Akash Sharma

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Principal Correspondent @CNNNews18 Reporting on #Defence #Diplomacy & #Rail. Keeping an 👀 on everything happening around 🌎 Earlier with #ETV #BureaucracyToday

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The aircraft was a Learjet, a 6 to 8 seater. It took off from Mumbai at 8.10 am. ATC was alerted at 9.12 am. Chances of survival appear low. Official inputs on Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and crew awaited.

Coming up @CNNNews18 Inside details of how India and China restored patrolling at Depsang and Demchok after years of standoff. First-ever TV interview of the man who led the military talks with China. What’s next? Exclusive with Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla, 14 Corps Commander.

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No official US offer for the F-35, says IAF Chief ACM AP Singh. Sitting right beside the US PACAF Commander, he quipped: “Your people don't even let us go near the aircraft, and you talk about selling it to us”. A Russian offer for the Su-57 is pending evaluation, he said.

A Rafale of the Indian Air Force touched down at the airstrip of Ganga Expressway. Capabilities matter. #IndianAirForce #IndianArmedForces

An informal huddle of key global players. Indian PM Narendra Modi, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto during BRICS Summit in Delhi today. #BRICS2026 #Geopolitics

Treating a severe blast injury requires exact coordination. US and Indian Army medics are running joint trauma drills in the Rajasthan desert to get it right. Troops at Yudh Abhyas 2026 practiced frontline evacuations to align life-saving field protocols. #YudhAbhyas2026 ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY

EGOS HAVE TO BE KEPT ASIDE. Citing Op Sindoor, IAF Chief ACM AP Singh says one thing that world needs to learn from the operation is ‘conflict termination.’ He stressed that wars must be strictly objective-based and stopped the moment those goals are achieved. #IAF

The first made-in-India C295 transport aircraft will take another 1-2 months. The aircraft missed the September target due to "minor issues. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh confirms these are being resolved.

HAL is flying extra sorties to resolve radar and missile integration hurdles on the Tejas Mk1A. CMD Ravi K says they are not asking for any SQR concessions from the IAF. Deliveries expected to start this financial year. #TejasMk1A HAL

"The institution is bigger than any person." With just a month left in his tenure, the IAF Chief sends a powerful message. This was after a Tejas sortie with his Japanese counterpart. Indian Air Force

HAL CMD: Five Tejas (Mk1A) aircraft are ready. We have completed Firing and missile trials. We would be approaching the IAF to take these five fighters in the current financial year. Video- Priyanka kandpal/प्रियंका काण्डपाल

The Indian Air Force Surya Kiran team flawlessly executing their signature formations and leaving a tricolor masterpiece at Air Show Dubai. 🇮🇳 #DAS25 #DubaiAirShow #SuryaKiran

The IAF isn't opposing theatre commands, but it won't accept "pre-baked" models either. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh says integration must be objective and step-wise to avoid disrupting a high ops tempo. "We need to fix what is not right with us." Indian Air Force

Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja ejected safely after his MiG-21 was hit during the 1999 Kargil War. But he never made it back. ACM B S Dhanoa, Former Air Chief, recounts how his flight commander was murdered in captivity. "He fell in hands of the wrong troops." #OperationSafedSagar

“What we have built is already outdated by the time it reaches our hands.” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flags delays in technical projects, warning they create gaps in crucial military requirements and drive up costs due to technology obsolescence.

Maiden flight of the first Tejas Mk1A from the third production facility in Nashik. Accompanying it are the Su-30 MKI and HTT-40 jet.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says— China and India are two of the most civilizational countries. We are the world's two most populous countries and part of the Global South... It is vital to be friends, a good neighbour, and the Dragon and the Elephant to come together.

Dust haze over Delhi-NCR is due to strong westerly winds carrying dust from Balochistan, Pakistan and Thar desert, says Mahesh Palawat, Skymet Weather. He adds claims linking it to smoke from Iran refinery strikes reaching Delhi are not righta. Winds should clear the haze in 2 days.

An old Press TV coverage of the IRIS Dena, docked at Visakhapatnam to participate in the multinational MILAN 2026 naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy. Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Iran’s navy commander, had also attended the opening ceremony.

With the buzz around the additional S400/S500 ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s India visit, here’s what Air Chief ACM AP Singh said in October on the possible procurement.

Footage captures a furious mob setting fire to the UNMOGIP office in the occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan.