Panaji: A fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy suffered a tyre burst on the taxiway at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Tuesday afternoon, just before it was to undertake a routine sortie, officials said. Due to the tyre burst, the aircraft – MiG-29K – got stranded on the taxiway, but nobody was injured. As […]
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Rourkela-Kolkata flight service soon
Bhubaneswar: A direct flight service between Rourkela and Kolkata will soon be launched soon with support of the Odisha government. The Chief Minister’s Office said on Tuesday it will be a state-sponsored route with Odisha government providing viability gap funding (VGF) for 35 seats. As part of the plan, Alliance Air will operate three flights […]
All-weather licence to Donyi Polo airport in Itanagar, night landing soon
Itanagar: The Donyi Polo airport in Itanagar is likely to start operations soon even during the night with the granting of an all-weather licence by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced about the all-weather licence, unlocking the possibility for night landings. “So happy to share a […]
Gujarat cops to coordinate with passengers of flight returned from France to trace ‘agents’
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Police have formed teams to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network involving ‘agents’ and will coordinate with the passengers of a plane that has landed in Mumbai from France, a senior official said. Many passengers of the plane hail from Gujarat, he said. The aircraft, an Airbus A340, carrying 276 passengers, mostly […]
Gujarat Police to coordinate with passengers of charter flight returned from France to trace ‘agents’
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police have formed teams to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network involving ‘agents’ and will coordinate with passengers of the plane that landed in Mumbai from France on Tuesday, a senior officer said. He said many of the passengers hail from Gujarat. The plane, an Airbus A340, carrying 276 passengers, mostly Indians, was […]
Plane grounded in France over ‘human trafficking’ lands in Mumbai with 276 Indian passengers
A plane carrying 276 persons, which was grounded in France over suspected human trafficking for a few days, returned to Mumbai on December 26.
Delhi airport sees 12 flight diversions due to bad weather
New Delhi: Flight operations were disrupted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday as 12 flights were diverted and scores of flights delayed due to bad weather. A total of 12 flights were diverted between 0600-1200 hrs. Out of them, 11 flights were diverted to Jaipur and 1 to Lucknow due to dense fog, an official […]
Two flights diverted, 30 delayed due to dense fog at Delhi airport
New Delhi: Two flights were diverted and nearly 30 flights delayed at the Delhi airport on Tuesday morning due to dense fog. One flight each of IndiGo and SpiceJet were diverted to Jaipur, an official said. As per information available on the Delhi airport website, around 30 flights have been delayed in the morning. In […]
Whisky and the coal mining ‘shack’: Taiwan election is not only about China
Taipei: As Taiwan’s election approaches next month, it is not only fraught ties with China competing for electors’ attention. The candidates are exchanging blows over everything from property disputes to whether drinking whisky is out of touch, in a raucous and freewheeling display of the island’s democracy. Taiwan’s January 13 presidential and parliamentary election will […]
Significant rise in gap between standalone, consolidated net profit of Reliance Industries
New Delhi: The gap between Reliance Industries Ltd’s standalone and consolidated net profit has more than doubled to Rs 22,400 crore in the last couple of years, as the retail and telecom businesses housed in separate subsidiaries saw significant growth, a report said. “The gap between Reliance’s standalone and consolidated profit after tax (PAT) has […]
TotalEnergies invests Rs 2495 cr in Adani Energy project
New Delhi: French energy giant TotalEnergies has invested Rs 2495.10 ($300 million) crore in a renewable energy joint venture (JV) with Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL). In a statement, AGEL said it completed “1,050 MW joint venture (JV) with TotalEnergies. As part of the JV, TotalEnergies invested $300 million in AGEL subsidiary, for acquiring 50 […]
Renewable energy investments to surge 83 % to $16.5 billion in 2024
New Delhi: India will witness more than 83 per cent increase in investments in renewable energy projects to around $ 16.5 billion in 2024 as the country focuses on energy transition to reduce carbon emissions, according to power ministry estimates. This is in line with India’s ambitious target of having 500 GW of renewable energy […]