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Aviation safety regulator DGCA on Friday ordered the suspension of director of operations and director of training at Akasa Air for six months for alleged lapses in pilots’ training. The two senior executives of the airline, in which the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala family holds stakes, have “failed” to ensure “compliances” with the civil aviation requirements, Directorate […]

Days after Donald Trump’s renewed wish for U.S. to own Greenland, Denmark has announced an increase in military spending for the gigantic island. Greenland is a semi-autonomous region with its foreign and military policy under the Danish government. Meanwhile, according to the President-Elect, it is a necessity for the U.S. to own the world’s biggest […]

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid his final respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and extended condolences to his family on Friday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Arvind Kejriwal said, “Paid my last respects to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh ji. Met his family […]

The country’s forex reserves dropped by a further USD 8.478 billion to USD 644.391 billion for the week ended December 20, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the reserves had dropped by USD 1.988 billion to a six-month low of USD 652.869 billion. The reserves have been declining for the last […]

Caught in the crossfire of Iran’s readiness and rise of Bashar Al Assad’s forces, HTS has made a quick move. Speaking on behalf of his HTS boss, Damascus’ governor Maher Marwan said Syria wants to have good ties with Israel on December 26 in an NPR interview. He dismissed Israel’s recent strikes on Syria as […]

Rain lashed Delhi-NCR throughout Friday with the city recording its highest December rainfall in the last 15 years and the mercury dropping sharply to 14.6 degree celsius, the weather department said. The rain began late Thursday around 2.30 am and continued throughout the day, it said. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data between in […]

While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar of Cadbury’s chocolate, according to his daughter Daman Singh. Manmohan Singh earned a First Class Honours (Tripos) degree […]

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked. Squirt had notoriously accurate aim. As a comparative psychologist, I’m used to assaults from my experimental […]

In Patna, the ongoing protest by BPSC candidates demanding the cancellation of the 70th BPSC exam has taken a new turn. For the past nine days, hundreds of students have been staging a sit-in at Gardanibagh. Today, they forced Khan Sir,  a renowned educator and YouTuber, to leave the protest site, accusing him of hijacking their demonstration. […]

Pollution curbs under GRAP-3 have been revoked in Delhi and the National Capital Region after air quality improved in the area following continuous rain since Friday morning.  “Owing to the favourable meteorological conditions and continuous rains since early morning, the AQI of Delhi has been continuously improving and has been recorded as 348 at 5:00 […]

Watford player Kwadwo Baah was shown the red card following his side’s 2-1 win over Portsmouth in the Championship on Boxing Day (Dec 26) after he taunted the away fans and performed a Fortnite celebration after the final whistle was blown. With the match level at 1-1 and heading towards a draw,. Rocco Vata fired […]

The controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s picks for his team, which includes prominent Indian-American figures, has intensified with MAGA supporters slamming these selections. Vivek Ramaswamy, a vocal critic of current immigration policies, jumped into the debate, delivering a sharp attack on U.S. migration strategies and the role of Indian-Americans in Trump’s political agenda. Watch the broadcast […]