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The Airbus Defence and Space on Wednesday handed over to the Indian Air Force the first of the 56 C295 transport aircraft, kick-starting the delivery of the planes under a Rs 21,935-crore project. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari received the aircraft at the aerospace major’s production facility in the southern Spanish […]
In the run-up to the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh due later this year, the All India Congress Committee announced four new committees, including the core committee and the election campaign committee. Charandas Mahant, one of the senior-most Congress leaders in the state and the current assembly speaker, has been named head of the election campaign […]
Traffic snarls at Bandra-Kurla Complex could intensify due to road closure from the diamond bourse junction to JSW Centre and Platina building junction to Motilal Nehru Nagar near Trade Centre, for the construction of an underground railway station for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National High-Speed Rail Corporation bullet train project. Routes that will be shut to traffic […]
How do you plan your leave? An outing to a hill station. Or a trip to your home town that you haven’t visited in ages. But that’s not how the recent leaves of Indian Army officers have panned out. An incisive editorial published in the Deccan Herald, alluding to recent reports, outlined that the Indian Army […]
The e-rickshaw quota in the city of Jaipur will be raised from the current 29,000 to 32,000, according to a government decision that was approved by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) Traffic Control Board. The original proposal by the government aimed to demarcate 11 distinct zones in the city for e-rickshaws, each marked by a […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel laid the foundation stone for a 700-bed integrated hospital building in Raipur. The chief minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs 322 crore facility during a function held at Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College (JNMC) auditorium. During the event, Baghel inaugurated the institution’s diamond jubilee celebration. Baghel […]
Airline rules stipulate, in the interest of passenger safety and the smooth operation of flights, it is crucial for all travellers to follow established guidelines and regulations while traveling with pets or engaging in any other activities that could potentially affect the well-being of fellow passengers. This is often not adhered to and incidents of […]
New Delhi: The number of students who committed suicide in India rose by 70% between 2011 and 2021, Moneycontrol reported. Today (September 10) is World Suicide Prevention Day. In India, its observance comes just days after coaching centre hub Kota recorded its highest number of student suicides since 2015 and two Dalit students at IIT Delhi committed suicide within two months. Data […]
Following a revision application by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh challenging the issuance of summons by a Magistrate Court in a defamation complaint, a sessions court in Ahmedabad reserved its order. Gujarat University filed the case over their alleged remarks in connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
In a significant step towards aiding the recovery and development of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, Reliance Industries, led by Anant Ambani, has made a generous contribution of Rs. 25 crore to the state’s Chief Minister Relief Fund. This benevolent gesture is part of Reliance’s longstanding commitment to the welfare of Uttarakhand and its people, extending over a […]
As India is in the cusp of opening up to a new global business avenue, i.e. semiconductor chip manufacturing, there will be a demand for 12 lakh jobs across the sector, said Jaya Jagadish, Country Head of AMD India, and Chairperson of the Semicon Talent Building Committee (TBC). As manufacturing evolves and design functions solidify […]
The lenders for Go First (Formerly Go Air) are likely to extend the deadline for submitting preliminary interest to bid for the insolvency procedure by another two-to-three weeks amid lack of any such application by suitors, two banking sources said. The resolution professional for the company, which operated the Go First carrier, had in July […]
New Delhi: A day before the end of summit, G20 members reached a compromise over the language over the Ukraine war, to allow for the release of a joint communique at the end of the summit, with India proposing a new text overnight which has led to a consensus. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he wanted to convey the “good news” […]
It is getting more and more difficult now to get US Green Cards easily for entry to the country and if current pendency rates are anything to go by, at least 4 lakh individuals may never get to see their access pass to America in their lifetime. More than 10 lakh Indians are in the […]
The capital is all set to host leaders, presidents and prime ministers from around the world for the annual G20 leaders’ summit from September 9 to 10. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it’s yet another chance to position India as a global superpower and himself as a world leader before the general elections next year. […]
Stressing India-ASEAN cooperation in areas like digital transformation, trade and economic engagement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday presented a list of 12 proposals at the 20th ASEAN-India Summit in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Dr Kao Kim Hourn also attended the summit. Two joint statements — one […]
A consumer court has directed ITC Limited to pay Rs 1 lakh in compensation to a consumer who accused it of deceptive practices for packing only 15 biscuits in a packet supposed to contain 16. The complaint was filed by Chennai resident P Dillibabu after he found 15 biscuits in packs of 16 each, sold […]
Prominent wildlife conservationist and photographer Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh died at his home on the outskirts of Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan Wednesday morning. He was 57. Family friend Dharmendra Khandal shared, “Aditya had a surgery after a minor heart attack a few weeks ago, after which he had come back and was recuperating well. It […]
Even as the opposition is riled by the government’s sudden and unilateral special parliament session call, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought details of the government’s agenda for the session. Gandhi said the session was called without any prior consultation with the opposition. In her […]
India is rapidly digitising. There are good things and bad, speed-bumps on the way and caveats to be mindful of. The weekly column Terminal focuses on all that is connected and is not – on digital issues, policy, ideas and themes dominating the conversation in India and the world. At the Internet Freedom Foundation’s Annual privacy conference […]
