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Faith takes flight: IAF carries Buddha relics to Mongolia for Historic exposition

In a significant gesture of cultural diplomacy and civilisational outreach, India on Saturday transported the sacred relics of Lord Buddha’s chief disciples, Arahant Sariputta and Arahant Mahamoggallana, to Mongolia aboard an Indian Air Force IL-76 'Gajraj' aircraft for a special public exposition scheduled to begin on Buddha Purnima.

Big deal

The most significant outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landmark first state visit to the United States of America (USA) is the inking of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between General Electric (GE) Aerospace and the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force (IAF).