‘Exceptionally rare’ failure of all 3 hydraulics MUMBAI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report has confirmed what pilots and engineers call an exceptionally rare event, the near-simultaneous loss of all three hydraulic systems on the A320neo aircraft at 36,000 feet. Hydraulic systems are the fluid-pressure circuits that physically move an aircraft’s wing and tail surfaces….
Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi NEW DELHI: Air India Friday sacked the pilot-in-command of its badly rattled Aug 4 Phuket-Delhi flight hours after Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report concluded the “PIC was found non-negative for psycho-active substance in the confirmatory (dope) test”. Terming this confirmation a…
Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level NEW DELHI: Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level, with 50 plants classified as having ‘critically low’ inventories as on Sept 2 amid high electricity demand…
Belgian PM said India and Europe were now facing similar challenges NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday said Europe had been slow to recognise the risks of becoming too dependent on other economies, admitting that Indian PM Narendra Modi had warned it about the problem much earlier but was not heard.De…
Indian businessman Bhavesh Lathiya sentenced to 54 months in prison for distributing and smuggling fentanyl precursor chemicals. An Indian chemical company executive has been sentenced to 54 months in a US federal prison in what the US Department of Justice called the first-of-its-kind case as Bhavesh Lathiya is not an American, he does not operate…
Smoking raises mortality risk by 55% for diabetics NEW DELHI: Smoking increased the risk of death from any cause by 55% among people with diabetes, according to evidence reviewed in a new international consensus that calls for smoking cessation to be treated as an essential part of type-2 diabetes care. Experts say patients who smoke…
The court was hearing the students’ plea seeking release of their re-NEET results NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has directed National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare within 24 hours the NEET-UG re-examination results of two candidates, whose results were withheld over allegations linking them to the question paper leak. Justice Jasmeet Singh pointed out the candidates…
Gurpreet Singh now has no option other than leaving Canada. (Photo: Toronto Star) Gurpreet Singh thought he was fighting for the right to stay in Canada and build a life after completing his studies. Instead, the 29-year-old Indian student says his participation in a peaceful protest ended with Canadian immigration authorities ordering him to leave…
SC allowed him to superannuate in peace with retirement benefits NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has rewarded a wrongdoer – a man who got appointed as a junior civil engineer in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) by producing a forged ST certificate, and, subsequently, stalled the scrutiny of his eligibility for quota for more than…
CPI(ML) Liberation is looking to build on the gains made by its students’ wing AISA NEW DELHI: Preparing to assert the Left’s presence in upcoming state polls next year in Punjab, UP and Uttarakhand where it proposes to field candidates in certain constituencies, the CPI(ML) Liberation is looking to build on the gains made by…