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India’s regional connectivity scheme is headed for a revamp, awaiting Cabinet’s approval for a plan that would financially support airlines operating on remote routes to cover potential losses. Launched in 2016, the scheme caps fares on half of the seats to make air travel affordable. However, flights to hinterland destinations often remain commercially unviable due…
The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, marking a dramatic escalation in his administration’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela. “As you probably know, we have just seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, the largest…
All twenty personnel aboard a Turkish military cargo plane were killed after it crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday, Turkey’s defence minister said.The crash was confirmed by authorities from all three countries involved. Georgia’s interior ministry said that the plane crashed in the Sighnaghi area, “about five kilometres (3.1 miles) from Georgia’s…
Turkish military plane crashes in Georgia (X) A Turkish military cargo plane with 20 people on board crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday, authorities from all three countries confirmed, but gave no immediate number of casualties, reported AP.Turkey’s defence ministry said the C-130 aircraft had taken off from Azerbaijan and was returning…
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the US military carried out another strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Hegseth, the boat was carrying drugs, and all four people on board were killed. The action is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign against drug cartels operating in…
US President Donald Trump met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Saturday during a refuelling stop at Al Udeid Air Base, a key US military hub, to discuss the fragile Gaza ceasefire. The meeting came as Israel conducted an air strike on an…
File photo: Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Former US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, were spotted together over the weekend on a lavish getaway in Portofino, Italy, aboard Steven Spielberg’s $250 million superyacht, the Seven Seas, putting recent speculation about their marriage to rest.The former first lady arrived first on Friday, climbing…
Sairang to New Delhi Rajdhani Express flagged off off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Aizawl Aizawl: When Lalrinmawia (67), a resident of Aizawl, boarded the Rajdhani Express from Sairang, on the western outskirts of the city, it was also the first time he had ever seen a train.He was on a familiarisation ride to…
