“Today, we badly felt the absence of Rafale fighter jets [in our air force fleet]. Modi said he would like to make it clear that in the past, the country ‘suffered’ due to vested interest over the Rafale jets. The Modi administration has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with French defence manufacturer Dassault Aviation to acquire 36 Rafale jets in an effort to overhaul the Indian Air Force. Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian warplanes on Wednesday – a day after Indian aircraft violated Pakistan’s airspace and dropped their payload in a jungle of Balakot district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Attacking the opposition, Modi said they [Opposition] are welcome to criticise his government’s policies and find faults in its working.

Source: The Express Tribune March 02, 2019 17:34 UTC