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IndiGo has rejected the DGCA’s suggestion to raise the definition of night flying from all flying between midnight to 5 a.m. by an hour to include flying till 6 a.m. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a letter to the DGCA, IndiGo has opposed the regulator’s proposal to reduce night flying for…
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More and more countries are legalising voluntary assisted dying. This lets a doctor, or sometimes a nurse practitioner, give life-ending medication to an eligible person who requests it. As of 2023, 282 million people lived in regions where voluntary assisted dying is legal. Jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon have had these laws…
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\: Keshav Maharaj and Wiaan Mulder have been included in South Africa’s Test squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan, starting on December 26 in Centurion, despite being on varied stages of their respective injuries. Maharaj sustained an acute groin strain on Tuesday during warm-ups ahead of the first ODI against Pakistan at Boland…
(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Until now, scientists believed that there was no binary star system near Sagittarius A*, which is a supermassive black hole located at the centre of our Milky Way. However, new…
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah – at the centre of a ferocious Congress-led maelstrom following his “Ambedkar is the fashion” quip in Parliament last night – counterattacked Wednesday evening by accusing his rivals of being “anti-Ambedkar” and “anti-Constitution”, and “spreading lies”. In his typically combative style, a normally unapologetic Mr Shah – Prime Minister…
India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma at R Ashwin’s farewell after 3rd Test© BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin‘s abrupt retirement decision, midway through the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will mean that the legendary off-spinner will fly back to India right after the third Test, and not travel with the team any further. India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed…
The couple was transferred to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead. (Representational) New Delhi: An elderly couple died after a fire broke out at their home in southwest Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave on Wednesday morning, a Delhi Fire Services official said. The couple have been identified as Govind Ram Nagpal (80) and his wife…
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At the centre of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It is roughly 27,000 light years from Earth and 23.5 million kilometres in diameter. In a world first, a team of astronomers led by Florian Peißker from the University of Cologne, Germany, have discovered a binary star system orbiting this…
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New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday evening doubled down on his party’s attacks on Amit Shah – after his “… has become the fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar…” remark in Parliament last night – calling them “condemnable” and slamming the ruling BJP for disrespecting for the Constitution. Mr Kharge also called on Prime Minister Narendra…
Andrew Tate, flanked by bodyguards, looks at a mobile phone at the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday (December 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP A British court ruled Wednesday (December 18, 2024) that police can seize more than 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) to cover years of unpaid taxes from influencer…
