NEW DELHI: A steep cut in NEET-PG qualifying standards has led to postgraduate medical seats in govt colleges being filled at shockingly low scores – including in high-risk clinical specialties – triggering alarm across the medical fraternity, reports Anuja Jaiswal. The impact was stark in third-round PG counselling, where candidates secured seats in govt medical…
NEW DELHI: A training aircraft was forced to land in an open field about 50-70km before its destination, Belagavi, Sunday after allegedly running out of fuel. While the aircraft was damaged in the impact, both the flight instructor and the trainee pilot aboard were safe. Aviation authorities were probing the episode. “Redbird Flight Training Academy’s…
NEW DELHI: In a giant leap for the Indian space sector, domestic aerospace company Azista Space has demonstrated a new indigenous capability in space by taking images of objects in orbit from another satellite, a first by any space company in the country. This is often called “in-orbit snooping or space watch”.Using its 80-kg earth-observation…
Representative image (Credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: “Suspected fuel starvation” — running out of fuel — reportedly caused a Red Bird training aircraft to force land in an open field about to 50 to 70 km before its destination, Belagavi, on Sunday. Luckily, both the flight instructor and student pilot on board the Cessna 172 aircraft…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, emphasising a shift toward female leadership in governance.In a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the BJP-led Delhi government, chief minister Rekha Gupta and BJP National President Nitin Nabin officially flagged off a massive fleet of 4,000 electric buses, making…
NEW DELHI: The chief minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, has approved a grant of Rs 1,200 crore for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), providing major relief to thousands of serving employees and pensioners, while also strengthening technology-driven initiatives to improve traffic management and urban mobility in the Capital.Out of the total allocation released by the…
NEW DELHI: A private training aircraft operated by Redbird Flying Training Academy Limited crashed in an open field in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district on Sunday afternoon, police said. as visuals from the spot emerged showing the wreckage.Belagavi Police said that a Red Bird aircraft, which is a two-seater plane went down in Mangaluru village of Babaleshwar…
NEW DELHI: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday expressed grief over the suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan’s capital. Speaking to reporters in Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, Abdullah said it was “unfortunate that now blasts are taking place inside mosques as well”. “It shows how far we have gone…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of promoting hate and targeting minorities after a purported video posted on the ruling party’s Assam unit X handle showed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma allegedly firing a rifle at two individuals identified as minorities, and demanded strict judicial action in the matter.The now-deleted video,…
NEW DELHI: Addressing a joint press statement in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s stance on terrorism remains firm and uncompromising, reaffirming New Delhi’s support for efforts aimed at peace. He added that India and Malaysia would strengthen cooperation in security, including counter-terrorism, intelligence sharing and maritime…
