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Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra is a master of flying mammoth IL-76s, and showed a high degree of skill and precision to manoeuvre these behemoths in some of the most difficult terrains of the world

The dark-black striped tigers are a rare variant of the same species. Two black and white tiger cubs were put to display for visitors in Vandalur zoo, Tamil Nadu

I am not a film buff; I rarely go to cinemas. So don’t expect any critical review of the filmmaker’s craft. But I would urge you to go and experience it in a cinema hall surrounded by people immersed in its fast paced narrative.

From tigers in their natural habitat to rare sandalwood trees and more, southern India has a lot to satiate your wanderlust. So, here are a few of the best destinations suggested by WildTrails app, that helps you to plan your wildlife travel right from hotel booking to your wildlife safari.  

Karunanidhi's rhetoric-filled words carried a natural cadence that was good to listen to, and he delivered them with poise and hipster coolth. Jayalalithaa, on the other hand, had natural articulation skills helped her deliver messages with rare conviction and charisma despite being standoffish at one level. 

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers. 

Major Surendra Poonia, who recently joined BJP, is the first Indian athlete with the rare distinction of having won medals in power-lifting and athletic events in four consecutive world championships.

With his latest three-figure score, Shane Watson became the first batsman in history to have hit a century in the Indian Premier League (IPL), BBL, and also for Australia in T20Is. He is also the oldest to score a hundred in BBL history

According to reports, from 1965, the Indian Rare Earth Ltd (IREL) started mining in Alappad, Kerala. According to the 1955 survey reports, the Alappad village was spread over 89.5 square km. But at present, it has reduced to 7.5 km. 

Residents claim hamlet after hamlet kept 'disappearing' from the map due to mining activities by the Indian Rare Earth (IRE) and state government-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML).