Spread the love       ‘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. The green,...

Spread the love       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 “serious concern”,...

Spread the love       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 and monsoon-led...

Spread the love       Zelenskyy proposes ceasefire with Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a ceasefire with Russia as US envoys visit Moscow and Kyiv, saying he hopes to host the American officials in Kyiv in the “coming days”.This comes as a Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, accusing...

Spread the love       Illegal gold miners have encroached on Indonesia’s Jantho forest reservation, a vital reintroduction site for the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. The country’s largest environmental pressure group, Indonesian Forum for the Environment, revealed that miners have breached the forest in Aceh province, where the animals rescued from illegal wildlife trade reside, according to a report by Mongabay. “The...

Spread the love       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 a decade...

Spread the love       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 had not...

Spread the love       The judge convicted two accused and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for three years NEW DELHI: Broadening the definition of “property” under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, a special PMLA court in Mohali has ruled that seized bank cheques, even if not encashed, and narcotics both fall under the definition of “property” and constitute proceeds of crime...

Spread the love       KULLU: Within days of the devastating Nepal floods, Lahaul Spiti administration has stepped up preparedness against a possible glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) risk, and begun ‘highest flood level’ (HFL) markings at 32 vulnerable locations along the likely flood path of Ghepan lake, considering its expansion from 36.5 hectares to 101.3 hectares in just 13 years.Thirty-two residential...

Spread the love       S Jaishankar said Friday India is exploring ideas with both Russia and Ukraine to bring the conflict to an end NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Friday India is exploring ideas with both Russia and Ukraine to bring the conflict to an end, while again defending India’s energy sourcing and underlining that it’s important to...