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NEW DELHI: Airlines across nation are rushing to complete emergency software upgrades on more than 350 Airbus A320-family aircraft after a rare global safety directive warned that intense solar radiation could corrupt flight-control data and trigger sudden, uncommanded aircraft movements. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered immediate compliance on Saturday after Airbus flagged…

NEW DELHI: The Mahagathbandhan on Saturday unanimously elected Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav as the opposition coalition’s leader in the Bihar assembly, a decision taken at the alliance’s first meeting since its drubbing in the recent state polls. The meeting was convened by Yadav ahead of the five-day assembly session beginning Monday. RJD…

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva shakes welcomes former Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rajesh Gupta to the BJP, in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Former two-time Wazirpur MLA Rajesh Gupta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, quitting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the eve of bypolls in the AAP-run Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)….

NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre and the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government continue to spar over education-related issues, the fourth edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) marks a significant expansion of the Union government’s Tamil language outreach with two major initiatives — sending 300 college students from Varanasi to Tamil Nadu for immersive Tamil…

Cyclone Ditwah triggers rainfall, strong winds and high tides India is on high alert as Cyclone Ditwah continues to move north-northwest over the southwest Bay of Bengal and is expected to reach close to the North Tamil Nadu–Puducherry–South Andhra Pradesh coast by early November 30, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The agency has…

Airbus has issued an urgent global directive for A320-family operators to fix a software issue that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of aircraft, after a JetBlue A320 unexpectedly pitched downward on October 30. The problem, linked to intense solar radiation corrupting critical flight-control data, has prompted India to ground over 350 A320s for 2–3…

Airbus has issued an urgent global directive for A320-family operators to fix a software issue that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of aircraft, after a JetBlue A320 unexpectedly pitched downward on October 30. The problem, linked to intense solar radiation corrupting critical flight-control data, has prompted India to ground over 350 A320s for 2–3…

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set up a national coordination team to monitor the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and flag any “discrepancies,” along with issues faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) across the country. The seven-member committee will be headed by BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh. Its…

The return of Rama: A 500-year struggle that healed wounded civilisation Awadh was aghast. The city collapsed like a lamp about to lose its flame. Men, women and children followed him as though Ayodhya itself was walking away. They did not see a prince going to the forest, it was like something being forcefully torn…

The 30th session of the UN climate change conference (COP30) concluded in Belem, Brazil on Nov 22, keeping alive the hope of multilateral processes to find answers to global problems. India was led by the country’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav during the crucial round of negotiations that finally ended with adopting the…