The USA-made sophisticated drone, which was recovered by the Amritsar-rural police with the busting of a high-profile trans-border drug smuggling module, was being operated by Pakistani smugglers for the smuggling of heroin, said officials privy to the investigation. A team of Amritsar-rural police had arrested Dilbagh Singh and Jagdish Singh of Dhanoia Khurd, which is […]
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Train services on Delhi Metro’s Pink Line hit as bird drops wire
Train operations on the Delhi Metro’s Pink Line that connects Majlis Park and Shiv Vihar were disrupted for more than hour on Monday after a bird dropped an external wire on the overhead power line, officials aware of the problem said. It caused an “earth short circuit”, they added. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said […]
War, winter and the energy crisis in Europe
With the Russia-Ukraine war continuing for the last 10 months, without any serious attempts at de-escalation, it seems that the conflict is bound to threaten the delicate balance of the world order which was already dwindling. The global community is concerned with the conflict escalating beyond control. Various global leaders are extending their support to […]
Russia says may cut oil output following price cap: ‘At the start of next…’
Moscow could cut oil production by up to seven percent in early 2023 following an oil price cap agreed by Western countries, a Russian deputy prime minister said Friday. “At the start of next year, we could make a reduction of 500,000-700,000 barrels per day. For us, that’s around 5-7 percent,” Alexander Novak, who is […]
Uttarakhand planning to develop 1000 solar-powered villages: Official
Uttarakhand government is planning to develop 1000 solar-powered villages to make them self-sufficient under its new solar power policy which could be implemented soon, an official known to the matter said. R Meenakshi Sundaram, secretary, energy and non-conventional energy, confirmed the plan but said, “I can’t share much about it since the new solar power […]
DCGA seeks to provide full refunds in case of involuntary downgrade of tickets
In an effort to protect the rights of air travellers affected by the downgrading of their ticket by an airline, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is amending its Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) to provide full refunds and a free-of-cost passage to ticket holders. In a statement released on Thursday, the air regulator said […]
Shore up Uran power plant to meet needs, say experts
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s order to its electricity distribution company to buy electricity from the defunct power plant of a private company has surprised experts who have questioned why the government is not making the effort to run its own gas-based power plant at Uran with a capacity of 672 MW. The Uran unit currently […]
BGauss launches BG D15 electric scooter. Check features and price
BGauss, a domestic electric 2-wheeler manufacturer, has launched its BG D15 electric scooter. Placed by BGauss as a ‘premium’ product, BG D15, according to the company, is equipped with as many as twenty safety features. The EV is available in two variants, BG D15i and BG D15 Pro; bookings for both are open on bgauss.com, […]
Class act: 2 decades of Delhi Metro, the great leveller
New Delhi: It is 9am on a Tuesday and Rajesh Singh, 30, is travelling by the Metro to Gurugram on the Yellow Line. Singh, who lives in Seelampur in a rented room and works as a carpenter in Gurugram, takes the red and the yellow line almost every day. Sitting next to him is Piyush […]
UP order on subsidy, discounts on electric vehicles soon: Official
LUCKNOW: A formal government order to implement the concessions on electric vehicles announced by the Uttar Pradesh government in its Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy-2022 is likely to be issued within the next week or so, an industry department official who asked not to be named said. The official said there was a delay […]
Indian Oil selects Reliance Jio for network connectivity solution to its petrol pump
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s largest oil firm, has selected Reliance Jio’s managed network services to connect a fifth of its petrol pump network. Jio will connect 7,200 IOC sites with SD-WAN managed service solution, zero-touch provisioning and 24×7 real-time monitoring, the firm said in a statement Thursday. “Jio wins IOC order for providing […]
‘Crew are human too’: Jet Airways CEO tweets supporting IndiGo staff after her video of fight with passenger goes viral
Sajiv Kapoor, CEO of Jet Airways, has responded to the viral video that captures a heated exchange between a passenger and an IndiGo air hostess on a Delhi-bound flight over food. In a lengthy Twitter thread, Kapoor supported the IndiGo air hostess and shared that ‘crew are human too’ and that he has witnessed crew […]