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On April 1984, wing commander Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soyuz T-11 Rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome to become the first Indian in space. The voyage lasted 7 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes. When Sharma and team landed on earth, he had already become a hero and inspiration to thousands of Indians. Among his innumerable fans was a class 3 dropout in Ahmedabad, Kishan Singh Chauhan, a humble paanwaala, who wrote to Sharma congratulating him on the historic feat. Lest did Chauhan know that this gesture would begin a unique and wonderful friendship between two people who had never met. Let’s find out more about this tale of true friendship in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how the escalating tension between US and Iran is a big matter of concern for India. The top commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of January 3, 2020. General Soleimani was arguably Iran’s most powerful military commander and the architect of expanding Tehran’s influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Ex-IAF chief BS Dhanoa has blamed the previous UPA government for its inordinate delay in purchasing Rafale fighter jets,and suggested that had wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman flown a Rafale last year, things would have been different. 

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about the killing of Qasem Soleimani, a key Iranian military commander. The US President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Qasem Soleimani, a key Iranian military commander, in a "decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad" that was intended to deter "future Iranian attack plans," the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday.

Taliban commander killed in an airstrike carried out by Afghan forces on Sunday, Taliban yet to make an official statement on the killing of its commander 
 

The Northern Army Commander was returning from a forward location in the 16 Corps area of operations near the Line of Control (LoC) when the incident took place

The Indian Army has gone after the top commanders in the Valley and not just some run of the mill foot soldiers. The Indian armed forces’ aim seems to be to break the spine of terrorism lodged up in the Pakistan looking to infiltrate India
 

India has never even acquired even an inch of land by force, but our Armed Forces have the capability to give befitting reply to those who try to cast their evil eye on India, said defence minister Rajnath Singh
 

Defence minister Rajnath Singh received the first Rafale fighter jet in France while the nation observed Indian Air Force Day wherein Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flew the MiG-21 Bison during a fly past. A drone that entered India from Pakistan’s side left the Border Security Force on high alert near Punjab. Watch top news in 100 seconds only on MyNation
 

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman flies the MiG-21 Bison on Air Force Day 2019. Indian Air Force (IAF) is celebrating 87th anniversary on Air Force Day 2019 at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad.
 

Air chief marshal RKS Bhadauria will award Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s 51 Squadron with unit citation for shooting down Pakistan’s F-16 days after the Pulwama attack. The award is slated to be received by commanding officer Group Captain Satish Pawar on October 8.

Uri featured Vicky Kaushal as a commander, who leads a group of paratroopers in the surgical strikes following terror attacks on the Indian Army camp in Uri in Kashmir.

Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become India's first female military diplomat. She was trained on MiG-29 fighter aircraft and she joined duty on September 10.
 

The Southern Command of the Indian Army on Monday ((September 9) said it has received intelligence inputs on a possible terror attack in the southern part of India.