Month: September 2026

SpiceJet to add 20 aircraft in winter; fleet down to a mere 11

September 4, 2026 admin

A SpiceJet passenger aircraft. | Photo Credit: Reuters Financially beleaguered airline SpiceJet on Thursday (September 3, 2026) said it has entered into agreements to induct 20 aircraft between October and November. These comprise 15 Boeing 737s and five Airbus A321s. The inductions will help the carrier add 200 flights. From over 90-aircraft fleet pre-pandemic, SpiceJet…

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ISRO’s GSLV-F17 carrying EOS-05 lifts off from Sriharikota

September 3, 2026 admin

ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO) A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s Earth observation satellite EOS-05, lifted off from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday (September 4, 2026). The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish…

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ISRO’s GSLV-F17 carrying EOS-05 lifts off from Sriharikota

September 3, 2026 admin

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Home Secretary reviews Himalayan States’ preparedness for glacial lake outbursts

September 3, 2026 admin

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a meeting with Himalayan States and Union Territories on Thursday (September 3, 2026), to review their preparedness to face Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and snow avalanches, stressing the need for proactive monitoring, risk-informed planning, and stronger early warning…

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Courtroom dramas, clipped and shared

September 3, 2026 admin

From her room in a town in Assam, Tanisha Som, 24, would spend hours watching courtrooms, hundreds of kilometres away, come to life on her screen. She would watch women lawyers command the courtroom, threading their arguments through a thicket of questions from the Bench, pressing an argument here and conceding there, until even the most sceptical…

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Volkswagen says cutting 100,000 jobs by end of decade

September 3, 2026 admin

German car giant Volkswagen. File | Photo Credit: Reuters German car giant Volkswagen said on Thursday (September 3, 2026) that management and unions had agreed to cut a further 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, bringing total job losses to 100,000. “It is essential to systematically align workforce levels with economic realities,” the…

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On Uttam Kumar’s birth centenary, West Bengal CM vows to keep politics out of Tollywood

September 3, 2026 admin

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari addressing an event to pay tribute to actor Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary, in Kolkata on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the government will leave politics out of the Bengali film industry while launching the birth centenary celebrations of late actor Uttam Kumar. “I…

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Keeping pace with climate shock events

September 3, 2026 admin

Houses damaged by the overflowing Mahaweli River following Cyclone Ditwah, in Kandy, Sri Lanka on December 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Shaky social media visuals of the Rasuwa floods in Nepal have rattled the world. With over 1,250 lives lost so far — over 4,000 people are still missing — the extent of devastation…

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Akash Anand in need of more political maturity, won’t give him key party roles, says BSP chief Mayawati

September 3, 2026 admin

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati with her nephew and party national coordinator Akash Anand. | Photo Credit: File Photo Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said her nephew and party national coordinator Akash Anand needs to become more politically mature and decided against giving him any major responsibility in the party. “I have…

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BJP seeks sacking of two Ministers over Congress MLA’s allegation of corruption in Karnataka

September 3, 2026 admin

A recent letter to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar by Congress MLA Ashok Kumar Rai, accusing two engineers of Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited of collecting extra charges from contractors stating that it has to be given to the Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister and the department Minister, has now taken a serious turn with the…

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