The prestigious Indian Air Force (IAF) is inviting applications from men and women who are interested in joining the Indian Air Force (IAF) as commissioned officers in the Flying, Technical and Ground Duty branches.

Important details:

Candidates can apply online and offline: July 9

Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT test): August 26, 2012

Interested candidates can apply HERE

Male candidates can download forms HERE

Women candidates can download forms HERE

The  Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) test will be conducted in 58 centres across the country.

About Indian Air Force (IAF):

It is the air arm of the Indian armed forces.  Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932.

Brad Pitt once said he didn't want to get remarried until gays could legally marry. Apparently, his mom doesn't agree.

Jane Pitt, mother of Brad, wrote a letter to her hometown paper, the Springfield, Mo., News-Leader (which like USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Company) saying presumed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney deserves "Christian" votes, even though he's a Mormon, because he's against abortion and shares "Christian conviction concerning homosexuality." Unlike, she wrote, President Obama, "a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."

There was some confusion over whether the letter was from the Jane Pitt, but the paper published an Editor's Note online today under the letter.

"To clear up earlier confusion, the News-Leader has verified the letter writer is the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt."

It's surprising because Brad Pitt is one of the leading gay-friendly movie stars in Hollywood. Until he got engaged to Angelina Jolie earlier this year, the two had insisted they wanted gays to be able to marry legally before they got hitched.

"No state should decide who can marry and who cannot," he told People magazine last year. ""Thanks to the tireless work of so many, someday soon this discrimination will end and every American will be able to enjoy their equal right to marriage."

In many ways, Katy Perry's "Part of Me" follows the typical 3-D concert movie formula: colorful on-stage spectacle meets off-stage shenanigans with a little bit of emotional backstory.

HuffPost Entertainment Editor Kia Makarechi and Associate Editor Crystal Bell found some time to chat about the film's highs and lows, from the glitz and glam to the downright tragic.

Bell: Before I talk about Katy's cotton candy cleavage, let me preface by noting I've seen the following 3-D concert films: "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert," "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience," "Glee: The 3-D Concert Movie" and "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." I suppose this makes me some kind of an expert when it comes to fluffy concert movies, so I hope you don't think I'm kidding when I tell you that "Katy Perry: Part of Me" might be my favorite thus far. To be honest, I thought nothing could top Bieber, but the KatyCats are just naturally more endearing than the Beliebers.

Some of the most heartfelt moments in "Katy Perry: Part of Me" occur when the glossy popstar says nothing at all and for a second, breaks out of character. Katy wears her facial expressions as well as she sports her fantastical costumes. However, that doesn't mean the movie is perfect. At times, the film feels diluted by the same gloss that has seemingly propelled Katy's caIreer. "Part of Me" sets out to expose the real singer underneath the cotton candy hair and whip cream bra, but it spends so much time on her handlers, that it only gets half the story. For some reason, the film completely skips over her early days as a successful indie artist, her relationship with Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes and her first major label single, "Ur So Gay."

Makarechi: I should say I haven't seen any of those 3-D concert movies, but I have seen other concert films like, the brilliant LCD Soundsystem documentary "Shut Up and Play the Hit" and "Don't Think," about The Chemical Brothers. I enjoyed those more, but comparing them doesn't really work (James Murphy of LCD is probably doing the exact opposite of what Katy Perry is doing). But "Part of Me" is exactly what one would expect. Fun, informative and ultimately inspirational. But one thing that a movie like this can't be is controversial, which is why I suspect "Ur So Gay" didn't make the cut. I was also disappointed to see McCoy cut out of Perry's life, but it may have been difficult to watch Perry go through a breakup and a divorce (especially given its treatment of the divorce, but more on that later).

Bell: Katy's childhood is briefly touched upon in the film. Raised as a Pentecostal Christian, Katy wasn't allowed to listen to music that wasn't Christian, wasn't allowed to watch "The Smurfs," couldn't read "Harry Potter" and could only watch "Sister Act 2." Katy's parents, who were travelling ministers, were thrilled when she signed to a Christian label at 15 and released a gospel album. However, Katy's squeaky-clean image didn't stick. After a few years in Los Angeles, Katy released "I Kissed a Girl." Needless to say, Katy's mother wasn't pleased, but despite numerous tabloid reports, Katy makes it clear in the film that everything is fine between her and her parents. She also explains that although she doesn't believe in everything her parents do, she does believe in God. After several of her on-stage performances, you can see Katy mouthing the words, "Thank you, God."

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New Jersey surgeons removed a rapidly growing, 51-pound cancerous tumor from a woman who had delayed treatment for more than a month until she became eligible for health insurance, her doctor said on Tuesday.

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"She was a skinny lady with a huge belly. I mean it looked like she was literally pregnant with triplets," said Dr. David Dupree, who led the surgery on the 65-year-old woman, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J.

"She was just all belly," he said in describing his first meeting with the patient, a homemaker from nearby Union Beach, N.J., who asked to be identified only as Evelyn, her first name.

About six to eight weeks before she showed up at the hospital, Evelyn noticed discomfort in her abdomen and that her normally 120-pound frame was rapidly ballooning. Dupree said she sought medical help on June 4, just days after her 65th birthday, when she would qualify for Medicare.

"The reason she didn't go earlier was because she had no insurance," he said.

By now, she weighed more than 170 pounds, her legs were swollen with trapped blood, she was badly dehydrated, and, scans showed, the tumor - a malignant sarcoma - was crushing her inferior vena cava, one of the main veins returning blood to the heart, and putting her life in danger.

With her body too weakened to be operated on immediately, Dupree scheduled surgery for the following Monday, allowing time for her to become rehydrated and for her blood pressure to be brought under control.</div>