NEW DELHI, 10 OCT. Two new Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with missile defence systems will be used to fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu from July 2020, sources said.

In the early 1990s, some like-minded community members noticed the loneliness felt by the grandparents of Indian descent after their children left for work and the little ones for their schools. They got together and started a group with the help of a young employee of Centrelink. Those were the days when the internet was not available to all and the connectivity with the mother country was poor. The group used to meet in Prahran. They registered the group as Indian Senior Citizens Association on 13 November 1997 with 20 members. Starting with a handful of members in the beginning, the Association has now grown into a sizable vibrant body.