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Review of article "Wings Over Rajpath" from Geopoltics Magazine.

Refer to “WINGS OVER RAJPATH” (Geopolitics January 2016) by Mayank Singh . In this article writer has rightly explained that how a Republic day is made more special by Air show of Helicopters, Sukhoi, Dhruv, Chakra etc. The writer mentioned that viewers either watching live or on televisions enjoy a lot that moment when tricolor flutter in blue sky playing hide and seek with our eyes disappearing in to the clouds. There are three types of aircraft which participate and all take off from different locations. Fighters, transport and Helicopters have which have different speed and they cover different locations. Visibility of these shows are really important in the overall planning of the display. With visibility decreasing the aircraft have to be brought closer to the VIP and the public and then line of sight also has to be adjusted. The author briefly described how much hard work they have to do before performing on 26 th jan and in front of the president, prime minister and thou

As it happens.

277/1,72 needed run a ball, Two batsman playing in full flow at 100+, Dhoni, Rahane, Jadaeja Still to come and still you end at 323 all out in an ODI cricket match. This is only possible when you are up against world no. 1 team Australia. More India loose that match than Aussies won it. It was one of those matches where India saw defoliation as they lost their last 9 wickets for mere 46 runs. It all started at Canberra with kangaroos winning the toss and deciding to bat first. Aussies openers were right on money by adding 187 in less than 30 overs for the first wicket. Aaron finch (107)was the top scorer for Aussies  Rest of the work was by completed by quick fire innings of Smith and Maxwell which took Australians to a total of 348 in 50 overs. Ishant Sharma was the most successful and expensive bowlers with figures of 77/4. Chasing a mammoth total of 349 against world number one team at their home, India started very well by notching up 80 runs in first powerplay with a