SEATTLE, Washington: An electrical glitch that resulted in several dozen Boeing 737 MAX airplanes being pulled out of operations has escalated, following the identification of similar electrical grounding problems in other areas of the cockpit, industry observers said on April 16. Numerous airlines grounded several dozen 737 MAX airplanes recently, following Boeing's warning of an electrical grounding issue in t

New trouble for Boeing with more electrical issues in 737 MAX jets

Problem with electrical grounding is latest repair issue for 737 Max

Once grounded Boeing 737 Max now faces new electrical problem

DUBLIN, Ireland - The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) on Sunday notched up ten years of its involvement with COOPANS, which it says has saved participating countries Ireland, Portugal, Austria, Denmark Croatia, and Sweden, hundreds of millions of euro.On 18 April 2011, the COOPANS ATC system went live in the IAA's operational centre in Shannon, Co. Clare. Ten years on, the IAA says, it continues to be the leading

Irish Aviation Authority marks 10 years of COOPANS alliance

Ireland lauds air traffic control system, ten years on

IAA benefitting from involvement with air traffic management alliance

Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): European diagnostic services provider Unilabs and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have signed an agreement to incorporate Unilabs' worldwide Covid-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass.
The agreement will make Unilabs one of the first major lab groups to be integrated into IATA's Travel Pass app. Proof of a negative Covid-19 test is required by many governments as a 

IATA, Unilabs partner to manage Covid-19 tests

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 surge, Air India has cancelled all its flights from and to the United Kingdom from April 24 to 30 after the UK added India to its travel "red list".
In a statement, Air India said, "Passengers who were to travel between India and UK may note that in view of recent restrictions announced by the UK, flights from or to the UK stand cancelled from April 24 to April 30."Furt

Air India cancels flights between India and UK

United Airlines is adding three new flights from the United States to European markets that are beginning to reopen to vaccinated visitors, the carrier announced Monday.Starting in July, the big US airline will offer international service to Dubrovnik, Croatia, Athens, Greece and Reykjavik, Iceland, United said.The announcement came as Greece said it would lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccina

United Airlines adds US flights to 3 European cities

Taipei [Taiwan], April 21 (ANI): Nine Chinese military planes entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday afternoon, marking the 17th intrusion this month.
Five People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, two Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare planes, one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic warfare plane, and one Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane flew into the southwest corner of Taiwa

9 Chinese military planes violate Taiwan's air defence zone

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 21 (ANI): The construction of a water filtration plant at Nowgam village of Shangus Block of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district is currently underway.
The new water filtration plant would be equipped with the latest purification technology and will provide clean drinking water to over 40 thousand people in four villages of Shangus block of Anantnag.
According to Muhammad Ayou

Construction of water filtration plant underway in Nowgam

SAN JOSE, Antique, Abril 21 (PIA) - Gindayaw ka mga opisyales kang probinsya kang Antique ang mga frontline workers tungod sa andang dedikasyon sa obra ilabi na gid nga ang probinsya kag bilog nga kalibutan may gina-atubang nga krisis.Si House Deputy Speaker kag Representante kang Antique Loren Legarda naghambal kang anang pag-apresyar sa katutum kang mga doktor, nars kag tanan nga empleyado kang Angel Salazar M

Kinaray-a News: Serbisyo kang frontline workers sa Antique gindayaw

DAVAO CITY (PIA) - A community pantry, similar to the ones being established in places around Metro Manila, has been put up inside the Davao City Jail Male Dorm with PDLs (Persons Deprived of Liberty) sharing some goods to help fellow PDLs inside the jail.Captain Edo Lobenia, spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-XI (BJMP-XI) recounted in his social media account"Habang nagsiset up na

Davao City Jail sets up community pantry, PDLs pitch in to help

The European Union says it stands in "full support and solidarity" with the Czech Republic amid a diplomatic spat between Prague and Moscow over Czech claims that Russian military agents linked to the 2018 Skripal nerve-agent poisoning in Britain were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech arms depot that killed two people.The EU "is deeply concerned about the repeating negative pattern of dangerous malign behav

EU &#039;Fully Supports&#039; Prague In Spying Dispute With Moscow

US stocks opened lower on Tuesday, as traders continued to cash out of the recent rally and worry that the market has hit its peak.With no economic data forthcoming and few changes in Treasury bond yields, the sell-off came as "markets weigh continued uncertainty regarding President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, festering Covid-19 cases globally and lingering optimism of robust 2021 earnings and economic pros

Wall Street continues sell-off at open, Dow -0.4%

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday allowed the Boeing 737 Max aircraft to fly again under certain conditions.
The order issued by the DGCA has made certain exceptions to the previous order of March 13 2019, banning all operations of B737 Max in India.
However, the use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft for commercial use will remain prohibited in India.
The DGC

