Vistara News Live Updates: Vistara cancels flights on Thu; efforts continue to address pilots’ issues – The Economic Times

09:07:25 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Ven Dr Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Mahanayake Thero of the Raja Guru Shri Subuti Mahavihara Monastery of Sri Lanka presented Buddha relics to Dalai Lama.

08:54:13 PM IST, 04 April 2024

NATO is not and will not be party to the conflict in Ukraine, says Stoltenberg

NATO “is not and will not be party to the conflict in Ukraine,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a news conference on Thursday. “We don’t have any plans of having NATO combat troops inside Ukraine, there has been no request for that,” he added.

08:46:43 PM IST, 04 April 2024

US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller tweets, “We are sanctioning one entity and identifying 13 vessels as blocked property for facilitating illicit trade in support of Iran’s military. The United States remains committed to disrupting illicit funding that supports Iran’s production of weapons used in regional conflicts.”

08:43:34 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Vistara cancels flights on Thu; efforts continue to address pilots’ issues

Vistara continued to cancel flights on Thursday as the Tata Group works to address pilot issues, while fares spiked in some routes due to cancellations, according to sources and travel industry executives. A day after Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan apologised to pilots about the issues and assured them of taking steps to resolve them, the airline saw cancellations of around 20 flights. The number of flight cancellations was in the double digits on Thursday but less than 26 cancellations were seen on Wednesday and the situation is improving, the sources said. Vistara, which is to operate more than 300 flights daily in the ongoing summer schedule, has decided to temporarily scale back operations. Meanwhile, two pilots’ groupings on Thursday said the problems raised by Vistara pilots are not isolated but rather indicative of systemic issues across Tata Group aviation entities.

08:25:03 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Myanmar’s anti-junta group says drone incident shows military have no safe place

A drone attack by militias in Myanmar’s capital was a success and sought to undermine the ruling military and show that its generals have nowhere to hide, an official from the anti-junta parallel National Unity Government (NUG) said on Thursday. “This is a time when the junta is forcing conscription and causing fear for the people. This attack on their nerve centre, Naypyitaw, we want to highlight that they don’t have a safe place,” NUG spokesperson Kyaw Zaw said, without specifying whether targets had been hit. Military-run TV earlier reported 13 drones were shot down over Naypyitaw, with no casualties or damage to property.

All of you have travelled to the Gulf, please see today how much respect we are getting in the Gulf. How it was 10 years? and how it is today? To do that you have to continuously go there, build relations, look at the community problems…and that is something he (V Muraleedharan) has been doing. Secondly, during the COVID-19 time, from many countries in the Gulf, they sent back a very large number of people; actually, for India, we were treated very nicely and very less people had to come back. They gave vaccines to our people…They went so much out of the way that PM Modi thanked many of these Gulf countries for what they did on Independence Day. They did all of this because all the time somebody was going on behalf of PM Modi to the Gulf…The person who served as a bridge at that time to the Gulf was again V Muraleedharan.

– External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, on how Union Minister V Muraleedharan strengthened India’s relations with the Gulf, especially during COVID-19

08:07:12 PM IST, 04 April 2024

President Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so”, reports AP.

07:56:38 PM IST, 04 April 2024

CBSE changes exam format for Classes 11, 12 from 2024-25, to focus on concept application questions instead of long-form answers.

07:42:16 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Enforcement Directorate files prosecution complaint against Hemant Soren in “land scam”

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ranchi has filed a Prosecution Complaint against Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren under PMLA, 2002 for acquiring, possessing, and concealing proceeds of crime in the form of an 8.8-acre immovable property at Bariyatu, Ranchi. “Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ranchi has filed a Prosecution Complaint (PC) against Hemant Soren & four others in one of the cases of land scam being investigated under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, for acquiring, possessing and concealing the proceeds of crime in the nature of an immovable property admeasuring 8.8 acres at Bariyatu, Ranchi,” as per a press release.

