Qantas’ safety reputation under spotlight after spate of technical issues

Qantas’ safety reputation under spotlight after spate of technical issues

Qantas Airways Ltd., the airline whose stellar safety record was made famous by Hollywood, is back in the spotlight after a flurry of mechanical malfunctions. The Australian airline has been hit by a spate of in-flight issues since the middle of last week, starting with a mayday alert and engine shutdown on a plane from…

Foggy conditions prevail in Delhi; AQI improves to ‘very poor’ category

Foggy conditions prevail in Delhi; AQI improves to ‘very poor’ category

Delhi woke up to moderate fog on Monday morning, with the minimum temperature at 7.6 degrees Celsius, though the city is likely to experience a relatively warm day as the maximum temperature is forecast to hover around the 24-degree mark. Sunday’s maximum of 24 degrees Celsius was three notches above normal; the minimum temperature yesterday…

A next-to-the-impossible operation at high altitude and -15 degree temperature was led by Beacon and Indian Army
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A next-to-the-impossible operation at high altitude and -15 degree temperature was led by Beacon and Indian Army

A next-to-the-impossible operation at high altitude and -15 degree temperature was led by Beacon and Indian Army to bring the two bodies to Tangdar so that their families can perform their last rites, and by the grace of almighty Allah, it was successful. A little patient of nine months old, Faiza Muneer with critical illness…

INS Vagir, 5th submarine of Kalvari class, commissioned into Indian Navy
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INS Vagir, 5th submarine of Kalvari class, commissioned into Indian Navy

Indian Navy on Monday commissioned the fifth Kalvari class submarine Vagir at the naval dockyard in Mumbai in presence of Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar. The newly commissioned submarine took her maiden sea sortie in February last year, marking the commencement of sea trials. The submarine has gone through a series…

Eidgah Grenade Update: Few Suspects picked, Injured Civilian Discharged From Hospital: Police
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Eidgah Grenade Update: Few Suspects picked, Injured Civilian Discharged From Hospital: Police

Police on Sunday said that few suspected have been picked after grenade attack in Eidgah. In a tweet, Srinagar Police wrote, ” The injured civilian has been discharged after first aid in SKIMS Soura. Further, some suspects have been picked up for examination,”. Earlier, a civilian suffered minor injuries in a grenade blast in Eidgah…

Updated Rajouri: Suspicious Object Turns Out To Be Device With Blinking Lights
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Updated Rajouri: Suspicious Object Turns Out To Be Device With Blinking Lights

An object which recover from Jaglanoo near police station Kandi in Rajouri district this evening and suspected to be an IED has turned out to be a “blinking lights”, police said. The police statement comes after the area was “thoroughly sanitis by teams of District Police Rajouri, 60 RR and CRPF.” “A suspicious object with…

Lt Governor remembers Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary
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Lt Governor remembers Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary

Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha paid homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the eve of his Janm- Jayanti. In a message, the Lt Governor said: “Parakram Diwas is the occasion to remember the great son of our motherland who dedicated his life to the nation and the people. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is an embodiment…

Longest Surviving Hizb Militant Arrested in Shopian: Police
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Longest Surviving Hizb Militant Arrested in Shopian: Police

Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested longest surviving militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen oufit in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a tweet, The Kashmir Zone Police wrote, ” Shopian Police & Army arrested one of the longest surviving HM militant active since 2017 namely Nasir Ahmed Sher Gojri @ Qasim Bhai S/o Ali Mohd R/o HomHuna…

Grenade Attack in Eidgah Srinagar, 1 Civilian Suffer Minor Injuries
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Grenade Attack in Eidgah Srinagar, 1 Civilian Suffer Minor Injuries

A civilian suffered minor injuries in a grenade attack in Eidgah area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district this evening. In a tweet Srinagar police wrote, “One grenade was lobbed by militants in Eidgah area which caused minor splinter injury to one person namely Ajaz Ahmed Deva S/o Abdul Rasheed Deva aged 32 years R/o Sangam,…