the MiG-21s and was recently posted to the LCA squadron deployed in Naliya air base in the Gujarat sector along the border with Pakistan.

Gen Rawat's chopper crash: All possible angles being probed

Gen Rawat's chopper crash: All possible angles being probed

Rediff.com10 Dec 2021

The black box, comprising the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force was recovered from the crash site on Thursday.

Tourists mistaken as terrorists by Egyptian forces, 12 killed

Tourists mistaken as terrorists by Egyptian forces, 12 killed

Rediff.com14 Sep 2015

Egyptian security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, and injured 10 others when they mistakenly targeted their convoy while chasing terrorists in Egypt's western desert.

A standing ovation for the Oscars

A standing ovation for the Oscars

Rediff.com26 Apr 2021

Subhash K Jha applauds the Oscars for Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand.

OVL to invest $1.45 bn in Iraq oil block

OVL to invest $1.45 bn in Iraq oil block

Rediff.com4 May 2009

ONGC Videsh Ltd, overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is likely to invest $1.45 billion in an oil block in Iraq that was awarded to it by the erstwhile Saddam Hussein regime. The contract would be a service contract wherein OVL will be paid about 18 per cent rate of return on its investment.

Egypt's first woman rally driver shows desert racing not for men only

Egypt's first woman rally driver shows desert racing not for men only

Rediff.com20 May 2016

Yara Shalaby set up the Middle East's first women's rally team, the Gazelle Rally which has seven drivers and has secured sponsorship for 2016.