07:37:26 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Three labourers die of electrocution in Maharashtra’s Thane district

Three migrant labourers, all aged 19, died of electrocution while working on a water tank in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday, an official said. The incident took place around 11 am at Jambul village near Ambernath. The labourers got an electric shock due to faulty wiring of a pump in a water tank. They were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared the trio dead, the official said. Victims Shaligram Mandal, Rajankumar Mandal and Gulshankumar Mandal hailed from Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.

07:29:42 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Six months in Tihar jail have strengthened resolve to fight against ‘injustice, dictatorship’; morale quite high: AAP MP Sanjay Singh to PTI.

07:20:53 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Mathura mosque matter beyond remit of Waqf tribunal, argues Hindu side

The Hindu side on Thursday countered in the Allahabad High Court the Shahi Idgah committee’s argument that the maintainability of the suit seeking “removal” of the mosque must be heard by a Waqf tribunal, saying that matter is beyond the ambit of the tribunal. Ajay Kumar Singh appearing on behalf of the Hindu side submitted that the present dispute is beyond the ambit of the Waqf tribunal and only the civil court has jurisdiction to decide the present dispute. The counsel for the Muslim side, Taslima Aziz Ahmadi, during the last hearing on April 1, had claimed, “In this way a question/dispute has been raised on Waqf property and thus provisions of the Waqf Act will apply, and in such it is the Waqf tribunal that has the jurisdiction to hear the matter and not a civil court.” On Thursday, Ahmadi appeared in the court through video conferencing and sought time to summarise her arguments in the court. The court fixed April 18 for further hearing in the matter as the court’s time was over. Singh also mentioned a judgement of the Supreme Court of 1999, according to which religious disputes have to be decided by civil court, he argued.

07:19:51 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Prestige Group acquires approximately 21 acres of land in Whitefield, Bengaluru at a cost of ₹450 cr for residential development comprising around 1800 apartments.

Katchatheevu is a 50-60 years old topic. There was an agreement…Our valuable property could have been used conveniently by our fishermen…This is a very unfortunate thing…This agreement should not have happened.

– Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK) founder TR Paarivendhar , on the Katchatheevu issue

07:06:39 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Sula Vineyards approved execution of share purchase agreement with shareholders of N D wines.

07:05:58 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10

Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads. Ten people died and more than 1,000 were injured. The powerful quake struck during the morning rush hour a day earlier, sending schoolchildren rushing outdoors and families fleeing their apartments through the windows.

06:58:55 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Alaska Air says Boeing paid $160 mln in compensation after MAX 9 grounding

Alaska Air Group said on Thursday that Boeing had paid about $160 million to the airline in the first quarter as initial compensation to address the hit from the temporary grounding of 737 MAX 9 jets. The payment is equivalent to lost profits in the quarter, the carrier said in a filing, adding it expects additional compensation. An Alaska Airlines-operated MAX 9 jet experienced a mid-air cabin panel blowout in January, which led the U.S. aviation regulator to order a temporary grounding of 171 jets for inspections. “Although we did experience some book away following the accident and 737-9 MAX grounding, February and March both finished above our original pre-grounding expectations,” Alaska said. The airline will now exclude the compensation from its calculation for first-quarter adjusted loss per share, which is expected to be $1.05 to $1.15. It had earlier planned to include the payment in its results.

06:50:47 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Visit your areas, solve problems of people: CM Kejriwal’s message to AAP MLAs

Arvind Kejriwal has asked AAP MLAs to visit their constituencies daily and ensure people do not face problems, his wife Sunita Kejriwal said on Thursday, as she conveyed the Delhi chief minister’s message from Tihar jail. In a digital briefing, she said that Kejriwal, in his message, said even though he is in jail, the two crore people of Delhi, who are his family, should not face any problems. “We need to solve their problems apart from official work,” Sunita Kejriwal said while delivering the AAP chief’s message. Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy, is in judicial custody till April 15.

