** IAF to adopt new process to lease refuelling aircraft

It will be based on hours of availability

The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is looking to lease mid-air refuelling aircraft, will adopt a new methodology for the process based on the number of hours of availability per year as criteria, a senior defence official said.

“The leasing will be based on hours of availability per year indicating the minimum and maximum hours required,” the official said. “We will use the leased tankers for training purposes and keep the existing IL-78s in service for operational purposes,” the official stated.

** Ghare Baire maps three hundred years of Bengal art

Nestled in the renovated Currency Building at BBD Bagh, Ghare Baire is one of the new gems in the city.

It has been curated and produced by DAG (erstwhile Delhi Art Gallery), commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India. The building houses almost three hundred years of Bengal art — from the arrival of the British to the years after Indian Independence, with over 700 artworks across 12 galleries, featuring artists Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy and many, many others.

Kolkata