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New Delhi : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is continuously monitoring IndiGo airlines, even though they have imposed a fine of Rs Rs 22.2 crore on the low-cost carrier. The deadline that the aviation regulator gave to the IndiGo airlines, to get its house in order and get more pilots, so that they are able to follow the flight duty rules , ends on February 10. Can you operate 2,00 flights daily: DGCA asks IndiGo The DGCA wants IndiGo to clarify whether they can operate 2,000 flights daily. They need to inform the government whether they have completed the recruitment of more pilots, who are trained in flying the A320 airbus. If the airlines has not been able to hire more pilots, then to stop a repeat of the December chaos, where hundreds of flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers left in the lurch, then the DGCA might step in and cut number of flights within a specified time, so that there is no chaos. IndiGo had been asked to submit a weekly compliance...
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has left for Davos to attend a summit of the World Economic Forum and hence the procedure to select the Mumbai mayor might take another few days. The elections to choose the mayor might even extend to the end of January, according to a report in the Times of India. The lottery to decide whether the position of mayor would go to a candidate from the open category, SC/ST or a person from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) is likely in the next 2-3 days, said the newspaper report. However, even after that, the discussions over sharing of power in the richest municipality in the country might be finalized only by the end of this month. Lottery likely on January 22 According to reports, the lottery to decide the category to which the mayor of Mumbai would belong is likely to take place on January 22. Post this lottery process, a notification for the election will be issued, either on the same day or the next day. However a 7-day notice...
New Delhi : Delhi 's Air Quality Index (AQI) plummeted further into the 'severe ' zone on Sunday. The national capital recorded the most polluted January day in the past 2 years, as the AQI stood at 440 at 4 pm on Sunday, showed the air monitoring stations. The AQI was 400 on Saturday, according to the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board. An AQI higher than this, for January month was last recorded on January 14, 2024, when it had reached 447. Why is the AQI poor? Experts said that poor AQI in Delhi in the second half of January is an unusual phenomenon. This is also the time when the AQI has been 400 or above during this time for 2 consecutive days since January-end in 2016. A report in Hindustan Times , quoted scientists as saying that the poor air quality was mostly a result of slow low-surface level winds. They also blamed the poor AQI on a western disturbance, which has brought in moisture and leads to pollutants accumulating. They however also...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a rally in Assam ' s Kaliabor in Nagaon district. He used the opportunity to attack the Congress party and convey the message that voters now preferred to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He quoted several incidents including the just concluded municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra and the Bihar Elections last year, as examples of people preferring to vote for the BJP. Top quotes of PM Modi from Kaliabor rally Here are the top quotes of the PM from the Kaliabor rally -BJP has become the first choice of everyone in the country... In the last 1-1.5 years, the country 's faith in the BJP has been continuously on the rise. Recently, elections were held in Bihar and people gave a record mandate to the BJP. Two days ago, municipal corporation election results for major cities in Maharashtra were held. One of the world 's biggest municipal corporations, Mumbai, gave a historic mandate to the BJP,...
New Delhi: A Kuki woman who was kidnapped and gangraped in the state capital, Imphal, during the peak of the Kuki-Meitei ethnic clashes, has died. Her family claims that their daughter never fully recovered from the trauma that she went through during the May 2023 assault and died of both mental and physical illness. She could not get justice during her lifetime, cried her family. Girl never recovered from deep shock, claims family According to the deceased 's family members the woman never recovered from the deep shock and the physical injuries she suffered during the assault, reported NDTV. She was reportedly abducted by 4 Meitei men and was taken to Langgol where she was raped. Later she was abandoned in Bishnupur and left to die. The woman managed to file a police complaint nearly 2 months after the assault, in July 2023. In her complaint to the police, she said that she had been kidnapped by 4 armed men, wearing black shirts. They reportedly took her to the hilly areas,...
New Delhi: The Namma Metro in Bengaluru is likely to see another fare hike from next month. Passengers will now have to shell out more money to use the public transport system. Soon after the proposed fare hike was made public, a blame game started between the ruling Congress government in the state and the Opposition BJP. The BJP went full throttle in attacking the Siddaramaiah government. The BMRCL is planning to implement an yearly hike in fares, which will be enforced for the first time this year in February. Earlier the fares were hiked by the corporation by more than 100%, but following people 's protest, they again reduced the fares by 71.5%. Now however, the Corporation wants to once again increase metro fares by 5%. BJP blames Congress government for Bengaluru Metro fare hike Bengaluru South MP and BJP leader Tejasvi Surya attacked the Congress government in Karnataka, over the metro fare hike. He also criticised the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) for the...
New Delhi: In a shocking incident reported from Arunachal Pradesh, 2 tourists from Kerala slipped and fell into a frozen lake in Arunachal Pradesh. They reportedly fell in the Sela Lake in Tawang district. The accident happened on Friday. Bodies recovered: Police The police said that they had recovered both the bodies. The two who died have been identified as 26-year-old Dinu and Mahadev, 24. Both of them had arrived in Tawang via Guwahati in Assam, and were part of a 7-member tourist group. The police said that the incident happened on Friday afternoon, when one member of the group slipped and fell in the frozen lake. He began to drown and in an attempt to rescue him, Dinu and Mahadev entered the lake. While the tourist who had fallen inside first managed to escape unharmed, his 2 rescuers, namely Dinu and Mahadev were swept away in the icy water of the lake, reported India Today. Superintendent of Police DW Thongon, said that the local police received information about the...
New Delhi: Residents of Delhi woke up to dense fog, low visibility and extreme cold on Saturday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for cold waves and dense fog. For the sixth straight day on January 16, cold wave conditions continued to prevail in the region and minimum temperature was recorded at 4.3 degrees Celsius. IMD predicts slight rise in temperature in coming days According to the IMD, monitoring stations at Safdarjung and Ayanagar recorded the lowest minimum temperatures. These were followed by Palam and Lodhi Road observatories, where the minimum temperature was 4.7 degrees Celsius. The weather department in its latest bulletin said that there could be a slight rise in temperatures across Delhi-NCR in the coming days. They said that minimum temperatures may rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in the next 5 days. They further said that the sky will be partly cloudy and there would be moderate fog at some places, while dense fog would...
New Delhi: Conservationist Paul Rosolie has released a video showing some Amazon Tribes in Peru. This footage shows the reactions of the tribal people to food. They are seen moving around naked on a beach and look around suspiciously at the conservationist and his team, recording them. Tribe wanted to attack first, dropped weapons after food offer: Rosolie According to the account of Paul Rosolie, he managed to capture the first close-range footage of Peru 's Mashco Piro tribe. He described the meeting as tense and said that it was close to a river. According to the conservationist, he and his team, the Junglekeepers, offered food to the tribals. This, he claimed, considerably eased their tensions and suspicions. The meeting happened just days after the tribals had clashed with some loggers. According to Rosolie, the encounter with the tribe was pleasant and they tried to win over the forest dwellers, with songs and gestures. The tribe also joined them, before vanishing into the...
New Delhi: Venezuela 's Opposition leader, María Corina Machado on Friday presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump , creating a stir across the world. The fact that she had given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump sent out conflicting signals and doubts regarding the rules that govern the Nobel Prize. The question that was raised in most people 's minds was: "Can the Nobel Prize be transferred?" Nobel Committee 's explanation The Nobel Committee offered an explanation for the Venezuela leader 's action. They clarified that there is no provision of the award being transferred to someone else 's name. Though they said that the Nobel Medal can be transferred by the awardee to any person or organisation or even put up for auction. The Committee said, "According to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, “No appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize”. They clarified that never has the...
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