Day: September 7, 2019

President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

Pakistan denies use of airspace to Prez Kovind for foreign visits

5:19 pm September 7, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan has refused a request by India to allow President Ram Nath Kovind to use its airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday. Kovind will embark on a visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from Monday during which he is expected to brief the top leadership in […]

Chandrayaan 2: PM Modi gives tight hug to emotional ISRO chief K Sivan

5:09 pm September 7, 2019

Bengaluru: After a pep talk to scientists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave a long and tight hug to an emotional ISRO chief K Sivan, who was in tears, unable to come to termsover lander Vikram’s unsuccessful bid to soft-land on the moon. Modi, in his address at the ISRO centre here, asked the […]

Canada OKs return of Boeing 737 Max aircraft

Boeing suspends testing of long-haul 777X aircraft

3:02 pm September 7, 2019

New York: Boeing has suspended testing on its new long-haul 777X aircraft, the company said Friday, a setback that comes as it battles to rebound from the crisis surrounding the 737 MAX. The so-called “final load” tests are part of the aircraft certification process, overseen by inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and meant […]

PM’s Mumbai public event venue changed amid rain threat

2:53 pm September 7, 2019

Mumbai: The venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public event in Mumbai on Saturday was shifted to the Jio World Centre’s mega convention centre from the MMRDA Grounds due to possibility of rain, officials said. The Jio World Centre, built by richest Indian Mukesh Ambani, is located in close vicinity of the MMRDA Grounds in […]

Modi launches BEML-built coach for city’s metro

2:52 pm September 7, 2019

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday launched an indigenously-built metro coach to be used by the upcoming Mumbai metro network. The coach, the first in the list of 500 to be delivered to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, has been built by Bharat Earth Movers (BEML) at its Bengaluru facility in flat 75 days. Accompanied […]