It has been more than 24 hours since the news about the Indian Air Force helicopter crash involving Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat broke. The nation is yet to come to terms with the loss of the top figure of the Indian Army, one of the most high-profile names to be killed in …
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On 3rd December 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pre-emptive strike on seven Indian airfields in the west, hoping to cripple the IAF at the very beginning of that conflict. Curiously, the PAF did not attack our airfields in the east from their bases in East Pakistan. Either they were saving their resources, or our Gnats, termed ‘Sabre Slayers’ after …
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The first case of the Omicron variant detected in Maharashtra is a 33-year-old man from Thane district who is a marine engineer by profession. India has so far detected four cases of Omicron. Due to the odd nature of his job he couldn’t get vaccinated while on the ship since April despite his efforts, a Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) …
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A bizarre incident of theft has been reported at the Ashiana police station in Lucknow claiming that a brand new tyre of a Mirage fighter jet was stolen from a moving truck on Shaheed Path while being transported to Jodhpur air base in Rajasthan recently. Having registered the FIR, Ashiana police are interrogating the driver of the truck. The men …
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According to the farmers’ unions around 750 protesters have died of different causes in the one year of the protests against the three now-repealed farm laws. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government told Parliament that it has no data on farmers’ deaths during the same period. Responding to the question on if the government is planning to give financial relief …
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With the threat of the ‘highly transmissible’ Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 looming large, the Government of India’s new guidelines for international travellers is set to kick in starting Wednesday. Several airports across the country, including the ones in Delhi and Mumbai, have imposed new restrictions for international passengers travelling from ‘at risk’ countries across the world. Jump To List of …
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A total of 86,606 farm fires were observed in Punjab and Haryana between September and November during the stubble burning season by the Nasa’s VIIRS 375m satellite. This is reportedly a 7.3% increase over the same period last year and the highest number of farm fires in five years. BCCL Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), which looked at …
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As the air quality in Delhi remained very poor on Saturday, the ban on entry for petrol and diesel vehicles into the national capital has come into effect. According to the Delhi government, only CNG-run and electric vehicles will be allowed entry into the city till December 3. The Delhi government had announced this measure on Wednesday, November 24 to …
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With the new COVID-19 variant that’s deadlier than the previous delta variant, there are new challenges that the medical fraternity across the world is facing. Noting that they are not sure whether their vaccines would work against new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron, Pfizer and BioNTech promised to develop a new vaccine against the strain within 100 days. This comes after the …
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has warned Indian citizens to not buy Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Services In India as the same is not yet licensed in the country. In a statement, the telecom department told Elon Musk’s company to “get a licence before offering Satellite-based services.” The government pointed out that SpaceX’s satellite broadband arm Starlink Internet Services stands barred …
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