UK’s RAF hunting down N. Korean nukes

London, May 30 (ANI): Britain has reportedly sent out a military plane equipped with a "nuke sniffer" to find out the power of the bomb tested by North Korea.

According to The Sun, the VC-10 tanker was scrambled from RAF Brize Norton, Oxon, to take air samples near the rogue state with an underwing pod.

Any fallout gathered will tell scientists what sort of nuclear material was used in Monday''''s Hiroshima-sized underground blast.

A military source said yesterday: "Once that is known, an estimate of the bomb''''s strength or ''''yield'''' can be made."

The flight crew is under strict orders not to approach any closer to the North Korean coast than 50 miles for fear of being shot down. (ANI)

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lliterate Indians lured into slavery in Malaysia

allaca (Malaysia), May 30 (ANI): Thousands of illiterate Indians are falling prey to promises of a good life in Malaysia. Trapped between wanting a better life for their families and their eagerness to escape poverty, they fall victims to scams, managed by syndicates.

"They are like thugs, and they exert force to instil fear in us so that we dare not go against them," M Nadarajah, a victim said.

"Bala (Nadarajah''''s captor) and his brother would use demoralising and abusive words, slap, kick and even hit me with a stick if they were not happy with my work," he added after showing the scars on his back.

Insufficient food and rest make many of these illegal Indians ill, as they are made to work hard on estates in the region.

Some are tortured quite severely, reports the Strait Times.

People like Nadarajah are often threatened by their captors. Captors even threaten to sell their children to prevent them from escaping. (ANI)

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Air Chief Marshal PV Naik takes over as new IAF chief

New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik assumed office as the new chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) here on Sunday. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major.

The ''change of guard ceremony'' held in Air Headquarter was attended by all the Air Officers Commanding-in-chief of the seven commands of the IAF.

The new chief reviewed a ceremonial ''guard of honour'' presented to him by a contingent of air warriors at the foyers of the Air Headquarters before assuming charge.

Naik, born on July 22, 1949 in Nagpur, is a graduate of Sainik School Satara, the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College.

Commissioned on June 21, 1969, he has a long distinguished career in the IAF spanning 40 years wherein he has flown all MiG-21 variants and MiG-23-BNs.

He has held many important command and staff appointments. He was commanding a MiG-21 Bis squadron at Pathankot in Punjab. He was the chief operations officer at Air Force Station Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

He has also commanded Air Force bases in Srinagar and Bidar in Karnataka.

Apart from these, he has been a Directing Staff at the TACDE and the Air Combat Development Establishment as well as the Defence Services Staff College, as battalion commander at the National Defence Academy, Air-I of Western Air Command and air defence commander of South Western Air Command.

He is also a qualified flying instructor. He had been functioning as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff prior to taking over the Chief of Air Staff.

For distinguished service, Air Chief Marshal Naik was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) on January 26, 2003, and also appointed honorary ADC to the President in July 2007. (ANI)

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