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Boeing 737 Max jetliners plan to be in the room, watching him. CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to appear before the Senate investigations subcommittee, which is chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a Boeing critic. The hearing will mark the first appearance before Congress by Calhoun — or any other high-ranking Boeing official — since a panel blew out of a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. No one was seriously injured in the incident, but it raised fresh concerns about the company's best-selling commercial aircraft.

Toronto police say a shooting that took place in the lobby of an office building on Monday afternoon left three dead.

A man accused of entering a Hamilton, Ont., mosque and uttering slurs at a grade three gym class has been charged with criminal harassment in what police are describing as a “hate crime.”

Nikhil Gupta, accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, pleaded not guilty as he was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan. Gupta was extradited to the US from the Czech Republic on June 14, which court records show as the day of his arrest in the US. He made his first appearance in Manhattan federal court before Magistrate Judge James Cott on Monday afternoon for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty. Gupta's attorney Jeffrey Chabrowe entered the «not guilty» plea on his behalf. Gupta is being held in a Brooklyn detention facility. Gupta is charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each charge.

Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, during President Joe Biden's visit to the state for a high-profile fundraiser. The incident occurred on Saturday, June 15, shortly after 9:30 pm, while President Biden attended an event in Los Angeles. According to the US Secret Service, the agent was returning from work when he was accosted in a residential community in Tustin, about an hour's drive southeast of Los Angeles. The agent had his bag stolen at gunpoint but was not injured in the incident. The agent fired his gun during the confrontation, but it is unclear if anyone was shot.

Zomato, Paytm, HAL, Som Distilleries, Adani Enterprises, TCS among others will be in focus due to various news developments. APL Apollo Tubes The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed the NCLT to hear afresh the insolvency plea filed by APL Apollo Tubes against one of its purchasers of goods.

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Canadians have remained in the dark for years about interference by China and other foreign countries in their democracy. Inquiries have been slow-walked, delayed or obstructed by the Trudeau government.

Singapore authorities say a dredger boat reported a sudden loss in engine and steering control before it hit a cargo tanker last week, causing the oil spill that has blackened part of the city-island’s southern shores

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had, last September, filed a charge sheet against three Railway employees, including two engineers and a technician, in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident last year, which had claimed over 290 lives. The trio was arrested by the agency in July last year. Those charge sheeted were the then senior section engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, the then section engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and the then technician Pappu Kumar. All three were posted in Balasore district of Odisha. The trio was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing disappearance of evidence of offence with common intention and endangering the safety of persons travelling by Railways by wilful act or omission. The charge sheet was filed by the CBI in the court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Bhubaneswar. As per available information, the case is still hanging fire in the trial court.

Yediyurappa for three hours on Monday in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.Yediyurappa appeared before a team of CID, which had summoned him for an inquiry in connection with the case. «He was questioned for three hours,» a CID officer said. The Karnataka High Court on Friday restrained the CID from arresting the veteran BJP leader in connection with the March 14 case.

European Commission has slapped 8-11.4% anti-dumping duty on Indian optical fibre cable (OFC) manufacturers including Sterlite Technologies, Birla Cables, Universal Cables, Vindhya Telelinks and others who were exporting OFC to Europe. After a six-month long investigation, including being physically present at the factory premises of these companies, the Commission, last week decided to levy the duty on as many as ten companies, barring HFCL which was found to be following fair business practices. Sterlite Technologies Ltd and its subsidiary Sterlite Tech Cables Solutions Ltd are facing the highest levy of 11.4%, followed by Birla Cables, Universal Cables and Vindhya Telelinks who are facing a duty of 8.7%.

Gujarat Congress on Monday alleged corruption in the process of allocation of land to industries in two GIDC estates in Bharuch, though the state government refuted the claims as baseless. In June 2023, the GIDC management had declared Saykha and Dahej estates as «saturated» zones, which required allocation of plots to be done only through public auction, but reversed the decision in February this year, Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil told reporters. The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation management declared the two estates as «unsaturated», which meant plots could be allotted at a fixed 'jantri' rate without the need for public auction, he pointed out. This was done to allot land at a throwaway price and thereby commit a scam of Rs 2,000 crore, Gohil alleged and sought an explanation from the BJP government in the state on the reversal of the June 2023 decision. He also sought an investigation into the issue by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court as it had allegedly caused a massive loss to the state exchequer. «When a GIDC is declared as saturated, it requires sale of the remaining plots through auctions, which brings more revenue for the state,» the senior Congress leader said.

Investigators say a Southwest Airlines plane suffered damage to parts of the structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during a flight last month

The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic last June has not dulled the desire for ocean exploration

The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later

Air India reportedly found a piece of metal blade in his meal. Confirming the incident, a spokesperson for the airline later blamed a vegetable processing machine for the same. Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Officer of Air India, said, «Air India confirms that a foreign object was found in the meal of a guest aboard one of our flights. After investigation, it has been identified as coming from the vegetable processing machine used at the facilities of our catering partner. We have worked with our catering partner to strengthen measures to prevent any recurrence, including more frequent checking of the processor, especially after chopping any hard vegetables.» The airline has come under scrutiny for poor services in recent times.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar should be stopped from taking oath as the Lok Sabha member, amid a controversy after he won the Mumbai North West seat by a thin margin of 48 votes. The Vanrai police in Mumbai have registered a case against Waikar's brother-in-law for allegedly using a mobile phone at a counting centre in Goregaon (which is part of Waikar's constituency) on June 4, when results of the general elections were announced. Speaking to reporters here, Raut said, «Waikar's electoral victory is under suspicion, and a complaint has already been filed at the Vanrai police station in Mumbai. Due to the ongoing controversy surrounding the poll outcome, Waikar should be prevented from taking oath as a member of the Lok Sabha.»

Union Home Ministry on Monday handed over the probe into the recent terror attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials said. Nine people, including three women were killed, and 41 injured as a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi plunged into a deep gorge after an ambush by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on June 9. The terrorists opened fire at the 53-seater bus when it was en route from Shiv Khori temple to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra. The investigation into the June 9 terror attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir has been handed over to the NIA, an official said.

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