New Delhi, 2/9: India on Friday joined an exclusive club of five nations with the capability of designing and constructing a 40,000 tonnes class aircraft carrier from scratch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioning INS Vikrant at the Cochin shipyard that built the massive warship over the past 13 years. “So far only…
New Delhi, 2/9: An Udaipur-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi airport due to a technical snag, a DGCA official confirmed. The official said that the aircraft was grounded after it returned to Delhi on Thursday due to engine vibrations and a probe is underway. “IndiGo Airbus flight 6E-6264 from Delhi to…
New Delhi, 2/9: Starbucks has hired Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO, the company announced Thursday, putting him in charge of the world’s largest coffee chain as it grapples with a growing unionization movement, rising inflation and losses in China. Het will ake over in April from Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ longtime leader, who took back…
New Delhi, 1/9: Referring to NIOS’ claim of coming up with the first virtual school already in 2021, the Delhi government on Thursday said that its Delhi Model Virtual School which will teach classes 9 to 12 will be strictly online with no parallel or hybrid approach to it. The National Institute of Open Schooling…
New Delhi, 1/9: India’s unemployment rose to a one-year high in August, as the economy’s world-beating growth failed to translate into increased employment opportunities, according to a private research firm. Jobless rate increased to 8.28 per cent last month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. showed Thursday. That’s the highest since…
New Delhi, 1/9: Since the very beginning of Twitter, users have been praying for the ‘edit’ feature. Millions of users have faced the embarrassing situation due to phone keypads’ autocorrected words in their tweets hurting their reputations on social media platforms. Even President Donald Trump too was in a similar spot over the infamous typo…
Ranchi, 1/9: A UPA delegation on Thursday told Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais that it was shocked over “selective leaks” on Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s disqualification as a legislator. The UPA delegation, in a representation to Bais, said such leaks created chaos, confusion, and uncertainty. It also asked the governor to clear the…
New Delhi, 1/9: As the G-23 or change-seekers plan to step up pressure ahead of Congress presidential polls, demands for taking action against senior leaders Bhupinder Hooda and Prithviraj Chavan have been made for their meeting with Ghulam Nabi Azad, days after the latter quit the party, and attacked the leadership. Hooda on Thursday…
New Delhi, 1/9: A few months ago, when India restricted wheat exports following a heatwave, rumbles ran through the world’s food markets. Still, while India is a giant consumer of wheat, it’s not as big an exporter. The real fear was that New Delhi might cut off rice shipments as well: India is the world’s…
New Delhi, 1/9: A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. “SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363…
