Air India mandates UK-based firm to sell its four Boeing 747-400 jumbo aircraft

Air India mandates UK-based firm to sell its four Boeing 747-400 jumbo aircraft

Tata Group-owned Air India has mandated UK-based remarketing firm Skytech-AIC for the sale of its four Boeing 747-400 jumbo planes. These aircraft were deregistered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation earlier this year. In a statement on November 21, Skytech-AIC said it has been appointed by Air India to market four Boeing 747-400s for…

WHO plans to rename monkeypox as MPOX to destigmatise virus

WHO plans to rename monkeypox as MPOX to destigmatise virus

In an attempt to fight taboos related to monkeypox, the World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to rename the virus, designating it as MPOX, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which could be announced as early as Wednesday, comes in response to growing pressure from senior Biden officials,…

Kashmir, Ladakh Freeze Amid Sub-Zero Temperatures

Kashmir, Ladakh Freeze Amid Sub-Zero Temperatures

Amid forecast for mainly dry weather, night temperatures saw further drop on Wednesday with mercury settling at sub-zero level at most places in Kashmir Valley. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.8°C against 0.2°C on the previous night. While the temperature was 0.9°C below normal during this time…

Pillion rider injured in Shopian accident

Pillion rider injured in Shopian accident

A pillon received critical injuries in a road accident in Ramnagari area of Shopian district on Wednesday. Official sources told that an accident took place in Ramnagari between a maruti car bearing registeration number Jk22/3559 & one bike bearing number Jk22A/2074 in which pillon rider received injuries. He said that injured pillion rider identified as…

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan visits coast guard headquarters, briefed on coastal security

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan visits coast guard headquarters, briefed on coastal security

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Anil Chauhan, visited Coast Guard headquarters on Tuesday and interacted with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) officers. During his visit, he was briefed about the emergence of the Indian Coast Guards as a peacetime maritime armed force and a suitable inter-ministerial body for the coordination of maritime safety and security…

Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hits near Maharashtra’s Nashik

Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hits near Maharashtra’s Nashik

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit west of Nashik district in Maharashtra in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.6, Occurred on 23-11-2022, 04:04:35 IST, Lat: 19.95 and Long: 72.94, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 89km W of Nashik, Maharashtra, India,” tweeted the National Center for Seismology….

Yasin Malik To Appear Before Special CBI Court In Link With 1990 Killing Of 4 IAF Officers
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Yasin Malik To Appear Before Special CBI Court In Link With 1990 Killing Of 4 IAF Officers

On Wednesday, a Special CBI court will hear the case of incarcerated Jammu & Kashmir’s separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik in connection with the murder of four Indian Air Force officers. On 25 January 1990, Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna and three other IAF personnel were allegedly killed by Malik and his other accomplices at Srinagar’s…

The petition filed by Private Schools Association J&K (PSAJK) and Internet Foundation of India was heard by a bench of the SC

The petition filed by Private Schools Association J&K (PSAJK) and Internet Foundation of India was heard by a bench of the SC

Advocate-on-Record Shadan Farasat appeared on behalf of the Private Schools Association (‘Association’) and was assisted by advocates from IFF i.e. Gautam Bhatia, Vrinda Bhandari, Abhinav Sekhri, Tanmay Singh and Krishnesh Bapat. When the matter was taken up for hearing, Mr. Farasat informed the Court that while 4G services have resumed in Jammu and Kashmir, the…

Srinagar records first sub-zero temperature of season

Srinagar records first sub-zero temperature of season

 The night temperature in Srinagar went below the freezing point for the first time this season, with the mercury settling at minus 0.8 degrees Celsius. Pahalgam, in south Kashmir, was the coldest place in Kashmir valley with a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius. The night temperatures in other parts of the Valley also…

DDC B’la reviews developmental works of RDD under ADP, other Schemes

DDC B’la reviews developmental works of RDD under ADP, other Schemes

The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Baramulla, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar today took a holistic and sector wise review of all developmental works taken up under the Area Development Plan (ADP) and other schemes of Rural Development Department (RDD) during a meeting held at Dak Bungalow, here. On the occasion, the DDC took a comprehensive and…