Month: May 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: IndiGo Airlines on early Wednesday said that several flights are affected due to changes in airspace over northern India. This came in the wake of India's anti-terror operation on Pakistan, codenamed 'Operation Sindoor'.Flights to and from Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar, Leh, Chandigarh, Dharamshala, and Bikaner may be delayed or cancelled because of the current situation, IndiGo Airlines confirmed on X.This comes after the Indian armed forces launched a major military operation called Operation Sindoor early Wednesday morning. The operation is aimed at destroying terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where 26 civilians were killed by terrorists backed-by Pakistan.In preparation for any response from across the border, India has placed all air defence units along the India-Pakistan border on high alert, officials said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] This is a representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: India moved up three places to be ranked 130th among 193 countries in the Human Development Index rankings for 2023 due to progress made in improving life expectancy through health sector initiatives, and sustained improvements in key dimensions of human development, particularly in mean years of schooling and national income per capita.While noting that India's progress continues amid global challenges, the 2025 report underscored a broader global slowdown in human development to an unprecedented 35-year low, and India is no exception. "Had pre-2020 trends continued, the world would be on track to reach very high human development by 2030, aligning with Sustainable Development Goal timelines," the report highlighted. Income and gender disparities in India still significant, says UNDP Achieving this goal now risks getting delayed by decades, UNDP […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: All air defence units along the India-Pakistan border have been fully activated to counter any potential retaliation, defence officials confirmed in the early hours of Wednesday.This came after India's launch of a major counter-terror operation, codenamed, 'Operation Sindoor'.The Indian Army announced the operation with a message on X: "Justice is served. Jai Hind."The mission targets terror infrastructure located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and comes in response to the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives.Loud explosions were reported from several areas in PoK. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh hailed the "Operation Sindoor" launched by Indian Army against terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir."Bharat Mata ki Jai (Victory to Mother India)," he said in a post on X.The operation was launched in retaliation to Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26.Indian military forces launched strikes at nine sites in Pakistan calling it "focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.""A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR', hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed," the central government said in a press statement."Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution," it added. [ad_2] Source […]

[ad_1] NSA Ajit Doval and Marco Rubio (R) NEW DELHI: Shortly after India launched Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval spoke with his US counterpart and secretary of state Marco Rubio, the Indian Embassy in Washington confirmed."India's actions have been focused and precise. They were measured, responsible and designed to be non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani civilian, economic or military targets have been hit. Only known terror camps were targeted. Shortly after the strikes, NSA Ajit Doval spoke with the US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and briefed him on the actions taken," the embassy said in a statement.Earlier to this, reacting to the military action, US President Donald Trump said he had just been informed about it as he entered the Oval Office. "It's a shame. We just heard about it as we were […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra state election commission to notify elections for local bodies within four weeks while disapproving bureaucrats manning the panchayats and municipal corporations because of the non-holding of elections.With solicitor general Tushar Mehta appearing for Maharashtra agreeing with senior advocate Indira Jaising for holding elections without following the recommended reservations for OBCs in local bodies, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked the EC to follow the OBC reservation specifications as existed before the Banthia Commission's report of July 2022.The bench said since recommendations of the Banthia Commission have not yet been fully crystallised by the state govt, the elections to local bodies - there are 409 urban local bodies and over 28,000 rural local bodies - will be held as per the OBC reservations applicable to […]