The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday said it has found several flaws within domestic airline operations at some airports, where “reported defects” reappeared several times on aircraft following inspections. The aviation regulator, which ordered a new set of Comprehensive Special Audits of airports to enhance safety following the jolt to the country’s...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the state of Uttar Pradesh to pay a provisional compensation of ₹5 lakh for delaying the release of an accused from Ghaziabad District Jail on the ground that a sub-section of the anti-conversion law under which he was booked was omitted in the bail order. Ordering the Ghaziabad Principal...
Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, took off successfully at 2:31 a.m. EDT (12 noon IST), from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. India is returning to space, Jai Hind, he said ahead of his historic mission to become the first...