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08 Apr

PM Modi inauguates Chennai airport’s new terminal building

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The Rs 1,260 crore New Integrated Terminal Building (Phase-1) at Chennai International Airport, a building that would increase passenger handling, was officially opened on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The NITB was specifically created to highlight the state's rich cultural legacy.The airport's ability to serve passengers will go from 23 million passengers per year (MPPA) to 30 MPPA with the installation of this new integrated terminal building. The new terminal incorporates traditional elements like the Kolam, saree, temples, and other characteristics that emphasise the surrounding landscape, making it a remarkable reflection of the local Tamil culture, the government claimed.

08 Apr

President Murmu expressed her experience after taking sortie in Tezpur fighter aircraft

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President of India, Droupadi Murmu is in Assam currently witnessing Assam’s beauty, heritage of the state, Assam. Earlier, the President was seen enjoying taking safari ride in Kaziranga National Park, Tezpur, Assam. The President arrived here; Assam on 6th of April today is her third day in the state. The woman President of India was seen taking sortie and she is the second woman President to undertake Sortie. To be noted, President Droupadi Murmu took a historic sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station. The President wrote in the visitor’s notebook, “It was an exhilarating…

08 Apr

At Assam’s Tezpur, President Droupadi Murmu takes maiden sortie in fighter jet

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At the Tezpur air base in Assam on Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu flew her first fighter mission.She was flown by Group Captain Naveen Kumar Tiwari in an Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI.After finishing her 25-minute sortie, Murmu told reporters that it had "felt good." The President, who was also briefed on the aircraft's operational capabilities, expressed pleasure with the Indian Air Force's operational readiness. (IAF).In the visitor's book, President Murmu wrote, "I congratulate the Indian Air Force and the entire team of Air Force Station Tezpur for organising this sortie."It was simply stunning to observe the Supreme Commander of the…

08 Apr

Sharad Pawar’s stand on Adani will not affect Oppn unity : Sanjay Raut

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The Shiv Sena (UBT) said that the opposition's unity will not be harmed by the Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar's objection to the creation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to look into claims against the Adani group.Sanjay Raut, a Rajya Sabha member for the Shiv Sena (UBT), stated in a press conference that Pawar had not given a clean bill of health but had instead offered his opinions on possible investigative strategies.Pawar defended the Adani Group in an interview and condemned the spin placed on Hindenburg Research's analysis of the company.

08 Apr

Missing Texas boy, 6, lived in cramped shed with six siblings

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According to a top police official, a 6-year-old Texas kid who has been missing since his parents fled to India from the US and are being held on felony charges of abandoning and endangering their child is likely dead.The last time anyone saw Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, a person with exceptional needs, was in November, not long after his twin sisters were born in October.The hunt for the missing youngster is now being treated as a death investigation, according to Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer, and efforts are being made to find and recover his corpse.

08 Apr

Sibal slams govt over IT Amendment Rules

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On Saturday, the former minister of information technology Kapil Sibal slammed the government over the IT Amendment Rules' fact-checking provisions, claiming that now the government would determine what is fake and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that democracy is not in danger. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, warned on Thursday that internet companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter risk losing their safe harbour status if they do not take down content that has been flagged as incorrect or misleading by a government-notified fact-checker. Sibal responded to the news by saying, "Now PIB will determine what…

07 Apr

Amid Oppn Demand For JPC Probe, NCP’s Sharad Pawar Says Report On Adani Group ‘Seems Targeted’

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In a private conversation, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) fiercely defended the Adani Group and attacked the discourse surrounding Hindenburg's report on the company."The matter received excessively high priority. Who kept the issues that were maintained? What is the history of these individuals, Hindenburg, who made the statement? We cannot ignore them when they bring up concerns that create a commotion across the nation because the expense is carried by the economy of the nation. It appears that this was targeted.The head of NCP claims that it indicates that a certain industrial sector of the country was…

07 Apr

India, South Korea aim to consolidate special strategic partnership

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In order to advance the unique strategic cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the sectors of commerce and defense, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conducted extensive discussions on Friday.The two foreign ministers also discussed the situation in the Indo-Pacific, where China has been increasing its military aggression, as well as the war in Ukraine.Park is in India for two days.

07 Apr

Azamgarh was known for terrorism during SP, BSP and Congress rule: Amit Shah

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Amit Shah targated the opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh, bringing up the terrorist reputation of Azamgarh and saying that rural UP only had access to 24-hour electricity "during Ramadan" when they were in power.When laying the cornerstone for the Harihar Music College, Shah noted that Azamgarh had a reputation for terrorism under the rule of the SP, BSP, and Congress, but that under the current BJP administration, it is undergoing development.I would want to congratulate Yogi Ji. He arranged for the construction of a music college in Azamgarh, which was once renowned as the terror capital of the nation. SP…

07 Apr

CM is not happy with the increase of parking fee: Kunal ghosh

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The increase in parking fee was not subject to the permission of the Chief Minister. They didn't know that such pressure was going to be put on people to make a decision.' Explosive Kunal Ghosh on parking fees.On this day, Trinamool State General Secretary Kunal Ghosh said, "Decisions at whatever level or by whomever, the government or the party do not approve. The chief minister did not know that the chief minister's policy was not to increase the pressure on the people. The Chief Minister has informed the Mayor that the Municipality should withdraw this decision. The Mayor has been…