EXPLAINED: Why India’s Rafale-M Deal Amid Pakistan Tensions Is Strategically Crucial
The deal marks a significant boost to India’s naval aviation power, bringing in 22 single-seat and four twin-seat Rafale-M jets designed specifically for aircraft carrier operations.
Plunged into Darkness: Great Nicobar Villagers Rise in Protest Over Prolonged Power Cut
The blackout, which started escalating around April 18, 2025, has completely disrupted daily life. Mobile networks have collapsed, cutting off vital communication links between the islanders and the mainland.
Explained: India’s Big Leap in Hypersonic Cruise Missile Technology
key lab of DRDO based in Hyderabad, has successfully conducted long-duration ground testing of an Active Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor for over 1,000 seconds.
Call Drop Crisis: G B Pant Hospital Grapples with Mobile Blackout
Mobile connectivity, or the lack of it, is fast becoming a critical health hazard at G B Pant Hospital, the primary referral hospital in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as doctors and staff grapple with poor to non-existent signal strength across most parts of the campus. ,Communication during emergencies is being reduced to a game of chance, with serious implications for patient care.
Airfare woes hit islanders hard, MP demands urgent regulation
With airfares between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and mainland India soaring to unprecedented levels, Bishnu Pada Ray (MP, Lok Sabha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands) has issued a strong appeal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, urging immediate regulation of what he calls “arbitrary and exorbitant
