NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will come up with a compensation framework for private highway operators and investors, including overseas pension funds, who have betted on the highway sector for the losses they incur after rollout of “annual pass” for private vehicles on national highways and expressways from Aug 15.This is…
NEW DELHI: Enroute airspace restrictions due to the Israel-Iran war forced Air India to cancel its Delhi-Frankfurt (AI 2029) and Delhi-Zurich (AI 151) flights on Sunday. This happened “due to extended flight times caused by airspace closures in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region. These closures would have exceeded the mandatory flight…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted increased Northern Lights activity for Thursday night, forecasting a Kp index of 5 out of 9. This means the aurora borealis may intensify and become visible farther south than usual. Based on NOAA’s three-day space weather forecast, geomagnetic activity is expected to increase Thursday evening and…
Air India cancelled several international flights on Tuesday, causing disruption for travelers. The cancellations follow the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, a Dreamliner bound for London, in which 241 out of 242 people on board were killed. In response, the airline has increased its operational inspections and technological checks.As of Tuesday, at least…
Jason Behrendorff (Getty Images) Washington Freedom’s Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff was on Monday ruled out of the remaining matches of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season, the franchise announced.“Jason Behrendorff is ruled out of Cognizant Major League Cricket Season 3 due to an injury,” Washington Freedom said in a statement.“The group is going to…
Gautam Gambhir the Head Coach (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) India head coach Gautam Gambhir returned home on June 12 as his mother suffered a heart attack on June 11. As per sources, Gambhir is with his mother at the moment who is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICT) of a Delhi hospital.The treatment is…
The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a lower court’s order directing the Trump administration to provide due process to scores of Venezuelan immigrants who were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a wartime law. The emergency request by the Justice Department, filed to the U.S. Court…
Supreme Court(File photo) NEW DELHI: SC on Monday turned down Tamil Nadu govt’s plea for urgent listing of its suit against the Centre for the release of over Rs 2,291 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme (SSS).Appearing before a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan, senior advocate P Wilson pleaded that there…
The Chinese government’s subsidies aimed at boosting domestic consumption have led to a surge in the sales of digital products like smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches, generating about $20 billion in just four months, according to the Ministry of Commerce.As of Thursday, over 48 million consumers participated in the government’s digital product subsidy scheme, purchasing a…
A 48-year-old woman in China suffered a bone fracture simply by rolling over in bed as she had avoided sunlight for most of her life, fearing tanning. Medical tests later showed that the levels of vitamin D in her body were critically low. The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, had shunned sun exposure…