Airbus A320 (Picture from Airbus official website) NEW DELHI: Air travel in India and around the world is expected to face major disruptions after Europe-based Airbus issued a technical directive ordering a software upgrade for its A320 family aircraft. In India, more than 350 IndiGo and Air India A320 planes will remain grounded for the…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday sealed a Rs 7,995 crore deal with the US as part of a “follow-on support” package for the Navy’s fleet of 24 Seahawk helicopters for five years. The signing of the contract comes amid a strain in ties after US President Donald Trump slapped 50% tariffs on Indian goods in…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary committee scrutinising the constitutional amendment bill that proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections will seek an extension in its tenure from Parliament as it needs more time to gather views of different stakeholders, including national and regional political parties, the panel’s chairperson P P Chaudhary said on Friday.Its current tenure…
Modi and Vladimir Putin look to strengthen ties between the two traditional allies during the latter’s first visit to India since the Ukraine war NEW DELHI: In a development that’ll be closely watched by western capitals, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India next week — Dec 4-5 — for the 23rd India-Russia Annual…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov are likely to hold discussion on Dec 4 during the two-day annual India-Russia summit here, and on the table is future acquisition from Russia, which may include its next generation S-500 system.The two defence ministers will review the progress of ongoing defence cooperation…
NEW DELHI: The SC has cleared decks for the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) to go ahead with the election process for all municipal corporations, zila panchayats and panchayat samitis in the state, except where total reservation exceeded the 50% ceiling. The SEC informed the court that quota exceeds 50% in two of the 29…
MUMBAI: No major Indian city has “good” air quality. A 10-year assessment of air pollution across major urban centres has found that none of the country’s top cities met safe Air Quality Index (AQI) levels at any point between 2015 and Nov 2025.The report, prepared by Climate Trends, an environmental research firm, analysed long-term pollution…
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of a recent incident of three women sanitation workers of Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana being compelled to send photographs of their sanitary pads to prove they were menstruating, Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine framing of guidelines to ensure that the right to health, dignity, bodily autonomy and privacy…
JAMMU: J&K Police arrested a man in Doda district on Friday for allegedly uploading communally sensitive and provocative content on social media that promoted enmity and disturbed public harmony.The action followed a complaint filed by Hassan Babur Nehru at Doda PS against Amreek Singh, a resident of Doda’s Beoli area. Nehru alleged that Singh was…
NEW DELHI: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation in its meeting with Election Commission on Friday alleged that there have been 40 deaths, including those of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, so far, in West Bengal, and accused chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and his two colleagues…
