Akasa Air’s first commercial flight to take off on August 7, bookings open

New Delhi, 22/7: New airline Akasa Air on Friday said it will launch commercial flight operations on August 7 by operating its first service on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route using Boeing 737 Max aircraft. In a statement, the carrier said it has opened ticket sales on 28 weekly flights it will be operating on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from…

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L-G vs Delhi government again as liquor policy comes under lens

New Delhi, 22/7: Delhi LG V K Saxena recommended a CBI probe into Kejriwal government’s Excise Policy, 2021-22, over alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses, officials said on Friday.   The CBI inquiry was recommended on Delhi Chief Secretary’s report filed earlier this month, showing prima facie violations of GNCTD Act 1991, Transaction of…

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Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has ‘mild symptoms’

Washington DC, 21/7: United States President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms” and…

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Vice-President poll: Trinamool Congress to abstain from voting

Kolkata, 22/7: In a major development, Trinamool Congress will abstain from voting in the vice-presidential election, party leader Abhishek Banerjee announced on Thursday. Trinamool’s decision comes as a jolt to the opposition which had announced veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva as its candidate for vice-presidential election. TMC has objected to the manner in which Alva…

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CM Inaugurates Odisha FoodPro 2022, Event to Promote Food Processing Ecosystem in State

Bhubaneswar, 21/7: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated Odisha FoodPro 2022, a unique interface of investors, manufacturers, producers, food processors, start-ups, policy makers, and organizations from across the Indian food ecosystem in Odisha.  Joining the programme on virtual platform, he called upon all to work together in making Odisha a favoured destination for investment…

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