New Delhi: India’s fast-growing civil aviation market has the scope to have 130-150 more wide-body planes as airlines expand their operations and there is also the potential for more such aircraft to be deployed in dense domestic routes, GE Aerospace South Asia CEO Vikram Rai said. GE Aerospace, a leading aircraft engine maker, sees a “great…
New Delhi: Pollen grains analysis helps understand how the first humans migrated from Africa across Europe and Asia, research in Science Advances says. The pollen data showed that warming temperatures supported forests that expanded into Siberia and facilitated early human migration there, researchers from the University of Kansas, US, said in their study. They compared Pleistocene…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the people of Telangana are tired of the BRS’ “lacklustre governance” and are equally “distrustful” of the Congress, alleging that both are dynastic parties with no aim of serving people. His remarks came a day before his visit to the poll-bound state. “I will be addressing a…
New Delhi: The Afghanistan Embassy in India announced Saturday night that it is ceasing its operations from October 1, citing a lack of support from the host government, failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan’s interests and reduction in personnel and resources. In a statement, the Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi said it regrets to announce…
A startling revelation by an anchor of a private YouTube channel is indeed shocking, if not stunning, which none of the media houses dare to publish. It is about a central premier agency that has nabbed a senior official of another agency, for trying to slow down the case against a high-profile profession. Well, I…
Bilaspur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, alleging that there was corruption in its every scheme. Addressing a concluding function of the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra outreach campaign here ahead of assembly elections, he also claimed that the Congress can not tolerate the rise of the…
Amaravati: In a temporary relief to TDP leader Nara Lokesh, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday restrained the CID police from arresting him in the case relating to Skill Development Corporation Scam until October 4. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) informed the Court that Lokesh was not named as an accused yet in the…
New Delhi: The Law Commission has advised the government not to tinker with the existing age of consent under the POCSO Act and suggested introducing guided judicial discretion in the matter of sentencing in cases involving tacit approval of children in the 16-18 age bracket. The current age of consent in India is 18 years….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Aspirational Districts Programme that ushered in change in 112 districts will form the basis of the programme to uplift aspirational blocks, adding that he will be back next year to review its success. Addressing a programme to launch the ‘Sankalp Saptaah’, linked to the implementation of…
New Delhi: Militaries have to be powerful enough to deter war, Principal Adviser, Ministry of Defence, Lt Gen (retd) Vinod G Khandare said on Friday. He was speaking during a panel discussion on ‘Evolution of Indian Military Systems, Warfighting and Strategic Thought- Current Research in the Field and Way Forward’ organised by the Army in collaboration…
