Air Chief Marshall B.S. Dhanoa was present here on Friday when an upgraded version of Mirage-2000 jet fighter crashed and its two pilots died despite ejecting out of it.


IAF Mirage crashed when air chief was in Bengaluru


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Two senior pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) died on Friday after a Mirage-2000 fighter crashed on a test sortie at a military airport in the city's eastern suburb, a Defence Ministry official said.


2 IAF pilots dead in Mirage crash in Bengaluru


The crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 jet in Bengaluru has again brought Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under the lens as the aircraft was on an acceptance sortie after being upgraded at the state-run aircraft production facility.


Lens on HAL as 2 IAF pilots killed in Mirage crash


The Union Home Ministry has been allocated Rs 103,927 crore -- the highest so far -- in the Interim Budget 2019 presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday, which is Rs 10,477 crore more than the last budget.


First time, budget allocation for MHA exceeds 1 lakh crore


Negligence in maintaining the security of a Jharkhand government web system has resulted in the leaking of personal information and Aadhaar numbers of nearly 1,66,000 government employees in India, TechCrunch reported on Friday.


Jharkhand government website leaked workers' Aadhaar details: Report


India's defence budget crossed Rs 3 lakh crore-mark as the outlay for the armed forces has been increased in the interim budget to Rs 3,05,296 crore against last year's revised estimate of Rs 2,85,423 crore -- a hike of 6.96 per cent.


Marginal hike in defence budget, modernisation to stay on track (IANS Special)


The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Friday regretted the Mirage-2000 fighter crash which killed two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots during a test sortie in Bengaluru.


HAL regrets death of 2 IAF pilots in Mirage crash


The defence budget for 2019-20 has crossed Rs 3 lakh crore, the highest in any year so far, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.


Defence budget crosses Rs 3 lakh crore: Goyal


A Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Friday at the military airport runway in the city's suburb soon after take off, an official said.


IAF Mirage crashes in Bengaluru


Global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has discovered a malware that is capable of stealing saved usernames and passwords in Google Chrome, saved credit card credentials in Chrome and iPhones text messages if backed up to a Mac.


This malware can steal passwords, credit card info in Chrome, Safari


The Australian Ministry of Defence on Friday confirmed that an Australian air strike in the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2017 against the Islamic State (IS) may have killed several civilians.


2017 airstrike in Iraq may have killed civilians: Australia


After Apple revoked Facebook's iOS developer certificate for using an app that closely tracked some users data, there was another app from Google that also monitored users' data on their smartphones.


After Facebook, Google disables app that collected users' data: Report


Hours after the extradition of Rajiv Saxena the co-accused in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland case, and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to India from UAE, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team started their questioning.


ED questions extradited Agusta co-accused Saxena, lobbyist Talwar


AgustaWestland chopper deal co-accused Rajiv Saxena and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar were on Wednesday extradited from United Arab Emirates (UAE) for India in another breakthrough for the government which managed successful extradition of Christian Michel James in December last year, an official said.


AgustaWestland co-accused Rajiv Saxena, lobbyist Deepak Talwar extradited to India


French aerospace major Dassault Aviation will fly its Rafale fighter at the Bengaluru air show from February 20-24 at the Yelahanka air base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), an official said on Wednesday.


Rafale to fly at Bengaluru air show


Bengaluru is getting ready to host the Aero India air show from February 20-24 at the Yelahanka air base of the Indian Air Force.


Bengaluru readies to host air show from Feb 20-24


The CBI has registered five cases against Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) senior Manager Bhabhen Maitra and others for misappropriating funds to the tune of Rs 13 crore between 2013 and 2018.


CBI books HAL officials for misappropriation of Rs 13 cr


The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has warned Facebook over its planned integration of its chat services -- WhatsApp, Messenger and photo-sharing app Instagram, asking the social media giant to provide it with an "urgent briefing" on the proposals.


Irish watchdog warns Facebook over WhatsApp integration


While ransomware reigned supreme in 2017 accounting for 28 per cent of malware attacks and cryptominers only made up 9 per cent, the figures flipped in 2018, with ransomware dropping to 13 per cent of malware attacks and cryptojackers soaring to 27 per cent, a new report said on Tuesday.


Cryptominers biggest threat in cyber world: Report


Paris, Jan 29 (IANS/AKI) The Director-General of the UN culture organisation Unesco has deplored the killing by shelling of acclaimed photoreporter Mohamed Ben Khalifa in the Libyan capital Tripoli.


UN culture chief condemns photoreporter's killing in Libya


The first ever national conference on "Prison Design" will begin in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday aimed at providing a platform to the police officers, prison officers and architects from prison department to meet and deliberate upon issues relating with planning, design and constructions of prison, the Home Ministry said on Monday.

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