| | | Two IAF fighter aircraft were involved in an accident near Gwalior on Saturday morning. The aircraft were on a routine operational flying training mission, said IAF. While the two Sukhoi-30 pilots ejected safely, the Mirage 2000 pilot perished in the crash, the officials said. | THE DAILY QUIZ Congratulations, team #Pathaan! SRK has now played a RAW agent, a sports coach, a fan, a lover, a fighter, a teacher and NASA scientist. But in which movie has he played a murderer, killing a woman? a. Chak De India
b. Baazigar
c. Dilwale
d. Happy New Year TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Two IAF jets crash in training, 1 pilot dead The Indian Air Force lost a top combat pilot in a possible mid-air collision between a Sukhoi-30 and a Mirage 2000, which left two other pilots injured, in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Saturday, IAF officials said. The aircraft took off from the Gwalior airbase for a routine operational flying training mission when the rare collision happened, the IAF officials said, adding that the force has launched a probe into the accident. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION Will the AAP’s major road revamp plan help Delhi? Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced a ten-year mega road repair and maintenance plan in a massive push to several ongoing road beautification projects across the city, underlining state government’s focus on sprucing up public infrastructure in national capital. Read more. |  | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Shape shifter: A Wknd interview with Rajshri Deshpande of Trial by Fire In Episode 1 of Trial by Fire, Neelam Krishnamoorthy has just heard of the blaze at the Uphaar cinema hall. She and her husband rush to the site. Their two children are watching a movie there with a friend. They arrive to chaos, traffic, crowds of onlookers, policemen, and firefighters. As she jostles through it all, she doesn’t shed a tear or say more than a few words. But she’s barely breathing. In every gesture is sheer desperation. Over the next few days, as she cremates her two children in silent shock, then hears that the doors of the theatre were locked from the outside (to keep out people who didn’t have tickets), the grief crystallises into anger. And she begins her legal battle. For Rajshri Deshpande, it has been a gruelling and rewarding experience, helping to tell this story (based on a book by Neelam and her husband, Shekhar Krishnamoorthy). Read more. | | THE WEEKEND FIX Water you doing here? Take a tour of new species uncovered in the deep seas It’s possible we’ve seen more of the moon and of Mars than we have of the oceans on Earth. Their depths are so vast, they’re impossible to simplify. It’s futile attempting to pile Eiffel towers or Everests one on the other to offer a sense of their scale. But as manned submersibles and remotely operated vehicles improve, we are seeing more of the worlds that they contain. Read more. | | LIFE HACKS Is efficiency the wrong answer? I’ve always been an efficiency beast. There are no “wasted” hours because every slot in the day is planned. I efficiently build in wiggle-room too, so I can accommodate last-minute changes. If all goes to plan, I end up with a few delightful spare moments amid the bustle of the day. Read more. | | HT This Day: January 29, 1953 Enhancing India’s rich heritage The first essential and tangible step towards the regeneration and promotion of music, drama and dance in free India was taken in the midst of the Republic Week celebrations, when the President opened here today the Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music (Sangeet Natak Akadami) to be run with State assistance. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Saurya Sengupta. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
