Month: October 2024

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs and delay first 777X delivery as strike hits finances

October 11, 2024 admin

Boeing employees build 777 aircrafts under production at the Everett Production Facility on June 26, 2024 in Everett, Washington. | Photo Credit: AFP Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce, delay the first delivery of its 777X jet by a year and expects substantial new losses in its defence business as…

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Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 U.N. peacekeepers in separate strikes

October 11, 2024 admin

An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday (October 11, 2024), Lebanon’s military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The incidents entangling both Lebanon’s official Army — which has…

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Apple accused of restricting workers’ Slack, social media use by U.S. labour board

October 11, 2024 admin

Apple employees work in an Apple Store at the Grand Central Terminal in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 4, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. National Labour Relations board accused Apple of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of…

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Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Group Nihon Hidankyo Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 2024 admin

Oslo / Tokyo: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries that have nuclear weapons not to use them. Many survivors of the only two nuclear bombs ever to be used in conflict, who are known…

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Bengal Doctors Protest On RG Kar Issue For Public Interest: Medical Body Chief

October 11, 2024 admin

They have really touched my heart, said R.V. Asokan. (File) Kolkata: The continuing protests by the junior doctors of West Bengal against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata in August this year are not in self-interest but in the larger public interest,…

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US Expands Sanctions Against Iran In Response To Missile Attack On Israel

October 11, 2024 admin

This action intensifies financial pressure on Iran amid tensions with Israel. Washington: The United States on Friday expanded sanctions against Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel, the Treasury Department said. “This action intensifies financial pressure on Iran, limiting the regime’s ability to earn critical energy revenues to undermine…

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Delhi Zoo’s Lone African Elephant “Freed From Chains” After Welfare Review

October 11, 2024 admin

Shankar has been alone since his companion, another African elephant named Bambai, died in 2005. New Delhi: The Delhi Zoo’s lone African elephant, Shankar, walked freely in his enclosure after being released from chains on Friday, the Ministry of Environment said. Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh had reviewed Shankar’s health and…

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How Air India Express Pilots Handled Mid-Air Scare Over Trichy

October 11, 2024 admin

On the ground, preparations had been made for an emergency landing. New Delhi: A report of hydraulic failure from a Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah Air India Express flight and its subsequent holding pattern for over two hours may have caused panic on the ground, but things were always under control inside the cockpit, senior sources from the airline…

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Army Chief Launches “Agniastra” Multi-Target Detonation Device In Gangtok

October 11, 2024 admin

This device builds upon previous milestones achieved earlier this year. Gangtok: The Army Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday, officially launched “Agniastra,” a portable multi-target detonation device, during the Army Commanders Conference in Gangtok. This device was developed by Major Rajprasad RS from the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers and is seen as a major…

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Kerala Chief Minister Kept Me Dark About “Crimes Against Nation”: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan

October 11, 2024 admin

The Governor said this referring to a recent letter sent to him by Mr Vijayan. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Friday intensified his attack on the ruling Left government by accusing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of keeping him in the dark about ‘crimes against the nation’ being committed in the state. The Governor…

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