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Airline Indigo on Thursday introduced fuel charges due to rising Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices on its domestic and international routes. The said charges will come into effect from October 6.

arrest has drawn criticism from a range of political parties, who are opposed to the Centre-ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The latter, unfazed by the criticism, said the “law will take its course" and stated that those accused of corruption will have to join the investigation by the probing agencies. Here's a look at 8 high-profile politicians behind the bars.

Union Rural Development Ministry on Thursday said there was no constraint of funds for the rural job scheme MGNREGA and reiterated that funds for West Bengal were not released due to non-compliance of central directives. In a statement, the ministry said, «Funds of State of West Bengal have been stopped from March 9, 2022 as per provision of Section 27 of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.» The statement came on a day West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress conducted a march to the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata to protest against the Centre over MGNREGA dues.

Supreme Court on Thursday posed a volley of questions to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate about the Delhi excise policy 'scam' and asked the anti-money laundering agency how a case was made out against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The top court said merely because some lobby or pressure groups had sought a certain policy change does not imply there was corruption or commission of crime unless an element of bribery was involved. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti grilled both the federal agencies over the alleged involvement of Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases, and remarked those cases won't «stand two questions» before the trial court.

IIT-Delhi researchers have achieved an experimental breakthrough on secure quantum communication up to a distance of 380 kilometres in standard telecom fiber with a very low error rate that can be helpful in securing financial transactions and secret codes. This long secure length is the highest achieved so far, not only in India but globally, for the Differential Phase Shift (DPS) QKD protocol, according to officials. The results of the research by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi researchers has also been published in the «Nature Scientific Reports» journal. «Such low quantum bit error rate (QBER) makes the quantum communication resistance to collective and individual attacks and implementable for various applications, such as securing financial transactions, medical records and secret codes,» said Bhaskar Kanseri, lead researcher and associate professor at IIT-Delhi's Physics Department and Optics and Photonics Centre. «It is also capable of securing network communication such as Internet of Things (IoT) and ready to revolutionise the field of cyber security,» Kanseri said. He added that this realisation using state-of-the-art technology will not only help in reducing the need for trusted nodes for intercity or long-distance quantum key exchange, increasing the security of the cryptography scheme, but also prove to be a crucial step towards the commercial production of long-distance secure practical QKD devices.

Supreme Court Thursday said it was only asking a «legal question» from the Enforcement Directorate about a political party, Aam Aadmi Party, not being made an accused in the Delhi Excise Policy «scam» case despite being an alleged beneficiary. On Wednesday, the top court asked the ED to explain why the AAP was not made an accused in the money laundering case related to the alleged scam. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti clarified its observation after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, said the court's question made headlines in newspapers and TV channels that AAP will be made an accused.

Click here! Patna, the second most polluted city with an average PM2.5 concentration of 99.7 micrograms per cubic metre, saw a 24% deterioration in air quality compared to the previous year, the analysis said. National capital Delhi was closely followed by Patna, Muzaffarpur, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Meerut-- all from the Indo-Gangetic Plains—in the list of most polluted cities in the country.

ANI, Yadav made these remarks on Central agencies raiding INDIA leaders. SP Chief said, "We will teach a lesson to the BJP in these Lok Sabha elections. 2014 mein jo aaye they, wo 2024 mein chale jayenge. UP se aaye theyy, UP se bahar chale jayenge.

The Vaccine War’, that ran into controversy when the filmmaker said that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had taken bribes from foreign companies to promote their vaccines. "I have heard that a film 'The Vaccine War' has come.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s three leaders have been jailed by the Enforcement directorate in two different cases of hawala cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has been arrested in connection with the scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, and former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain was accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

Also Read: Is Arvind Kejriwal next? Sambit Patra says, ‘Sanjay Singh may implicate a senior within AAP’ Former Delhi BJP chief and Lok Sabha member Manoj Tiwari stated during a press briefing on Wednesday that in the history of political positions and offices, he has never witnessed individuals with such criminal backgrounds occupying these roles.

arrest of its senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, in connection to his alleged role in the Delhi liquor policy case. AAP leaders and workers were seen raising slogans and holding placards close to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters, accusing the Centre-ruling party of “misusing" probe agencies to target its senior functionaries. "I want to challenge the BJP that even if a single rupee of corruption is found from Sanjay Singh's residence, then the proof should be presented before the country.

AAP stages protest in Delhi over arrest of Sanjay Singh in liquor policy case Meanwhile a third AAP lawmaker was on Wednesday following ED raids in connection with the matter. The probe agency conducted raids at the residence of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to the excise case.

₹5,000 crore in Rajasthan, a state gearing up for elections and emphasized that these projects would contribute to the state's continued development. As reported by PTI, during an event in the region, Modi initiated various development ventures across sectors such as transportation, healthcare, and education, in addition to laying the foundation stone for some of them.

New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen direct connectivity between India and Uganda, the state carrier Uganda Airlines plans to offer direct flights to Delhi and Chennai. The move aims at tapping the demand potential across the Indian community with trade links in Uganda along with leisure traffic, a senior executive at the airline told Mint in an interaction. The airline will launch its first direct flight with the Indian market on 7 Oct with a direct flight between Mumbai and Entebbe.

Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA following allegations that the news portal had received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur was hearing the arguments regarding the applications.

Also Read: Delhi Excise Policy Scam case: MP Sanjay Singh arrested by ED; third AAP minister to be taken into custody The BJP spokesperson said the culprits in the Delhi excise policy case will be caught in ascending order depending on the magnitude of their fraud. PTI reported Patra as saying, “As per media sources, the incriminating documents procured from the house of Sanjay Singh will incriminate someone who is at the top in the hierarchy of AAP." Sanjay Singh's arrest marks the second notable detention in the case, following the earlier arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a search at Sanjay Singh's residence on Wednesday morning in connection with the revoked liquor excise policy in the national capital.

According to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, following the standard protocol of 2021 by the Commission for Air Quality Management, Punjab recorded 656 paddy-residue burning incidents, while Haryana saw 166, and Uttar Pradesh reported 74 cases between September 15 and October 4. At its peak, the daily count of fires in these neighboring states of Delhi surpasses 6,000. Gufran Beig, the founder project director of the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), stated, «The effect of farm fires on Delhi's air quality is currently negligible.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism from the country. Shah posted a message on 'X', formerly Twitter, a few hours ago before attending the inauguration of the '3rd Anti-terror Conference' being hosted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here in the national capital. «The Modi government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism from our country.

Asandas and Sons has moved the Delhi High Court against the government in a dispute pertaining to the Rs 10,900-crore production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme for food processing industries, people in the know said. Asandas and Sons, which manufactures and exports products like French fries and potato wedges under HyFun brand, has alleged that the government arbitrarily amended the terms of the scheme without prior consultation. This, after companies had already submitted their applications. Further, the company said the government has not allowed it to change the terms of its own application despite a change in the nature of the scheme.

Cricket enthusiasts all over the world are waiting with bated breath for the first match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which commences today. Tech giant Google, commemorated this event with an animated doodle. The cartoon showcases two adorable ducks marching between the wickets, bats in their hand. On clicking the doodle, you will be directed towards the tournament schedule.