Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth is set to be the
first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade. Bhawana will join the IAF’s tableau displaying mock-ups of indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Light Combat Helicopter Rudra, Rohini radars, and BrahMos.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Harsh Vardhan posted a congratulatory tweet and called the moment marks “the dawn of empowered women-led New India.”
Currently posted at the Rajasthan airbase and commissioned on a MiG-21 Bison fighter plane, Bhawana has been shattering glass ceiling through her journey in the armed forces, and is no stranger to being first.
Amid LAC standoff, India raises its war fighting reserves to last for fifteen days
Sanction has been given to raise the stock of weapons and ammunition enough to fight an intense war lasting for 15 days.
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An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The defence forces will now stock weapons and ammunitions for a 15-day intense war instead of 10 days.
Sanction for the move comes at a time Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense, prolonged standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and the government has been talking of enhancing the preparedness for fighting a two-front war.