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Indian pilots are exhausted, battling erratic schedules, consecutive late-night departures and excessive hours. Yet airlines are pushing back against new rules from the aviation regulator that mandate longer breaks and shorter work hours for cockpit crew. Fearful of higher costs and restricted operations, carriers want to delay implementation. They shouldn’t. Instead, India’s aviation industry needs to embrace these rules quickly with the understanding that safer skies and a greater emphasis on working conditions can only help business and lure more customers. The pain of tighter working hours will be short-lived, but the the benefits will be enduring.

SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a land-swapping deal that would cede 43 acres to entrepreneur Elon Musk's company in exchange for 477 acres that are yet to be bought

Bitcoin’s infamous “Kimchi premium” has made a comeback, with the cryptocurrency commanding an average 10% price premium in South Korea compared to global exchanges. 

Leading British economic think tanks are warning that whoever wins the country’s general election this year will face some very tough choices on tax and spending if they want to make sure the public finances don’t deteriorate further

The stage is set for a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch in the US presidential election due in November after Trump swept 14 of the 15 primary elections in ‘Super Tuesday’ states, even as his Republican rival Nikki Haley reportedly decided to suspend her White House campaign. Though Haley did manage a win in Vermont, Trump becoming the party’s nominee seems just a formality.

Private market investors are growing in confidence as headwinds ease and are preparing to increase their deployments during this year.

The Meta outage that affected Facebook, Messenger and Instagram for a few hours on Tuesday was an inconvenience for most

True Detective Season 4 has been a superhit among fans who are eagerly awaiting fifth installment of the show. True Detective Season 5 has become a topic of discussion among viewers who have voice their opinion on social media claiming that "Night Country" has been the best since the first part. Interestingly, True Detective season 1 featured Oscars winning actor Matthew McConaughey.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) — For much of her 2024 presidential campaign, Nikki Haley spoke fondly of serving under former President Donald Trump for two years as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 

India TV-CNX Opinion polls, BJP-led NDA is projected to win 378 out of 543 seat while the India bloc is projected to win 98 seats. In an opinion polls conducted in 543 Lok Sabha constituencies between 5-23 February stated that BJP can win about 335 seats on its own crossing its 303 seats win in 2019. The opinion poll stated that BJP could win all 26 seats in Gujarat, all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, all 25 seats in Rajasthan, all 10 seats in Haryana, all 7 seats in Delhi, all 5 seats in Uttarakhand while all 4 seats in Himachal Pradesh.

Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, executed by the military regime in 1979, did not receive a fair trial, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday. Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa announced the unanimous opinion of a nine-member larger bench of the apex court during the hearing of a presidential reference related to the death sentence given to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder. It is based on a special case sent in 2011 by then president Asif Ali Zardari to the Supreme Court to revisit his father-in-law Bhutto's conviction for abetment in a murder case and his eventual hanging in 1979.

Joker Downloadable Content (DLC) in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been officially unveiled. Fans of the game can mark their calendars for the arrival of the Clown Prince of Crime, set to make his playable debut by the end of this month.

Nifty on Tuesday ended 49 points lower to once again form a Doji candle on the daily chart. The index is now in the process of retesting the breakout of 22,300 it gave last week. The index should move towards the next resistance zone of 22,450-500 either continuously from the current levels or maybe after a minor dip. Support for the index is now seen at 22,250-300 and 22,125-150 levels, said Tejas Shah of JM Financial & BlinkX.

Tata Motors into two separate listed entities — CV and PV — will eventually lead to the exclusion of the smaller stock (commercial vehicles unit) from Sensex and Nifty just like what happened during the demerger of Jio Financial Services from Reliance Industries (RIL). «Tata Motors is currently a member in all passive indices. However, once the demerger is complete, with the smaller entity (CV business) becoming a standalone entity, it will exit Nifty50 and Sensex. We're looking at a wait of around 15 months or so for this to materialise,» Nuvama's Abhilash Pagaria said.

mutual funds having exposure to them also give high double-digit returns. Yet, there are at least 45 schemes which have trailed their respective benchmarks by significant margins during this period. A data analysed by ETMarkets shows that there are 25 active midcap mutual fund schemes and 20 smallcap schemes which have delivered returns that are lower than their respective benchmarks. Also Read: These 5 midcap mutual funds have given over 50% returns in last one year

Siemens, Jefferies recommended a buy on IIFL Finance, JPMorgan has an overweight rating on Max Healthcare, and Macquarie maintained an outperform rating on Tata Motors.

Google over the company's Gemini AI chatbot's response to a question on whether it is valid to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. While taking a swipe at Google, Musk said that Gemini AI's insanity was staggering and explained that AI reflects the mistakes of its creators. Also Read | Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, 3 other employees are suing Elon Musk for $128 million.

Pakistan will attempt to keep his popularity in check, but it remains to be seen for how long they can hold him off. Well, just don't take our word for it. LiveMint spoke with various international observers on the subject and almost all were unanimous in their opinion that Imran Khan's popularity will haunt the Army and the new government in Pakistan for a while.

Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order that summoned the Ministry of Civil Aviation secretary, the Airport Authority of India (AAI), the chairmen and managing directors of GMR IGI Airport and of Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) and the Hotel Corporation of India (HCI) chairman in a case related to the termination of a lease for land given to the Hotel Corporation of India. A Bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud while issuing notice to DIAL and others on three separate appeals filed by the AAI, the ministry and the HCI stayed the HC’s February 22 order that asked the top brass to remain “personally” present in the court on March 6. Terming the HC order as «erroneous» and liable to be set aside, the ministry told the SC that it was not a party to either the lease agreement between the AAI and HCI or the agreement between the former and DIAL. It also said that the initial decision to issue termination notice was also taken solely by the authority and the ministry only acted as a “facilitator” for resolving the dispute. «In fact, the AAI only sought advice from the ministry and the opinion was given by the ministry in terms of the lease agreement between the AAI and HCL,” the appeal stated.

U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, overturning a judicial decision that had excluded him from Colorado's ballot under a constitutional provision involving insurrection for inciting and supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The justices unanimously reversed a Dec. 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Trump off the state's Republican primary ballot on Tuesday after finding that the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment disqualified him from again holding public office.

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) jumped over 14% on Monday to hit their 12-year high of Rs 269.45 on the NSE. With this rally, the state-run stock has extended its gains to over 20% in the last four trading sessions. The stock generated tremendous buying interest among the investors with more than 16.52 crore shares trading on the NSE at 2:10 pm. The total traded value of the shares stood at Rs 4,305.48 crore.