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Vinay Dube, Founder, MD & CEO, Akasa Air, says: “We are part of India's growth story. We can help underpin the economic growth as is required with strong transportation links. We are India's most on-time airline and so we have a real sort of approach to service excellence that we hope is not seen so far. For me, it is just excitement in the future and to top it all off, we are starting our first international flight and so we get to plant the orange Akasa flag in Doha, Qatar just in a few days and we have broken all records with it. We are the first airline to fly internationally within 19 months of launch when most others have taken about six years and that is the reason why I am so excited.” Dube further said: «Flight to Kuwait, Riyadh, Jeddah will come on the heels of Doha, perhaps later this summer. I cannot give you a definitive timeline because we are working with these foreign governments to get the appropriate approvals before we can launch it. But that is just the start. We will (eventually) fly to other parts of the Indian subcontinent, whether it is Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kathmandu, etc, or Southeast Asia, other parts of the Middle East.» What is happening in the Indian skies right now? There is competition. There is a news flow, a lot of issues we keep hearing about with regards to Boeing. We are going to address that in greater detail, but set the roadmap for us. Vinay Dube: For me, Indian aviation is growth, excitement and a future of connected cities.

Assam Police CPRO said that the arrested accused have been identified as ISIS India head Haris Farooqi and his associate Anurag Singh. "The identity of both of them was ascertained and it is found that accused Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi of Chakrata, Dehradun is the head of ISIS in India. His associate Anurag Singh alias Rehan of Panipat got converted to Islam, while his wife is a Bangladeshi national, Goswami said.

CAA rules, the Matua community's umbrella organisation on Tuesday asked its members to apply for citizenship only after the formation of a new government at the Centre if they don't have the necessary documents required to prove their previous residential addresses in Bangladesh. The Centre has launched a portal for applying for citizenship under the CAA but many Matua members have faced difficulty in Column 5 of the portal during application. All India Matua Mahasangha has asked its members to not apply for citizenship under the new law for now as many of them do not have required documents. Mahasangha's general secretary Mahitosh Baidya told ET: «Many Matua members tried to fill the online application but have faced difficulties. In column 5, documents related to Bangladesh have been sought like Bangladeshi passport, birth certificate, land deeds or business or job related documents. This column cannot be skipped as 'Not Applicable' and thus they cannot go to the next level.»

Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area while Delhi was identified as the capital city with the poorest air quality, according to a new report. With an average annual PM2.5 concentration of 54.4 micrograms per cubic metre, India had the third worst air quality out of 134 countries in 2023 after Bangladesh (79.9 micrograms per cubic metre) and Pakistan (73.7 micrograms per cubic metre), according to the World Air Quality Report 2023 by Swiss organisation IQAir. In 2022, India was ranked as the eighth most polluted country with an average PM2.5 concentration of 53.3 micrograms per cubic metre. Begusarai stood out as the most polluted metropolitan area globally with an average PM2.5 concentration of 118.9 micrograms per cubic metre. The city did not even figure in the 2022 rankings.

Bangladeshi smuggler was killed and another injured in BSF firing along the India-Bangladesh border with Tripura’s Unakoti district on Sunday. The BSF also apprehended three Myanmar nationals in Agartala railway station on Sunday after the foreign citizens came to Tripura from Hyderabad to go to Bangladesh in a clandestine route. BSF sources said that when the border guarding troopers were performing duty ahead of the fence near the Magroli Border Out Post, they observed 15 to 20 smugglers approaching Bangladesh from Indian territory while another 25 to 30 miscreants from the Bangladesh side carrying some contrabands.

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in the last three years enough groundwork was done to dispel doubts about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Sarma said, “When I became chief minister, I became sure that CAA rules would come as the act was passed by parliament. We started groundwork to dispel doubts about CAA.In the last three years we have done a lot of ground work.” He added that the rules say very clearly— those who came after 2014, will not get the benefits of CAA. In 2014, National Register of Citizens (NRC) process was on in Assam. “In the context of Assam, since we have already captured the data — so you see there is no application from Assam and no agitation.”

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is a piece of legislation that seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who have fled religious persecution in neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. The act has been the subject of much controversy and debate, with some arguing that it discriminates against Muslims and violates India's secular Constitution. However, supporters of the act argue that it is necessary to provide a safe haven for those who have faced persecution due to their religious beliefs.

