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[ad_1] Following the crash of a MiG-21 Bison fighter jet in Rajasthan'a Hanumangarh recently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has grounded the entire fleet of the MiG-21 fighter aircraft. The planes will be grounded till the checks are carried out and investigations into the reasons behind the crash over Rajasthan, said the IAF. The MiG-21 is the oldest operational fighter jet in India, with a questionable safety record. The fighter is also known as 'Flying Coffin' and 'Widow Maker' for hundreds of crashes in the past 5 decades. "The MiG-21 fleet has been grounded till the investigations are carried out and reasons for the crash are ascertained," senior defence officials told ANI. More pilots of the Indian Air Force have died in the MiG-21 crashes than any other fighter jets in India. Recently, three civilians lost their lives in the crash when a MiG-21 Bison aircraft airborne from the Suratgarh air base crashed over Hanumangarh in a village on May 8. F...

[ad_1] A 17-year-old JEE aspirant allegedly took his life by hanging himself in his hostel room, police said on Saturday. The incident marks the second suspected suicide within a span of 48 hours among students attending classes at a coaching hub, and the eighteenth such case in Rajasthan’s Kota in a year. Bhargav Mishra was discovered hanging from the ceiling fan of his paying guest room in the Mahaveer Nagar area at approximately 8:30 pm on Friday, the police said. Mishra, a resident of Champaran district in Bihar, arrived here in March this year. He was a Class 12 student enrolled in a coaching institute and was preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). DSP Harshraj Singh confirmed the incident on Saturday and said The boy allegedly hanged himself to death in his room in Mahaveer Nagar-III here sometime around Friday noon. The incident came to light when Mishra, last seen around 11 am on Friday, did not respond to repeated phone calls from his parents. Concerned, the ...