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Smit Machchhar Airlifted to Abu Dhabi After flydubai Cockpit Attack
Smit Machchhar Airlifted to Abu Dhabi After flydubai Cockpit Attack
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The Indian captain, seriously injured in an alleged stabbing by his co-pilot, is being moved for specialised treatment. His decision to unlock the cockpit helped passengers and crew intervene and brin ...
Don’t Trade Citizenship for Russian Army Pay, MEA Warns Indians
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The ministry says some Indians are seeking Russian passports to enlist for financial benefits, while others assume the government can secure their release later. It has warned of life-threatening risk ...
Bought Cheap, Billed High: Karnataka Flags Up to 52-Fold Markups on Cancer Drugs
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Hospital inspections found medicines procured at steep discounts being billed to patients at or near MRP, the state government said. Karnataka has sought central intervention to regulate margins and m ...
#UNTOLD | DHFL’s Shadow, Rishi Anand & the Reinvention of Aadhar Housing Finance
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A career move he regretted. A funding line that vanished. A company put up for sale. Rishi Anand had joined Aadhar to take on a bigger role. Within months, he was weighing whether to stay. Years later ...
Piyush Goyal at G20: ‘Food should remain a source of security’; what India said on trade, US deal and more
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From food security and the India-EU FTA to the push for an India-US interim trade deal, Piyush Goyal used the G20 Trade Ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee to spell out India’s position on some of the big ...
Can YouTube Deliver a Baby? The Dangerous Promise of DIY Childbirth
5 min read
A Tamil Nadu official’s warning raises questions that extend far beyond one district. Reported deaths, online birth communities and distrust of hospitals expose a dangerous gap between watching a deli ...
Asian Games: India Edge Pakistan in Hockey Thriller, Nitesh Siwach Wins Wrestling Silver
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A winner with 50 seconds left sent India into the men’s hockey final after Pakistan erased a three-goal deficit. On the wrestling mat, Nitesh Siwach claimed silver in the Greco-Roman 97kg event
‘India Is Proud’: PM Modi Salutes Smit Machchhar, Indian Pilot Injured in flydubai Attack
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Modi called Captain Smit Machchhar a “hero” for protecting passengers despite serious injuries. The Indian pilot unlocked the cockpit door after an alleged stabbing, allowing passengers and crew to in ...
John Grover dies at 87: The Bond editor who helped shape six 007 films and worked with Kubrick
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From The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker to The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, John Grover spent decades in the cutting room shaping some of cinema’s most recognisable sequences.