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Updates: Wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode Airport during monsoon season banned, says DGCA
12 Aug, 2020 | 12:14:37 AM IST
The move comes after an Air India Express flight had crash-landed at Kozhikode Airport on August 7, claiming 18 lives.
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- Nepal halves entry points for Indians, extends suspension of flights until August 31
- French privacy watchdog opens investigation into TikTok
- Facebook Announces New Policy For News Publishers Connected To Political Entities
- Use of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode Airport during the monsoon season has been banned: DGCA
- Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Mitu Singh leaves from Enforcement Directorate (ED) office.
- Government tightens norms for import of certain chemicals
- Fake followers racket case: Crime Branch issues summon to Sagar Gokhale, co-founder of Qyuki Digital Media
- MLAs in Gehlot camp annoyed after Pilot's return: Mahesh Joshi
- Income Tax Department searches premises of Chinese entities
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Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy's residence in Bengaluru vandalised, allegedly over an inciting social media post by h… https://t.co/R1QovlRqsZ
— ANI (@ANI) 1597169538000Income Tax Department searches premises of Chinese entities
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- Congress legislators in the Ashok Gehlot camp on Tuesday expressed their "annoyance" on the return of Sachin Pilot and other dissident MLAs, a senior party leader said.
- However, Chief Minister Gehlot said he has faith in the party's high command and their decision.
- He said the party leadership in Delhi will be apprised of the MLAs' sentiments.
Fake followers racket case: Mumbai Police Crime Branch issues summon to Sagar Gokhale, co-founder of Qyuki Digital Media Pvt Ltd to record his statement.
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Mumbai: Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Mitu Singh leaves from Enforcement Directorate (ED) office.
Mumbai: #SushantSinghRajput's sister Mitu Singh leaves from Enforcement Directorate (ED) office. https://t.co/92yPE8H9pN
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- The 84-year-old, who had also tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the surgery
- The yajna at Japeswar Shiva Mandir will go on uninterrupted for three days, the chief priest said
Rajasthan: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting underway at Suryagarh hotel in Jaisalmer
Rajasthan: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting underway at Suryagarh hotel in Jaisalmer. https://t.co/jLaLyBVxwf
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Use of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode Airport during the monsoon season has been banned: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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Embassy of Israel has contributed state-of-the-art artificial intelligence based technologies and high-end equipmen… https://t.co/IE7AFY1opk
— ANI (@ANI) 1597154877000Nepal halves entry points for Indians, extends suspension of flights until August 31
We never spoke or did anything against the party or party leadership. Several people spread many rumours and raised many questions but we remain on the stand that we took 30 days ago.
- Sachin Pilot, Congress
AI pilot unions demand removal of DGCA chief Arun Kumar over Kozhikode plane crash comments
- Kumar said during one of the televised interviews that the plane's "landing was not smooth".
- On another news channel, Kumar stated that the "two fellows are dead...and the landing it seems was not appropriate"
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck 43 km south of Moirang, Manipur at 7:27 pm today: National Center for Seismology
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- Ritutal is taking place in the ancestral village of former President Pranab Mukherjee for his speedy recovery
- Mukherjee on Tuesday remained on life support and his health bulletin termed his condition 'critical'
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I have not made any demands with the party. I am an MLA and a Congress worker, I will do whatever party asks me to do: Sachin Pilot on the possibility of getting Deputy CM post again
I have not made any demands with the party. I am an MLA and a Congress worker, I will do whatever party asks me to… https://t.co/F3AQRWtUyW
— ANI (@ANI) 1597152045000I heard he used unparliamentary language for Bihar CM also. He said baseless things about Sushant Singh Rajput's father & me that are untrue. He is not aware of facts. He is a responsible person & should not have done this
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Pranab Mukherjee's condition worsens, on ventilator support post surgery
- The 84-year-old was admitted to the military hospital around noon on Monday
- He had also tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the surgery
Fitch flags loan recast scheme; says will extend uncertainty over banks' asset quality
- The Reserve Bank's scheme to allow lenders to recast loans will extend uncertainty over the banking sector's asset quality, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.
- In a major relief to corporate and retail borrowers, last week RBI permitted banks to go for one-time restructuring of loans that are facing stress due to the COVID-19 crisis with a view to mitigating risks to financial stability.
Out of 75k daily tests only 6100 are RT-PCR: Bihar CM to PM
- Bihar CM in meeting with PM admits that out of 75,000 tests in the state done daily as many as 65,000 are rapid antigen tests are done.
- Rest 6,100 RT-PCR tests are being done.
- Concedes there is a need to increase the number of the "very important" RT-PCR tests to at least 20,000 daily.
Kerala: A man named Ramshad, his pregnant wife and four-year-old daughter escaped Kozhikode Plane Crash with minor injuries.
Kerala: A man named Ramshad, his pregnant wife and four-year-old daughter escaped #KozhikodePlaneCrash with minor i… https://t.co/6UTXEMMIj6
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- Decline was mainly due to lower output of manufacturing, mining and power generation.
- Manufacturing sector production registered a decline of 17.1 per cent.
- Output of mining and power fell 19.8 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
I have not demanded any post from party; there should not be any vendetta politics.
- Pilot in Jaipur
Jaipur: Supporters of Congress leader Sachin Pilot raise slogans & welcome him, as he returns to Rajasthan
#WATCH Jaipur: Supporters of Congress leader Sachin Pilot raise slogans & welcome him, as he returns to #Rajasthan… https://t.co/BFmLCucWhm
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Rhea Chakraborty's petition seeking transfer of FIR from Patna to Mumbai in connection with the death of Sushant Sing Rajput: Supreme Court asks all parties to file written note of all precedent judgments compiled before the court by Thursday, 13th August.
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