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Blog: Honorary commissions in the IAF

by Saurabh Joshi • June 23, 2010

Tendulkar will be the 22nd person to be granted an honorary commissions in the IAF. Here’s a list of those commissioned before him.

by Saurabh Joshi • June 20, 2010

The report says he was shot outside his home, in his car and says Nyamwasa’s wife believes Rwandan President Paul Kagame to have been responsible for the hit.

by Saurabh Joshi • June 15, 2010

The Brazil-North Korea pre-game rituals will include two South African Air Force Gripen fighters buzzing the stadium.

by Saurabh Joshi • June 6, 2010

A middle ground has to be found with the ultimate and long-term aim of making, not only officers, but all ranks of all arms and services of the armed forces, wherever feasible, open for recruitment to women.

by Saurabh Joshi • June 3, 2010

The Indian armed forces have built up a regular routine for scandal.

by Saurabh Joshi • May 15, 2010

The engines pounded away into your correspondent’s chest, as he watched the brilliant flame that pushed the shuttle from the launch pad, at a distance of almost four miles from the press site observation area, into the clear skies above and beyond in a matter of a few seconds, and into Low Earth Orbit in barely four or five minutes.

by Saurabh Joshi • April 1, 2010

The two armies to have agreed to hold three major exercises within India and the US.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 25, 2010

To show that political lightweight Sweden can play the game too, King Carl Gustaf is in Brazil to pitch for the Gripen.

by Saurabh Joshi • March 3, 2010

The Rwandan envoy to India, Lieutenant General Kayumba Nyamwasa, having apparently defected from the Rwandan government, has been sacked from his position as High Commissioner to India and is reported to be on the run.

by Saurabh Joshi • February 27, 2010

The violence in Kabul on Friday which resulted from Taliban suicide bombers running amuck is largely being seen as an attack on Indian interests in Afghanistan, the third such incident; a repeat of the suicide bombings of the Indian Embassy in July 2008 and October last year.

by Saurabh Joshi • February 15, 2010

Our man seems to be no less enthused by fighter aircraft than the average guy. Turns out, he walked unannounced into the Eurofighter stall and going straight to the Flight Simulator, clambered in, said eyewitnesses.

by Saurabh Joshi • February 11, 2010

The Indian Navy’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant, being constructed at Cochin Shipyard is likely to be launched into the sea in the first quarter of 2011, a little later than earlier scheduled (end of this year). Also, the army’s Request For Information (RFI) issued for MANPADS VSHORAD has caused some bewilderment. And the Ministry of Finance seems really serious about economizing and is looking around now to cut hidden or less obvious perks.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 28, 2010

It looks like India is going to purchase light artillery guns from the US after all. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified the US Congress of the sale of 145 units of the British Aerospace Land Systems’ M777 howitzer to India for US $ 647 million, offering a caveat saying, ‘this notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded’.

by Saurabh Joshi • January 28, 2010

What would be the objectives achieved by the US and it’s allies in Afghanistan? Will the departure of the US and its allies leave the region safer than before the US invaded Afghanistan? Would the Afghan people have hope left for a fair go; an even chance?