Tokyo, 2/1: A Japan Airlines aircraft was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, with the airline saying that all 379 passengers and crew had been evacuated. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupt in flames as it skidded down the…
New Delhi, 16/1: The Centre has decided against conducting the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in online mode for now, and announced on Thursday it will continue to be conducted in pen and paper mode. The decision comes after detailed deliberations between education and health ministries on whether to conduct the NEET-UG in pen and paper…
New Delhi, 27/1: India’s largest life insurer is plowing more money into Gautam Adani’s flagship unit, undeterred by a short seller’s fraud allegations that wiped out more than Rs 4,08,122 ($50 billion) of the conglomerate’s market value in two sessions. State-controlled Life Insurance Corp. of India is spending about Rs 302 crore ($37 million)…
New Delhi, 2/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to respond on Tuesday evening to the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, sources said. The 16-hour debate in Lok Sabha commenced this morning, with the House set to sit till late Monday night
Berhampur, November: As part of the Vigilance Awareness Month celebrations, TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) organized a series of impactful street plays (nukkad nataks) and sensitization programs across Southern Odisha. It is upholding the values of integrity, transparency, and ethical governance. The initiative aligns with TPSODL’s commitment to foster a corruption-free environment through community…
Colombo, 17/5:Sri Lanka’s new government plans to sell its national airline to stem losses, as part of efforts to stabilize the nation’s finances even as authorities are forced to print money to pay government salaries. The new administration plans to privatize Sri Lankan Airlines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised address to…
Washington DC,23/10: a major development, former Facebook employee has claimed that the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party used fake accounts in 2019 in the run-up to Delhi elections but only accounts linked to a BJP lawmaker were not removed by the American tech giant. Sophie Zhang, a former data scientist and now a…
New Delhi, 30/9: Prices of natural gas, which is used to generate electricity, make fertiliser and is converted into CNG to run automobiles, were on Friday hiked by a steep 40 per cent to record levels, in step with global firming up of energy rates. The rate paid for gas produced from old fields, which…
Syria, 14/2: More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week, the United Nations said Tuesday, voicing fear that “many thousands” more had died. “In Turkey, the total number of children living in the 10 provinces hit by the…
New Delhi, 24/11: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the interim bail granted to former Delhi minister Satyendar Kumar Jain in a money laundering case till December 4 when his plea for regular bail will be taken up for hearing. A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi posted the matter for hearing on December 4…
