Airborne - Different Truths

May 22, 2018
IPA Service
Epidemic, Health

Nipah the Virus on a Killing Spree in Kerala

The fruit-bat borne virus has already killed 11 in Kerala’s Kozhikode and Malappuram districts after the first three deaths in a family were diagnosed as Nipah, the name that...

February 16, 2018
Dr. Preeti Talwar
Health

How to Protect Yourself from the Deadly Ebola Virus?

Ebola is a deadly disease caused by a virus. The virus is rare but wreaks havoc on the human body but one can catch it only by coming in...

January 3, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: The Old Maketh way for the New- XII

The Adventure Foundation had no skydiving equipment like parachutes, riggers, trainers or a training infrastructure. The shrewd Thapar used his niche knowledge to influence the unscrupulous but powerful Dolly Yadav. The...

December 6, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: The Unsung Backroom Jumping Jacks – IX

Into the melting pot of trial and tribulations at ADR&DE the baby-faced but stylish, dexterous and skillful Ajoo, our very own whiz kid brought his medicine chest of magazines and...

November 15, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: An Idea Whose Time had come! – VI

Even before PTS had started, Shamsher with his imaginative and resourceful handling made organised performances or demonstrations in skydiving in some areas of the country. Interestingly, some PJI officers had...

November 8, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: Birth Pangs and Anxieties of Adolescence – V

Free Fall Training was temporarily a victim of “Stop-Go- Stop” hiccups. In order to counter the doubts on its efficacy, a re-examination and review of the free fall techniques learnt,...

October 18, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: The Legend of the Fall-III

Having graduated and donned the Para Jump Instructors (PJI) brevets, they were trusted with the lives of all those brave paratroopers with maroon berets mostly of the Indian Army, who would grace the...

October 4, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: PTS, the Home of Courage, Skill and Strength -II

The Indian Army mostly composed of the “maroon berets” or Paratroopers perform the operational role with the help of a large number of the aerial platforms like the transport...

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