Mumbai, 6/10: The country’s new scheduled airline Akasa Air is “well capitalised” and will allow carrying of domesticated dogs and cats onboard along with passengers from November, according to its senior executives. The airline, which began operations on August 7, also plans to launch international operations in the second half of next year….
New Delhi, 6/10: Congress leader Udit Raj stoked a controversy after he tweeted that ‘no country should get such a President’ referring to President Droupadi Murmu. After facing flak from BJP leaders, Raj clarified that the statement had nothing to do with Congress. The BJP on Thursday lashed out at the leader, terming his comment…
Lucknow, 6/10: The start of the first ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa has been delayed by half-an-hour due to rain here on Thursday. The city has been experiencing rain for the past couple of days. Heavy showers are expected throughout the day. “Rain delay! After an early…
California, 6/10: Four members of an Indian-origin family, including an 8-month-old, who were kidnapped in California’s Merced city, were found dead in an orchard on Thursday. Sheriff Vern Warnke announced Wednesday that the bodies were found in a Merced County orchard and told reporters: “Our worst fears have been confirmed”. The announcement…
Gambia,06/10: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday raised an alert against four India-made cough and cold syrups whose consumption may have led to the death of more than 60 children in The Gambia, a country in west AfricaThe WHO has today issued a medical product alert for four contaminated medicines identified in The Gambia that…
Mumbai, 5/10: Describing the rebels as “Ravan” and “Kattappa”, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde saying that the brand of ‘gaddar’ will always remain with them. However, Shinde said that they are not ‘gaddar’ (traitors) but what happened was a ‘gadar’ (revolt)….
Washington DC, 5/10: Elon Musk and Twitter Inc have not yet reached an agreement to end the litigation and clear the way for the world’s richest person to close his $44-billion deal for the social media platform, two sources familiar with the litigation told Reuters on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the docket,” said one…
New Delhi, 5/10: Head coach Rahul Dravid has indicated that Mohammed Shami could replace the injured Jasprit Bumrah in the India squad for the T20 World Cup if the former is able to regain full fitness weeks after contracting Covid-19. Shami, who was among the reserve pacers for the ICC event alongside Deepak…
Mumbai, 5/10: Ahead of his Dussehra rally, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday tweeted a couplet by famous Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, which said that whosoever is his heir will be his son and not vice versa. Shinde’s tweet appears to be targeted at former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya…
Sweden, 5/10: Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”. The prize was awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($915,072). The third of the prizes…
