Day: November 25, 2020

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

Air India set to start non-stop Bengaluru-San Francisco flight from Jan 11

11:07 pm November 25, 2020

Mumbai: National carrier Air India is all set to fly non-stop to San Francisco in the US from Bengaluru starting January 11, BIAL said on Wednesday. The flight, for which the bookings have commenced from Wednesday, will be operated twice-a-week with a Boeing B777-200 LR aircraft, it said. The new non-stop service – which would be Air India’s longest […]

Xi orders Chinese military to strengthen training under real combat conditions

11:03 pm November 25, 2020

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday ordered the armed forces to strengthen training under real combat conditions and raise their capability of winning wars as the ruling Communist Party laid out plans to make the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on par with the US military by 2027. After stressing recently that the PLA must apply cutting-edge […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

‘Mask bank’ launched in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar

10:59 pm November 25, 2020

New Delhi: North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash on Wednesday inaugurated a ‘mask bank’ at Sadar Bazar in central Delhi, according to a statement. The mask bank at Barah Tuti Chowk has been jointly developed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Police. Anybody in need of a mask can have it for free from the […]

Bank operations may be hit by unions’ strike on Thursday

10:56 pm November 25, 2020

New Delhi: Banking operations across the country may be impacted on Thursday as some bank unions would be joining the one-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions. Ten central trade unions, except Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, will observe the nationwide general strike to protest against various policies of the central government. Many lenders, including IDBI Bank […]

Carlsberg ties up with Desolenator to purify saline water in Sundarbans

10:53 pm November 25, 2020

New Delhi: Multinational brewer Carlsberg Group on Wednesday said it has partnered with Netherlands-based solar desalination technology company Desolenator for converting saline water into clean drinking water for a town of 4,000 in Sundarbans, West Bengal. Desolenator is the world’s first sustainable water purification technology and it will be used for a desalination plant designed to be set […]