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NEW DELHI: Govt on Friday put in abeyance the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules for pilots and expects IndiGo‘s flight schedules to conpletely normalise by Monday.“The FDTL orders of the DGCA have been placed in abeyance with immediate effect. Without compromising on air safety, this decision has been taken solely in the interest…
NEW DELHI: Vehicle owners have coughed up around Rs 330 crore as penalty in past five years for not having a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificates, reports Dipak Dash. Rajasthan collected the highest amount at Rs 102 crore, followed by Delhi (Rs 78 crore), Kerala (Rs 54 crore) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 17 crore),…
NEW DELHI: Hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in New Delhi, Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised the Modi-led Centre, saying it no longer follows the tradition of allowing foreign dignitaries to meet the Leader of Opposition, a practice observed during the tenures of former prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday said that govt is moving to update the base year for calculating GDP to 2022-23 instead of 2010-11 and dismissed concerns over an IMF report’s reference to India’s data quality.The new base, which will also come with a revised basket to goods and services,…
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia (File photo) NEW DELHI: Faced with a barrage of criticism over mandating pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on new smartphones, govt on Wednesday withdrew the directive, seeking to put the controversy on the backburner. The department of telecom (DoT) withdrew the order even while justifying the utility of Sanchar Saathi in…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a resolution through voice vote to extend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, to Manipur, which is under President’s rule. However, opposition MPs took the opportunity to attack the govt for the crisis in the state by mishandling the situation there and pushing its agenda…
VIJAYAWADA: The Union govt has initiated the process to bring a Bill proposing to amend the AP State Reorganisation Act, 2014, for the inclusion of Amaravati as the capital of residual state of Andhra Pradesh.According to sources, the law ministry has already approved the proposal sent by the state govt, and it will be placed…
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo Credit: AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra government announced a cash reward of Rs 11 lakh each for the 11 support staff members of the Indian women’s cricket team through a government resolution dated November 28. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis honoured team members Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and…
NEW DELHI: The govt Tuesday relented to opposition parties’ unanimous demand for a debate in Parliament on SIR, albeit under the broader subject of election reforms, as the two sides reached an agreement to rule out the grim prospect of another session washout.The govt prevailed on the opposition to first take up a discussion on…
NEW DELHI: What India’s metros are breathing may have a link with rising acute respiratory illness (ARI) cases hospitals are logging. There were 2 lakh ARI cases in Delhi during 2022-24, with thousands needing hospitalisation — a surge the health ministry Tuesday linked to rising air pollution, while noting that the causal pathways remain complex….
