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AAI to Set Up Flying Schools at Six Airports

The policy is based on the recommendations by a committee under the chairmanship of Air Chief Marshal (retired) Fali H Major, a AAI Board member, which examined the existing flight training infrastructure and its problems. Indian aviation sector is projected to require over 9400 trained pilots over the next five years and nearly 30 per cent of aspiring pilots have to travel to foreign flight training schools and the courses are expensive as they have to pay in foreign currency.

Historic MoU Signed for Converting Educational Materials in to Indian Sign Language

A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center-ISLRTC (a National Institute of DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) and NCERT (a National Institute of Ministry of Education) to make education materials accessible for Deaf children in their preferred format of communication viz Indian Sign Language.