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India Non-Fossil Fuel Capacity: Clean power push: India hits 300 GW non-fossil capacity milestone ahead of 2030 target

India crossed 300 GW of non-fossil fuel-based installed power generation capacity as of July 31 (representative image) India has crossed 300 GW of installed non-fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity, reaching more than 60 per cent of its target of 500 GW by 2030, according to the ministry of new and renewable energy.As of July 31,…

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DGCA to conduct preliminary probe into Baramati aircraft runway excursion: Centre | India News

No injuries as training aircraft veers off runway at Baramati airport NEW DELHI: The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) said on Sunday that a team from aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is being sent to Maharashtra’s Baramati airfield, where a Cessna training aircraft was involved in a runway excursion earlier in…

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Ex-US President Joe Biden’s cancer ‘painful, spread into his bones and further’, says son Hunter

Joe Biden’s cancer has metastasized into his bones and further, said his son Hunter Former US President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones and is causing significant pain, his son Hunter Biden said in a BBC interview recently.“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further,” Hunter Biden told BBC’s Newsnight,…

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Turbulence-hit AI flight captain screening dope test ‘not negative, sent for confirmatory test:’ Govt | India News

An Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi, experienced a sudden loss of altitude of about 300 feet during cruise NEW DELHI: The pilots of Air India’s Aug 4 turbulence-hit Phuket-Delhi flight were subjected to psychoactive substance (dope) screening test on arrival at the destination. The pilot-in-command or captain’s screening test report was not negative…

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‘We know how to stand up to American ideas’: Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan

Netanyahu said that, “As long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will be established.” Israel has rejected the latest US proposal to move to the next stage of the Gaza peace process, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting that Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli forces withdraw.“Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu…

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Laser beam disorients pilot, Malaysia Airlines flight circles before safe landing in Kolkata | Kolkata News

Kolkata Airport (File Photo) KOLKATA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying 159 passengers was delayed while approaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after the pilot was reportedly distracted by a laser beam, airport sources said on Sunday.Flight MH-184 was scheduled to land at 11.20 pm on Saturday, according to news…

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JNU cancels discussion on Umar Khalid’s book, cites ‘non-disclosure’ of programme details | Delhi News

The event was scheduled for August 10 from 3 pm to 6 pm at the School of Social Sciences-I auditorium. NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has cancelled a student-organised discussion on a book authored by former student Umar Khalid, scheduled on campus on Monday, citing “non-disclosure of the full facts” about the programme.The…

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‘Shivling exists beneath its premises’: Hindu outfit plans Ganga water offering at Deoband seminary | India News

Hindu Raksha Dal to visit Darul Uloom in Deoband in Saharanpur district. NEW DELHI: The Hindu Raksha Dal has announced plans to visit Darul Uloom in Deoband on Tuesday and offer Ganga water at the prominent Islamic seminary, alleging that a Shivling exists beneath its premises, as reported by PTI.In a video message released on…

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In 2007, North Dakota biologists tagged an 87-pound paddlefish; 18 years later, an angler caught the same fish weighing 98 pounds

Representative Image (Canva) A paddlefish tagged by North Dakota fisheries biologists in 2007 has provided an extraordinary glimpse into the longevity and growth of one of North America’s oldest fish species. As detailed in the North Dakota Outdoors magazine published by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, the fish was originally recorded at 87…

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