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HAL’s Light Combat Helicopter is deployed for operations in Leh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Defence Ministry on Friday (March 28, 2025) signed two contracts with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to buy 156 indigenous Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), as well as training and associated equipment, for a total of over ₹62,700 crore, excluding taxes. … Read more
Air India Express, the low-cost arm of Air India, projects a growth of 50% in passengers flown in the financial year 2026 taking the total number to 30 million, according to its CEO Aloke Singh. The airline ferried approximately 20 million passengers in the financial year 2025, when it witnessed a growth of 19%. The … Read more
Rescue worker at the site a high-rise building under construction that collapsed in Bangkok after an earthquake on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised “all possible assistance” to Myanmar and Thailand after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the two southeast Asian countries on Friday (March 28, 2025). The announcement … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Even former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi couldn’t change Pakistan’s “bigoted mindset” in 1971, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday (March 28, 2025), responding to questions in … Read more
Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meeting a delegation of employees from ICICI Bank, claiming unfair termination, at the Parliament in New Delhi on March 28, 2025. Photo: X/@INCIndia Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Friday (March 28, 2025) met with a delegation of employees from ICICI Bank … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in a Madras High Court order fixing a cap on number of tourist vehicles plying to the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal during the summer season this year. The High Court had restricted traffic to 6,000 tourist vehicles a day during weekdays and 8,000 vehicles during weekends to the … Read more
Rajya Sabha proceedings were interrupted on Friday morning by protests over Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman’s now expunged remarks on 16th century Rajput king Rana Sanga. The BJP demanded an unqualified apology from him, while the Opposition walked out in protest over an attack on Mr. Suman’s home by the Karni Sena, a Rajput … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ‘TV9 Summit’ in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PMO via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (March 28, 2025) asserted that the importance of India’s efforts, innovations and opinions are receiving today never happened earlier. Speaking at the TV9 Summit on the theme of “What India Thinks … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on March 28, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI The Lok Sabha on Friday (March 28, 2025) passed a Bill which seeks to modernise provisions governing the carriage of goods by sea and simplify maritime regulations. … Read more
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on March 28, 2025. Photo: ANI Photo/Sansad TV Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday (March 28, 2025) condemned the remarks by a Samajwadi party MP against Rajput king Rana Sanga, asserting that the … Read more