CISF handles security at most civilian airports, but has not been paid its dues in many years. Govt has hiked passenger security fee to clear these dues.
In a minor top-level bureaucratic reshuffle, Kharola is taking over from Rajiv Nayan Choubey, who is joining the Union Public Service Commission as a member.
The development came after several passengers on a Jet Airways flight suffered nose and ear bleeding after the crew 'forgot' to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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