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Ashok Chakra a collective blessing from people of India, says Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s second astronaut and the first from the country to have stayed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has termed the Ashok Chakra – India’s highest peacetime military decoration – as a collective blessing from the people of India.After the formal announcement on Sunday, Shux, as he is fondly known…

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Republic Day 2026: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla gets Ashoka Chakra; 70 others honoured | India News

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday awarded group captain Shubhanshu Shukla – who became the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station – with Ashoka Chakra — India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.Shukla spent 18 days in space and became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first to visit…

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Diljit Dosanjh plays THIS Param Vir Chakra recipient in JP Dutta’s Border 2 | Hindi Movie News

Nidhi Dutta and Anurag Singh are making Border 2. This film chronicles the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Sunny Deol returns as Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri. Diljit Dosanjh plays Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, a Param Vir Chakra recipient. Sekhon fought valiantly during the war. The movie releases in 2026. It features the song ‘Sandese…

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Mission Sudarshan Chakra: Army to procure AK-630 air defence guns; to be deployed along Pakistan border | India News

AK-630 (Courtesy: Defence.in) NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has issued a tender to procure AK-630 air defence guns from the state-owned Advanced Weapon and Equipment India Ltd (AWEIL) under Mission Sudarshan Chakra, an ambitious national security initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address.“Indian Army Air Defence has floated an RFP…

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