The month of May [2026] has been particularly significant for the Indian Air Force [IAF]. The call for accelerating projects and programmes by the IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh appears to be finally paying off as the Ministry of Defence initiated combat fighter acquisitions with one Request for Proposal [RFP], another Letter of Request [LOR] and US firm Honeywell delivering the first batch of three engines for the overdue indigenous basic trainer aircraft to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Mapping how the Iranian regime is failing its own people by converting the country into a graveyard while claiming symbolic success of 'resistance' against a superpower.

A debate on relations between India with Pakistan that is familiar has emerged a year after Operation Sindoor 1. The Operation is continuing per se. Concomitantly, a debate over dialogue with Pakistan is doing the rounds in India, while some voices have gone to the opposite end of the spectrum talking of ‘dismemberment'