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The Indian Air Force will celebrate its 78th anniversary on Friday at Air Force Station Hindon just east of the Yamuna River from the national capital New Delhi.

It is expected to be a display of India's air power beginning with a performance by para motor and powered hand gliders. This will be followed by sky drivers of the Akash Ganga Team who will drop out of an AN 32 aircraft bearing flags. The fighter flypast will be led by Jaguars followed by a MiG 21, a 29, a Mirage 2000 and a Sukhoi. The show will end with an aerobatic exercise by 16 aircrafts.

An air display by various aircraft will form part of the Air Force Day Parade cum Investiture Ceremony. The air display will commence with microlites followed by flag bearing sky divers of the Akash Ganga team dropping out of An-32 aircraft.




A fly past of three Mi-17 helicopters trooping the Air Force ensign will be followed by a formation of Mi-25 and Mi-35 helicopters. A transport fly past will be lead by a Dornier with two HS-748 and two An-32 aircraft in echelon positions on either side.

The fighter flypast will be led by formations of SEPECAT Jaguar, MiG-21 Bison, MiG-29 Baaz, Mirage 2000 Vajra, and the Sukhoi Su-30 MKI aircraft. This would be followed by a Su-30MKI performing a vertical charlie manoeuvre.

The grand finale would be marked by aerobatics by the HAL Advanced Light Helicopter equipped Sarang and HAL HJT–16 Kiran MkII equipped Surya Kiran aerobatics teams.

On this occasion Air Chief Marshall P V Naik spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN and said India's border with China is a top priority.

Indian govt lodges complaint over Henry

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has confirmed that the Indian government has formally complained about offensive remarks from Breakfast host Paul Henry.

A You Tube clip of Henry laughing at the name of the Delhi chief minister, Sheila Dikshit, made international headlines and is dominating the press in India.

India has denounced the remarks as racist.

McCully said he would indicate to the Indian government that the comments were the actions of one person, made in a country in which freedom of speech is an important foundation principle.


But he said it is always regrettable when a prominent individual abuses the freedom of expression to cause offence to others.

"That is especially the case when the person offended against is a prominent public figure in another country," McCully said.

"The actions of Mr Henry in this case can only be described as gratuitous and insulting."

McCully said he will make it clear to the Indian government that TVNZ operates independently from the New Zealand government and any action against Henry is a matter for the company or the Broadcasting Standards Authority.

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Commonwealth Games 2010 Medal Tally

Commonwealth Games 2010 Medal Tally

After 4 days of games*, the medals tally stands like this

Country	G	S	B	Total
Australia	27	16	14	57
India	14	11	9	34
England	9	11	9	29
Canada	6	2	9	17
South Africa	3	2	4	9
Malaysia	3	2	4	9
Nigeria	2	2	1	5
Singapore	2	1	1	4

Nandi Awards 2010

Obviously Arundathi swept most awards. Other notable films are Gamyam, Neninthe, ready Nachavule. Rosaiah Chief Minister drew on winners.Ravi Teja won the award for best actor for Neninte while Swati bag the award for best actress for her role in “Ashta Chamma”. Gamyam “was named best film while its director, J. Radhakrishna won the award for best director. Sonu Sood won the Best Villain (Arundhati) and actress Anna award.At Special Jury Prize at the occasion, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah expressed concerned about the growth rate of piracy of films and said that stern action be taken by the government to stop it.be Starring: Ravi Teja.Best actress: Swati.Best Film: Gamyam.Best Director: Radhakrishna. Best Villain. Sonu Sood (Arundhati) Best Actor: Actor Brahmanandam.Best: Naresh (Gamyam).

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Abuse Victims Target The Pope

A group of American victims who were sexual abused by a priest are now protesting the Vatican and alleging that Pope Benedict XVI facilitated a cover-up while he was a bishop. Mark Phillips reports.

Pope May Be at Crossroads on Abuse, Forced to Reconcile Policy and Words

ROME — Even as Pope Benedict XVI, faced with a sexual abuse scandal spreading across Europe, has called on victims to come forward and urged clerics to cooperate with civil justice, those strong words are running up against the complexities of his past..“He is at a crossroads,” said Marco Politi, a veteran Italian Vatican journalist. “What’s extraordinary is that the scandal has reached the heart of the center of the church. Up to now it was far away — in the States, in Canada, in Brazil, in Australia. Then it came to Europe, to Ireland