Tata Group-owned Air India Express has sacked 25 of the crew members, who went on mass “sick leave” on Wednesday in protest against the management over the merger of the low-cost domestic service with AirAsia India, calling the abstention “pre-meditated and concerted” withou
Indian security forces killed at least 12 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in central India on Friday, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh state said, the third major encounter in recent weeks amid ongoing national elections. The rebels, who follow a form of communism propagated by late Chinese leader
Israeli tanks captured the main road dividing the eastern and western halves of Rafah on Friday, effectively encircling the entire eastern side of the city in the southern Gaza Strip. Residents described almost constant explosions and gunfire east and northeast of the city on Friday, with intense
India’s top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a key leader The court said the temporary bail would last until June 1, the last
India is projecting its biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June after a slump in hydropower generation, its government told Reuters, and is racing to avoid outages by deferring planned plant maintenance and re-opening idled units. The deficit also follows delays, a government source said, in t
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country's bitter civil war, reports AP. The
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not contesting in Kashmir, where a 35-year uprising against Indian rule has killed tens of thousands of people. Instead, the main cont
An F-16 fighter jet of the Singaporean Airforce crashed within Tengah Air Base Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defense. The plane experienced an issue during take-off and the pilot responded in accordance with emergency procedures. The pilot successfully ejected and
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the Vanuatu Islands at 08:17:18 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.26 degrees south latitude and 167.94 degrees east longitude, reports Xinh
Australia has raised the minimum savings for granting visas to international students for second time in about seven months as part of efforts to rein in record migration. Reuters report says international students must show proof of savings of at least A$29,710 to get Australian visa. In October
Myanmar police have seized 1.5 million stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar's Shan State, according to a statement by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late Tuesday. In an operation based on a tip-off on May 3, police stopped and searched a light truck in the state's Nawnghkio t
Saudi Arabia has clarified that a Hajj visa strictly permits travel within the cities of Jeddah, Medina, and Mecca. In a regulations issued for 2024 pilgrimage season, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of the kingdom said a Hajj visa is not valid for work, residency, or travel outside the three citie
Sri Lanka has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with India's Adani Green Energy Ltd for two wind power stations developed by the company. Adani Green Energy, the renewable energy unit of the Adani Group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, won the approval in February last year to inves
