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President Ram Nath Kovind confers Vir Chakra on Abhinandan Varthaman
Vir Chakra is the country's third-highest wartime gallantry award after Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra
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Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman awarded Vir Chakra by President
Indian Air Force ace pilot Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was accorded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind in an investiture ceremony on Monday.
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Armed forces don't hesitate to cross border to protect country: Defence Min
A fleet of Indian Air Force aircraft had bombed a terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26 last year to avenge the killing of 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama
 "Armed forces don't hesitate to cross border to protect country: Defence Min")
Year in Review: Pulwama to CAA stir, 10 defining events for India in 2019
Days before the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events in economy, politics, space and judiciary that defined 2019 for India
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Year in Review: Events that made biggest political news in India in 2019
From revocation of J&K's special status to the Citizenship Amendment Act, Business Standard lists six defining events of 2019 that became the biggest political issues in India
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Super 30 founder Anand Kumar among most searched personalities on Google
Google has unveiled its Year in Search 2019, which gives a glimpse into what India was searching for this year
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IAF chief flies farewell sortie with Balakot hero Abhinandan Varthaman
Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa took the pilot's front seat and flew the entire sortie, while Abhinandan Varthaman occupied the co-pilot's rear seat
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Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa flies MiG 21 with Abhinandan in Pathankot
Varthaman was conferred the Vir Chakra, the coveted wartime gallantry medal, for downing the F-16 jet of Pakistan during the aerial combat
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Pak to give top military awards to two pilots for post-Balakot aerial fight
The investiture ceremony will be held on March 23 next year after Pakistan Day parade in the capital
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IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman honoured with Vir Chakra
The Army also got eight Shaurya Chakra awards and 98 Sena medals. The Navy got one Shaurya Chakra award
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Wing Commander Abhinandan likely to be awarded Vir Chakra on I-Day: Report
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is set to fly the MiG-21 again within a few weeks as a medical board cleared his return to the fighter cockpit
IAF launches air combat-themed mobile game featuring Abhinandan-like pilot
The game, 'Indian Air Force: A Cut Above', seeks to give the youth a "realistic feel of the Air Force" and motivate them to take up career in the IAF
 "IAF launches air combat-themed mobile game featuring Abhinandan-like pilot")
BCCI, sports persons pay tribute to IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
Varthaman returned home from Pakistan on Friday to a hero's welcome, two days after he was captured following a dogfight when his MiG 21 was shot down
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