DGCA begins action against Air India for lapse in plane’s emergency slide check

New Delhi, 28/7: Aviation regulator DGCA has initiated enforcement action against Air India after finding that the inspection of emergency slide was overdue in an aircraft, Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol said on Monday. In a written reply, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation said that during the audit of Air India, DGCA found that…

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Rajya Sabha adjourned over SIR stir, Lok Sabha sees delayed start to Op Sindoor debate

New Delhi, 28/7: The Opposition protest on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar in Parliament continued on Monday with Rajya Sabha being adjourned without transacting any business while the morning session of Lok Sabha was disrupted. I.N.D.I.A MPs, including top leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Kanimozhi and Akhilesh…

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Divya Deshmukh Creates History, Becomes 1st teen age Chess Player to win World Cup

Georgia,28/7: India’s 19-year-old Chess Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh became the first-ever teenager to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup by beating compatriot Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks on Monday (July 28).   Divya defeated Humpy 1.5-0.5. The first Rapid game ended in a draw, and Divya secured a brilliant win with the Black pieces to win the…

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EU agreed to 15% tariffs on automobiles, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals: US

Turnberry, Scotland/ Washington, 28/7: European Union leaders agreed to 15 per cent tariffs on automobiles, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals and accepted that the US would stick to 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, a US administration official said on Sunday, adding the EU wanted to continue discussing steel and aluminum tariffs. President Donald Trump…

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Tharoor refuses to toe party line; declines to speak on Op Sindoor in Lok Sabha, claims Cong

New Delhi, 28/7: Just hours ahead of the start of the debate on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, Congress sources on Monday claimed that it had approached Shashi Tharoor asking him to be a speaker but the Thiruvanthapuram MP declined. Sources said Congress Lok Sabha Deputy Leader Gaurav Gogoi spoke to Tharoor on the instructions…

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Bihar: EC finds 22 lakh voters dead; I.N.D.I.A. sheds doubt on revision

New Delhi, 27/7: With Election Commission “finding” around 22 lakh dead people in the electoral rolls during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, I.N.D.I.A parties on Sunday asked the poll body whether it was admitting that the summary revision held in January was  flawed. At a joint press conference of RJD, Congress, CPI(ML)L and CPI(M),…

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