After two years, India allows B-737 Max with restrictions

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): A thin layer of toxic foam was seen floating in the Yamuna river at Kalindi Kunj in the national capital on Tuesday.
The toxic foam was seen floating in the Yamuna river on April 26 also.
Environmentalists earlier have stated that the reason for the frothing could be the release of certain gases when reacting with few specific bacteria.
Toxic foam at the Yamuna river hit global headlines

Thin layer of toxic foam floats near Yamuna River bank in D

Familiar names returning to the top of leaderboards, and a travelling American winning a return ticket home dominate golf talking points this week:Lydia by numbers Lydia Ko is back into the world's top 10 for the first time since February 2018 after her dominant seven-stroke victory at the Lotte Championship ended a 1 084-day winless run.The former teen prodigy's last few rounds ma

Ko comeback, Cinks in synch, world traveller: golf talking points

The potential electrical problem that prompted airlines to remove some 737 MAX planes from service has been found in more areas of the plane than initially known, a report said Friday.Boeing said on April 9 that the issue, discovered during the manufacturing process, requires "verification that a sufficient ground path exists for a component of the electrical power system."But The Wall Street Journal, cit

Boeing 737 MAX could face bigger fault than initially thought

Eighth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Germany's Nastasja Schunk on Monday in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany.

Bencic completed the victory over the 17-year-old Schunk in one hour and 28 minutes. Schunk made it into the main draw with two qualifying victories.

The day's only other first-round match featured Maria Sakkari and the Greek recorde

WTA roundup: Belinda Bencic wins first-round match at Stuttgart

The United States Golf Association said Monday that a limited number of spectators will be allowed at the men's and women's US Open championships taking place in California in June.USGA official John Bodenhamer said tickets would be available at the US Women's Open at Olympic Club, San Francisco from June 3-6, and the June 17-20 US Open at Torrey Pines outside San Diego."Last year, we mis

Fans to return at US Opens: USGA

New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday formed a six-member committee to ascertain the quality and quantity of water at the Wazirabad water treatment plant in Delhi which is critical to meet the water requirements of the national capital.
A Bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao said that a committee should be appointed to conduct a local inspection and sought the committee to report within three d

SC forms committee to see quality water at Wazirabad Plant

Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): Making history in the books of astronomy, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet on Monday.
The Ingenuity team at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA's Perseverance Mars rover at 6:46 a.m. EDT (3:46 a.m. PDT).


NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter makes historical flight

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) is facing financial challenges and has sought financial help from the central government.
"The earning of the airports depends on the operations of the flights there. So if the airline companies are facing financial turbulence the airport cannot be immune to that. We were

Delhi Airport seeks financial help from Center

BEIJING, China: China will seek to increase its solar and wind power generation to some 11 percent of the country's total power consumption in 2021, from 9.7 percent in 2020, said the National Energy Administration on April 19. The announcement was made by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who announced that China will boost its use of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to some 25 percent by 2030. <p

China to increase solar, wind power to 11% of electricity use in 2021

Wind, solar to make up 11% of Chinese power in 2021, says officials

China sets 2021 goal of 11% of electricity by solar, wind

DETROIT, Michigan: General Motors has announced plans to build a second electric battery cell plant in the U.S. with its South Korean partner LG Energy Solution, in response to rising demand in the electric vehicle market. "The addition of our second all-new Ultium battery cell plant in the U.S. with our joint venture partner LG Energy Solution is another major step in our transition to an all-electric future," 

GM, LG to invest $2.3 billion in second U.S. battery plant

GM to build 2nd U.S. battery plant for powering EVs

GM Tennessee plant to produce batteries for 500,000 cars per year

The recipe for Orsk Starogorodsky pies has long been kept secret. Nevertheless, it's passed from generation to generation among those who once worked at that well-known Soviet-era factory. And we can bake them nowadays!Starogorodsky pies are a culinary gem for the people of Orsk, a city about 1,500 km southeast from Moscow, nearly on the border with Kazakhstan. If you visit it once, take a look at the monument t

Legendary pies that fed a Russian city during World War II (RECIPE)

Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 21 (ANI): Three employees of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have been abducted by unknown armed miscreants from the rig site of ONGC in Assam's Sivasagar district, the ONGC informed on Wednesday.
As per the ONGC, the abducted employees include two Junior Engineer Assistants (Production) and a Junior Technician (Production). The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday

Three ONGC employees abducted in Assam's Sivasargar

Panaji (Goa) [India], April 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Datar Security Service Group (DSSG) Group CEO Adel Bhinder Singh, was graced with the prestigious "Champions of Change" award 2020 by Interactive Forum on Indian Economy (IFIE), a non-profit recognized by the Government of India, for his exemplary contribution in the field of social welfare.
The award was presented to him by Maharashtra Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, in a c

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