Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Just hours after Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh made history as the first Indian woman fighter pilot to receive the prestigious Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) badge, a Pakistani propaganda account named "Ousai2002" tried to create controversy by claiming that the Indian Air Force had shared a digitally altered image of the officer.

After completing an intensive six-month training programme at the Indian Air Force's Flying Instructors School in Tambaram, Tamil Nadu, Singh earned the coveted Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) badge, during a felicitation ceremony organised on October 9. The officer was awarded the honour by Air Marshal Tejbir Singh, Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of the IAF's Training...