06:49:49 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Tesla begins producing right-hand drive cars in Germany for export to India: Sources

06:49:48 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Telangana govt in talks with Tesla to set up electric car plant

06:42:15 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Tesla team expected to visit India in April to look at sites for car plant: Sources

06:32:18 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Hero MotoCorp gets Rs 605 cr demand notice from I-T dept

The country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Thursday said it has received demand notices from the Income Tax department for around Rs 605 crore, including interest, for six assessment years. On April 3, 2024, the company received assessment orders/ demand notices dated March 30, 2024, pertaining to six assessment years from the Income Tax department, the company said in a regulatory filing. The two-wheeler major is examining the orders/ notices received and shall take appropriate steps, including the filing of appeals and rectification applications, it added. The notice pertains to six assessment years, amounting to a tax demand of Rs 308.65 crore and interest thereon of Rs 296.22 crore, Hero MotoCorp said. This is on account of certain disallowances, for the assessment years 2013-14 to 2017-18 and 2019-20, it added.

06:24:49 PM IST, 04 April 2024

US February exports at $263 bn vs $257.2 bn (MoM) vs est of $258 bn.

06:11:02 PM IST, 04 April 2024

PM sleeping after taking opium as China entered Indian territory: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “sardar of liars” and accusing him of “sleeping” after taking opium while China “entered” Indian territory. Addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, he said Modi does not think for the country but is busy only abusing the Gandhi family whose members sacrificed their lives for the nation. “Modi says ‘I have a 56-inch chest, I will not be scared’. If you are not afraid then why have you left a large part of our land for China. They are coming inside and you are sleeping. Have you taken sleeping pills? Have they taken opium from the fields of Rajasthan… and fed you?” he said in Hindi. “Modi kehate hain 56 inch ki chhati hai, main nahi darunga. Agar nahi darte to fir China ko hamare bahut saa bhag kyo chhode? Wo andar ghus kar aa rahe, aap kya neend kar rahe ho? Kya neend ki goli khaaye ho? Kya Rajasthan ke kheton me se afeem le jaake’… ya wo khilaye hai kya?” Kharge alleged the prime minister is not concerned about the country but he is busy abusing the Gandhi family. “He wants to take the people of the country with him by torturing them. He always keeps lying,” Kharge said. “Modi is ‘sardar of liars’.”

05:49:29 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Prostate cancer cases to double over two decades: study

05:42:08 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Indian football team drops 4 places to 121 in latest FIFA rankings after one draw and one defeat against Afghanistan in World Cup qualifiers round 2

05:32:42 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ranchi has filed a Prosecution Complaint against former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren & four others in one of the cases of land scam being investigated under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, for acquiring, possessing and concealing the proceeds of crime in the nature of an immovable property admeasuring 8.8 acres at Bariyatu, Ranchi

Four other persons namely Bhanu Pratap Prasad, Binod Singh, Hilarious Kachhap and Raj Kumar Pahan have also been arraigned as accused in the Complaint for their roles in aiding and abetting Hemant Soren in his unlawful acquisition and possession of the said property. The Hon’ble PMLA Court, Ranchi has taken cognizance of the said Prosecution Complaint.

05:21:43 PM IST, 04 April 2024

RBI defers implementing forex derivatives rules to May 3

05:11:51 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu opts out of Uber Cup badminton tournament

05:05:48 PM IST, 04 April 2024

On two Indian nationals who were reported missing in Taiwan earthquake, MEA spox said

“We have been now able to get in touch with the two people with whom earlier we could not establish contact. They are safe.”

04:52:34 PM IST, 04 April 2024

NCDRC dismisses govt’s 2015 plea against Nestle India alleging indulgence in unfair trade practice by manufacturing and selling Maggi noodles

04:34:41 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Ultratech Cement completes 100 MW solar energy project under group captive scheme in Rajasthan

Company now has a capacity of 612 MW of renewable power and 278 MW of WHRS.

04:17:41 PM IST, 04 April 2024

France’s Macron says he has no doubt Russia will try to target Paris Olympics

04:13:08 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Rupee rises 9 paise to close at 83.44 (provisional) against US dollar

03:47:24 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Hero Moto gets tax demand for six AYs amounting to Rs 309 crore and interest of Rs 296.22 crore

“The demand raised is unsustainable in nature, and is unlikely to have material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the Company,” Hero moto says.

