Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashes near Moga in Punjab, pilot dies
ANI/Moga
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The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when the accident happened.
An Indian Air Force pilot sustained fatal injuries after his MiG-21 aircraft crashed near Punjab s Moga, the Indian Air force said on Friday.
The aircraft was on a routine training sortie when the accident happened. The IAF lost Squadron leader Abhinav Choudhary in the accident.
IAF took to Twitter to inform about the accident. There was an aircraft accident last night involving a Bison aircraft of IAF in the western sector. The pilot, Sqn Ldr Abhinav Choudhary, sustained fatal injuries, IAF tweeted.
Israel-Palestine conflict: Gaza reels under Israeli strikes as violence enters second week
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US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as violence continues.
Israeli jets kept up a barrage of air strikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday evening, as a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people pushed world leaders to step up mediation.
Air strikes sent dust clouds billowing into the skyline, as the Hamas group that controls the besieged and densely populated coastal strip threatened more rocket strikes on Tel Aviv if bombing of residential areas does not stop.
Saudi airlifts Covid-positive family from India amid travel ban
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A Saudi national family was brought back to their home despite testing positive for Covid.
According to the
, the Covid positive family was evacuated from India amid Saudi’s travel ban on the country.
All precautionary measures were taken aboard the 15-hour flight which arrived at the King Salman Air Force Base n Riyadh.
The airlift was carried out by the air medical evacuation department of the health services at the Ministry of Defence following the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
Asian shares push higher, dollar eases
Reuters/Sydney Filed on May 18, 2021
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.06 per cent after a mixed session on Monday.
Asian shares rose on Tuesday, shrugging off worries about an increase in regional coronavirus infections and a subdued session on Wall Street, while inflation jitters helped push gold prices to three-month highs.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.06 per cent after a mixed session on Monday, still not recouping losses of the last few weeks amid new clusters of Covid-19 cases that are prompting some economies to impose fresh anti-virus measures.