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Captain Smit Machchhar was attacked during an altercation inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The captain who was attacked during an altercation inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) is an Indian national, Captain Smit Machchhar, according to…
File image of Captain Smit Machchhar. Photo: X/@IsraelMFA Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who was wounded in an altercation with his copilot who allegedly tried to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday (September 30, 2026). Describing him as a “true hero”, Mr. Netanyahu said that “despite being stabbed…
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By now, the two gold medals she has snapped up at the 2026 Asian Games have catapulted the extremely shy compound archer Chikitha Taniparthi into the national headlines. The 221-year-old – who comes from a modest farming family in Peddapalli, Telangana – is a stranger to stardom and the sprinkling of opulence that sporting achievements…
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The Health Department on Wednesday advised candidates applying for the post of contractual staff nurses to be wary of intermediaries and not pay money to anyone promising appointments. The District Health Society had recently invited applications for 4,724 posts of contractual/temporary staff nurses. In a post on social media, the Office of Health Minister, responding…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced that her government will introduce its first national intelligence strategy that may ultimately lead to the creation of an external intelligence agency of Japan in the line of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America….
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BJP district president MMN Parusurama Raju has said ‘Khadi Santha’ (Khadi Fair) will be organised on October 2 and 3 as part of the nationwide ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of 25 years in public life and commemorating Gandhi Jayanti. The Khadi Santha would be held at the Sri Karaka Chettu…
Andre Siddarth. | Photo Credit: File photo: K. MURALI KUMAR For C. Andre Siddarth, pressure is a privilege. The soon-approaching task of serving as R. Sai Kishore’s deputy in the Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy team is not bogging the 20-year-old down. The leadership role which has been bestowed upon him is, in fact, driving the…
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Excise duty levied on the fuels domestically remains unchanged. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: J. ALLEN EGENUSE In their latest fortnightly review, the government further reduced the export levy on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) whilst keeping the levy on petrol unchanged. Excise duty levied on the fuels domestically remains unchanged. For the…
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There has been a delay in signing the MoU, as a severance package must be finalised. However, talks are under way to arrive at the final amount soon. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The State government plans to begin the Chennai Metro Rail’s takeover of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) within three months….
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