03:33:41 PM IST, 04 April 2024

A 1.5-year-old child was recused alive after he fell into an open borewell in the Lachyan village of Indi taluk of the Vijayapura district; visuals of the rescue carried out by NDRF and SDRF teams

03:11:22 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Shah Rukh Khan’s heart-warming gesture towards Rishabh Pant goes viral after KKR vs DC match

02:54:42 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Rouse Avenue court reserved order on framing of charges in Sexual Harassment case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for April 18

02:40:29 PM IST, 04 April 2024

35 crore viewers tuned in to watch the live broadcast of the first 10 IPL matches on TV, according to BARC data

This is higher than any previous edition of the tournament including seasons played during the pandemic.

02:11:56 PM IST, 04 April 2024

The highly awaited SUV from India’s top producer, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., is called the XUV 3XO

With its April 29 worldwide launch, it will redefine the category and represent the sophistication and cutting-edge technology that are hallmarks of the XUV brand DNA.

02:04:01 PM IST, 04 April 2024

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Apache helicopter carried out a precautionary landing during an operational training sortie in Ladakh AOR on 3 April, 2024. During the process of this landing, it sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude

Both the pilots on board are safe and have been recovered to the nearest airbase. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause, reads a statement by IAF.

01:55:53 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Sri Lanka does not see any need to re-open talks on the contentious Katchatheevu island, says Lankan Foreign Minister

The island was ceded to it by New Delhi 50 years ago, Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said. The low-key territorial squabble has turned into a hot-button election issue in India.

01:41:30 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Vedanta to raise $300 mln through debt securities – rtrs

01:33:46 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Ukraine says 350,000 residents have lost power after strikes on Kharkiv

01:24:48 PM IST, 04 April 2024

CISF jawan shoots himself dead at Delhi Metro station

01:11:27 PM IST, 04 April 2024

President Droupadi Murmu launches indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy to treat cancer in Mumbai

01:06:46 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Dabur Q4 update

12:51:59 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Myanmar capital military base attacked by small drones, anti-junta group says

12:35:03 PM IST, 04 April 2024

Row over caste certificate of BJP leader Navneet Rana: SC says Bombay HC should not have interfered

12:21:23 PM IST, 04 April 2024

SpaceX applies for Indonesia internet service provider permit, government says

12:08:54 PM IST, 04 April 2024

GoI starts penalising defiance to remove inefficiencies within essential commodities – ET Now

11:51:21 AM IST, 04 April 2024

The Delhi High Court has asked domestic smartphone maker LAVA to pay more than Rs 244 crore to Swedish firm Ericsson for infringing the latter’s 2G and 3G patents

It held that seven out of the eight Standard Essential Patents over which Ericsson had claimed ownership were valid.

11:42:18 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Heatwave warning for 130 mandals in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) has warned of a heatwave in 130 mandals across the state on Thursday.

11:24:38 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Rupee hits record low

The rupee was at 83.4525 against the U.S. dollar at 11:04 a.m. IST, inching past its previous low of 83.45 hit last Wednesday.

11:15:41 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Suzlon Energy says got tax penalty of 9.9 million rupees

11:06:10 AM IST, 04 April 2024

One person identified as Saheed Miah was killed in BSF firing at the NC Nagar Border Outpost (BOP) area under the Sepahijala district of Tripura: SP Sepahijala

The BSF personnel opened fire on suspected smugglers leading to the casualty. Another person was left injured in the scuffle.

10:55:46 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Composite PMI data shows private sector output grows at second-fastest rate in nearly 14 years

HSBC India Composite PMI rises to 61.8 in March from 60.6 in February.

10:43:04 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Rescue efforts underway to save a child who fell into an open borewell in Vijayapura yesterday

10:33:25 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Vedanta says it delivered highest ever annual volume across key businesses in Q4FY24

10:18:15 AM IST, 04 April 2024

Robust actions by the Indian Navy ships INS Trishul and INS Sumedha during anti-piracy operations East of Somalia on 29 March resulted in a successful rescue of FV Al Kambar and its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals: Indian Navy

All nine pirates involved in piracy were apprehended for further transit to India. INS Trishul arrived at Mumbai yesterday and handed over all nine pirates to the local police for further action.