Announcement comes after Chinese fertilisers & tunnel boring machines that India asked for started coming in. Beijing has been pushing for direct air services, suspended since COVID-19.
In a travel advisory issued Wednesday, IndiGo announced suspension of all flights to & from Kathmandu. The airline has made cancellation, rescheduling of flights flexible for passengers.
The passenger allegedly demanded that the crew allow him to leave the aircraft so that he could smoke. When denied, he began asking fellow passengers to chant 'Har Har Mahadev.'
IndiGo spokesperson said flight was cancelled for the day to carry out proper maintenance of the aircraft. Tuesday's Indore to Raipur flight also faced mid-air issue, and had to land abruptly.
At 1.39 pm Thursday, the London-bound AI flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in Ahmedabad, claiming 241 lives on board the flight. Only 1 escaped.
Global media also looks at how a rural community in Odisha is fighting forest fires with music. An investigative report reveals Adani is back under US prosecutors' lens.
The agreement was criticised in India after Turkey came out in support for Pakistan after Indian govt launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation to Pahalgam terror attack in J&K.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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