Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Vice President of CSIR, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today inaugurated the Phenome India National Biobank National aiming to promise personalised ...

Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia, in her early 20s, has become the first woman to be assigned by the Indian Navy to the aviation ...

Around 2016, the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the induction of women in the Armed Forces will be done in a phased manner. Timelines will be decided for the three forces — the Army, ...

Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot in the Indian Navy, receiving her ‘Wings of Gold’ on July 3, 2025, at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.

Sub-Lieutenant Poonia has completed her graduation in Technology (BTech). After her BTech, she decided to join the Indian ...

Sub-Lieutenant Aastha Poonia is poised to become the Indian Navy's first woman fighter pilot, embarking on her final training ...

Aastha Poonia, who is in her early 20s, will fly Hawk advanced jet trainers for another year before she can qualify on the ...

Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia joined the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala via a short-service commission entry after perusing her BTech.

Poonia will now move on to an intensive one-year training program on MiG-29K fighter jets. Upon successful completion, she is ...

Sub Lieutenant Poonia received the prestigious 'Wings of Gold' from Rear Admiral Janak Bevli, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff ...

Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia officially became the first woman to be streamed into the fighter stream of Naval Aviation. Paving the way for a new era of women fighter pilots in the force, and ...