Ramadan. This decision is based on medical advice, which highlights the risks of dehydration, fatigue, and reduced alertness associated with fasting while performing operational duties. Pilots and cabin crew members have been instructed not to observe fasting while on duty for both international and domestic flights.

Pakistan on Thursday termed India's new Citizenship (Amendment) Act "discriminatory in nature", claiming that it differentiated between people based on their faith. The Indian government implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 on Monday, paving the way for the grant of citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. The government also came out with a press statement to say that Indian Muslims need not worry as the CAA will not impact their citizenship and has nothing to do with the community which enjoys equal rights as their Hindu counterparts.

Mallikarjun Kharge are yet to comment on the notification of implementation of CAA. Despite the lack of support from Congress on the CAA issue, the CM contended that the Kerala government will “neither bend nor keep silent".

India's sovereignty. We can't compromise with India's right to take its own decisions," Amit Shah said in a podcast with Smita Prakash. He was also addressing the international backlash on laws like CAA.

Hotel chain Hyatt India will add eight new hotels in the South West Asian (SWA) region in this year that includes a foraying into Bangladesh with the opening of a new hotel in Dhaka.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation on Thursday today announced plans for the expansion of Hyatt’s brand portfolio in India and Southwest Asia region, and said it has a pipeline of eight new hotels that are expected to open across various leisure and city destinations in 2024. The hospitality chain said this growth is timed to coincide with the expected rebound of leisure and business travel in the country and the sub-continent. The chain said in 2024, its brand expansion in India and Southwest Asia will continue with its Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Place and Hyatt Centric brands.

Indian Express, the Matua community has 1.75 crore legal voters in India. This is a crucial demographic for Lok Sabha polls in constituencies of Bangaon, Barasat, Ranaghat, Krishnanagar, and Cooch Behar. In 2019, BJP had won Bangaon, Ranaghat, and Cooch Behar.

Arvind Kejriwal are indulging in 'jhooth ki rajneeti' (politics of lies) over CAA. ‘CAA does not violate constitutional provisions’, Amit Shah on citizenship law He said CAA was one of the poll promises by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 manifesto which they have fulfilled. "BJP has made it clear in its 2019 manifesto that it will bring CAA and provide Indian citizenship to refugees (from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan).

CAA. The remarks came after the Centre notified the rules for implementing the act. Speaking to ANI, Amit Shah said, “This is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our country, we will never compromise on it and CAA will never be taken back.

Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. Sharing Abhinav's viral video on CAA, Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said, "Do listen to Abhinav Chandrachud on not just CAA but also the constitutional gaps over the years on citizenship." Abhinav has argued that those not falling under the CAA, have to wait for 11 years to become an Indian citizen by naturalisation constitutionally, while those covered under the CAA get to be a citizen in 5 years. "This does not make any sense to me." "The residence requirement in India has been reduced by the Citizenship Amendment Act.

protests in Kerala against implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Wednesday decided to pursue legal measures aligned with the state government's stance against the contentious law. According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the Advocate General has been tasked with initiating legal proceedings in the matter, further to the original suit that is before the Supreme court. «The state government has already filed an original suit before the Supreme Court under Article 131 of the Constitution. As the central government has proceeded with the notification of rules under the CAA, the state is preparing for additional legal action through the Supreme Court,» it said.

ALSO READ: CAA rules notified: Here is what the 2019 Bill on Citizenship Amendment Act proposed The law will pave the way for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, and Parsi refugees, who came to India before December 31, 2014, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to acquire Indian citizenship without having a valid passport of these countries or an Indian visa. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed in Parliament in December 2019.

PTI. Owaisi suggested that CAA should not be seen alone but together with NPR (National Population Register) and NRC (National Register of Citizens). He said, “This government is making rules after four years.

empowered committee on citizenship will consider a report by security agencies on the application made by refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before granting them citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019. «The empowered committee may make such inquiry as it considers necessary for ascertaining the suitability of the applicant, including obtaining a report from the security agency, to be uploaded online by the agency and accessible to the committee,» stated the detailed order. The committees at the state and Union Territory level are required to maintain an «online register containing the details of persons so registered or naturalised as a citizen of India, which shall be accessible to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the security agency,» the CAA rules noted. The CAA 2019 seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees who had sought shelter in India before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution in three neighbouring countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.