Image: Chaideer Mahyuddin/CNN An Airbus A320 carrying 153 passengers was cruising towards Jakarta when an extraordinary lapse in the cockpit left neither pilot awake to monitor the aircraft. Both pilots on the Batik Air flight fell asleep at the same time for about 28 minutes, during which the aircraft drifted away from its intended route….
Bengali actor Jaayjeet Banerjee recently met with a road accident while travelling near the Tollygunge Karunamoyee Bridge. He took to social media to reveal that a speeding lorry hit his car while he was coming down from the bridge towards Haridevpur. The actor was sitting in the front seat and luckily escaped without any serious…
Manu Bhaker with her new coach (Photo by Jelena Arunovic) BHOPAL: After adjusting the lighting at the MP State Shooting Academy final hall, two young electricians asked Manu Bhaker if she needed anything else. “Nahin,” the shooting star politely replied. The electricians were still waiting. Distracted, Manu suddenly realized it hadn’t hit home, and gave…
A major conservation effort launched in 2002 has restored New Mexico’s official state fish to more than 120 miles of connected mountain streams, marking one of the largest native fish restoration projects in the United States. For more than two decades, state and federal conservation agencies have worked to remove non-native predators and restore high-altitude…
New Delhi: One left his studies after Class X to support his family, the other took on the responsibility for the education of his elder brother’s children after their father’s death.On Wednesday, both young lives were tragically cut short. Manish (25) and Sunny (30) were killed in an accidental blast at a CNG station in…
Dhobi Ghat open public space Mumbai: Questioning whether the rights of ‘rassi holders’–the traditional clothes-drying community using the city’s famed heritage Dhobi Ghat at Mahalaxmi since 1851–were protected, Bombay high court has directed BMC to state on oath what permissions were granted to permit a slum rehabilitation scheme on the open public land.The rassi holders…
Bengaluru: At nearly eight years old, she weighed just 8.4kg and stood only 81cm tall — about the size of a much younger child. Since infancy, she had suffered from poor growth, developmental delays, recurrent infections and persistent breathing problems, leaving doctors searching for answers for years.That search has now led doctors at state-run Indira…
Chennai: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday criticised the TVK govt for changing its stand on delimitation within a week of passing a resolution in the Tamil Nadu assembly demanding that the Union govt freeze the current strength of Lok Sabha.Dhinakaran stated that Vijay’s speech at Southern Zonal Council indicating a change in…
Hyderabad: Startup ecosystem enabler T-Hub has joined hands with Japan’s OKI Electric Industry Co Ltd to launch a programme to help Indian deep-tech startups validate technologies, access Japanese industrial markets and explore commercial opportunities.Telangana govt-led T-Hub said the initiative received more than 150 applications from startups across India. After a multi-stage evaluation, eight startups were…
Kolkata: Sixty security personnel operational in three shifts, including 15 at night, stay on guard on the sprawling 58-acre Jadavpur University campus protecting around 15,000 students, teachers and staffers. The events in the early hours of Thursday showed that it’s practically impossible for 15 personnel, including ex-servicemen, to resist a violent mob from barging into…
