DGCA officials to conduct on-site inspections of IndiGo operations across 11 airports
Mumbai: Senior officials of aviation safety watchdog DGCA will carry out on-site inspections across 11 domestic airports in the next two-three days to assess various aspects of IndiGo operations amid large-scale disruptions, an official order said on Wednesday. The 11 airports include Nagpur, Jaipur, Bhopal, Surat, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Shirdi, Cochin, Lucknow, Amritsar and Dehradun. All […]
Kashmir’s Groundwater Takes a Hit as Rivers and Streams Run Dry
Long dry spell, weak snowfall and warmer day temperatures deepen Valley’s water concerns Our Special Correspondent Srinagar: Kashmir is seeing a sharp fall in its groundwater levels as rivers, streams and springs continue to shrink under a prolonged dry spell. Officials say this winter’s decline is one of the steepest recorded in recent years. According […]
Parliament passes Bill to levy cess on pan masala manufacturing units
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday approved a Bill that seeks to impose cess on pan masala manufacturing units to augment resources for meeting expenditure on national security and public health. Rajya Sabha returned the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, to the Lok Sabha, which had cleared it on December 5. The proposed […]
India, US seek additional punitive measures against LeT, JeM and their backers
New Delhi: India and the US have sought additional punitive measures like asset freeze and arms embargo by the UN against Pakistan-based terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, their proxy groups and backers. The two sides also called for additional designations of ISIS and al-Qa’ida affiliates. These terror groups were designated by the UN and they […]
Home, auto loans to get cheaper as RBI cuts interest rates
Mumbai: Home, auto and other loans are likely to cost less as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months and vowed to provide Rs 1 lakh crore liquidity boost to banking sector to support a “goldilocks” economy in the face of high […]
Aru Valley hosts first-ever high-altitude paragliding Festival
Over 30 pilots participate, feel overwhelmed Pahalgam: In a major boost to adventure tourism in Kashmir, the Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (JIM&AS) for the first time in its history organised a two-day high-altitude Paragliding Festival in the breath-taking meadows of Aru Valley in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam. The event, held at one of […]
Autumn charm brings Kashmir back to Bollywood frame
Major productions shoot across Baramulla, Aharbal & Srinagar; officials say Valley poised for a cinematic revival Srinagar: After months of lull, Kashmir is once again echoing with the bustle of film crews, camera tracks and spot boys calling “ready, rolling.” The Valley — long cherished by filmmakers — witnessed a renewed surge of Bollywood and […]
Alarm – Doctor-population ratio 1:811 in India: Govt
New Delhi: The doctor-population ratio in the country is 1:811, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said there are 13,88,185 registered allopathic doctors in the country and 7,51,768 registered practitioners in the AYUSH system of medicine. “Assuming that […]
Power oversight gaps leave J&K grid vulnerable
Absence of real-time visibility forces UT to rely on central data for drawal monitoring Srinagar: In view of ‘nonavailability of real-time telemetry data’, authorities have said that the power control rooms in Jammu and Kashmir are unable to monitor and see as to what is happening at their own power stations and substations. Northern Regional […]
Marriage reduced to commercial transaction due to evil of dowry: SC
New Delhi: Marriage is a sacred and noble institution founded on mutual trust, companionship and respect, but the pious bond has regrettably been reduced to a mere commercial transaction due to the evil of dowry, the Supreme Court remarked on Friday. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said dowry death is […]