Soon, no need for physical boarding cards at immigration

Spread the love       From Sept 1, flyers can use e-boarding passes at India’s immigration counters; physical passes won’t be stamped NEW DELHI: Starting Sept 1, people flying in and out of India will no longer be required to provide a physical boarding card at the immigration counter. Travellers can show their e-boarding cards instead. This major change by Bureau of...

BCI chairman faces calls to quit, co-chair demands inquiry

Spread the love       BCI co-chair seeks Manan Kumar Mishra’s resignation, alleges financial irregularities NEW DELHI: After facing brickbats from law students and also from Supreme Court for acting beyond jurisdiction in barring law graduates from Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law from being registered as advocates, for which he later apologised, Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra is now...

Big milestone: India’s 1st 100% indigenous AK-203 ‘Sher’ made, test-fired in Amethi

Spread the love       India’s indigenous AK-203 ‘Sher’ gun successfully test-fired in major defence milestone NEW DELHI: In a big milestone for indigenous defence production, Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), a joint venture established between Delhi and Moscow in 2019 to locally manufacture AK-203 assault rifles under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, has successfully manufactured and test-fired the first 100% indigenous...

India-US ties to define global stage, trade deal coming: Sergio Gor

Spread the love       Sergio Gor said India-US ties are driven by Modi-Trump trust, with the bilateral trade deal ‘on its way’ and Quad cooperation set to deepen NEW DELHI: The India-US relationship is anchored in trust and friendship between PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, said US ambassador to India Sergio Gor. The ambassador also said that the bilateral...

Woman Sukhoi pilot was part of Operation Sindoor team that hit Lashkar HQ

Spread the love       Women pilots, air crew played key roles in Op Sindoor NEW DELHI: Multiple women pilots and air crew were part of Op Sindoor that India launched in May 2025 in retaliation to Pahalgam terror attack, with one of them flying a Su-30MKI fighter jet being a member of the strike formation that targeted the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) headquarters...

‘Ties must serve mutual interest’: EAM Jaishankar on Bangladesh

Spread the love       Jaishankar said India’s ties with Bangladesh must be based on mutual interest, while stressing that stability with China and the fight against terrorism remain key to New Delhi’s foreign policy NEW DELHI: For any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said Saturday on the current state...

Endoscopic cam used to copy paper in sealed packet in Chhattisgarh university

Spread the love       The six arrested suspects in the paper leak case RAIPUR: The ongoing probe into the BSc agriculture paper leak in Chhattisgarh’s Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) has opened a disturbing can of worms, pointing to a striking breach in exam security and integrity. The question paper was allegedly copied without even opening the sealed envelope, the police...

Watch: U.K. forecasts ‘Biggest’ El Niño: 2027 could be the hottest year ever recorded

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Can Carney keep up? Canada cancels trade talks with US – what’s at stake

Spread the love       Canada sends roughly three-quarters of its goods exports to the US, while the two countries traded about $880 billion in goods and services last year Canada and the United States were close to a trade deal this week. Then the negotiations collapsed. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from the talks, saying Washington had “asked too...

Maharashtra FDA Chief shares 4 things to check at restaurants: ‘Likely to lead to contamination’

Maharashtra FDA Chief shares 4 things to check at restaurants: ‘Likely to lead to contamination’

Spread the love       3 min readNew DelhiAug 22, 2026 11:00 PM IST With food adulteration cases making headlines lately, Tukaram Mundhe, Commissioner of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration, has been in the spotlight. During a recent interview, the officer shared a 4-point checklist that he swears by when eating out safely: First, check if it is safe food. Try...

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