Highlights of the day: Air India resumes flights to Tel Aviv after 5 months

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Air India has restarted flights from the national capital to Tel Aviv after suspending the services for nearly five months due to tensions in the wake of the Israeli city coming under attack by Hamas militants. The Tata group-owned carrier recommenced the flight on March 3, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday. For now, the flights from Delhi to Tel Aviv will be operated by a Boeing 787 aircraft three times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, the spokesperson said. Air India had suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv starting from October 7, 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attack on the Israeli city.

The Central government has issued an advisory for Indian national, asking them to move to safer areas in Israel., a day after a Kerala man was killed and two others injured in a missile strike near the Israel-Lebanon border. "In view of the prevailing security situation and local safety advisories, all Indians nationals in Israel, especially those working in or visiting border areas in the north and south, are advised to relocate to safe areas within Israel. The Embassy remains in touch with the Israeli authorities to ensure the safety of all our nationals," the Indian embassy in Israel said in the advisory.

Earlier today, Justice Gangopadhyay, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, had submitted his resignation today.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a 2018 money laundering case against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader  DK Shivakumar.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted ex-Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five others in the Maoist link case.

Renuka Mishra, the chairperson of the UP Police Recruitment Board. has been removed by the Uttar Pradesh government, days after it cancelled the police constable recruitment examination following allegations of question paper leak.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore in Odisha on Tuesday during his visit to the state. March 5 also happens to be the birth anniversary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik, after whom the ruling BJD is named. The projects are from sectors including oil and gas, railways, roads, transport and highways and atomic energy. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ashish Kumar Singh, while speaking to ANI said that the security forces have been placed properly in the view of PM's visit. "An adequate arrangement has been made in view of PM Modi's visit. Over 3000 police forces under the command of senior officers have been deployed. On the basis of programmes, the teams have been divided," Singh said.

US citizens from 15 states and one territory will pick their preferred candidate simultaneously on "Super Tuesday," the biggest single day of voting in the country's drawn out, state-by-state primary season. The campaign milestone is expected to leave Donald Trump extremely close from securing the Republican Party's presidential nomination. More than a third of the candidates who will be assigned to the party's national nominating convention in July are up for grabs on the Republican side.

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday requested the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for submitting details on purchase of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to June 30. The Lok Sabha election process would be over by then.

A five-judge Constitution Bench of the top court had deemed  the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional and directed the SBI, the authorised financial body under the scheme, to submit by March 6 the details of electoral bonds purchased by various entities to the ECI. 

10:04 PM

Tata Technologies appoints S. Sukanya as co's Chief Operating Officer

9:46 PM

Social media platforms Instagram, Facebook down

Social media platforms owned by Meta, Facebook and Instagram, have been down in India, several users reported on X (formerly Twitter) on late Tuesday evening. Realtime outage monitoring platform Downdetector also showed that nearly 15,381 people reported that Facebook is suffering an outage, while more than 19,200 users have reported a downtime on Instagram as of 8.59 pm.

9:46 PM

Security beefed up at Ghazipur border in Delhi in wake of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' call tomorrow

Ghazipur border security intensified ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' protest tomorrow, addressing potential tensions. Increased measures aim to ensure public safety amid heightened concerns surrounding the demonstration.

8:44 PM

NIA raids across six states in LeT prison radicalisation case

"In the Bengaluru Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Prison radicalisation case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today raided multiple locations in six States and seized a host of digital devices and incriminating documents, along with cash. NIA teams swooped down at the premises of suspects in various places across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Punjab, Gujarat and West Bengal this morning. They recovered 25 mobile phones, 6 laptops and 4 storage devices, besides various incriminating documents, and cash, apart from the currency notes of various countries," says NIA.

7:58 PM

ED attaches Rs 12.78-cr worth property of Shajahan Sheikh including apartment, land in Sandeshkhali

"ED Kolkata has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 12.78 Crore in the form of 14 immovable properties like apartment, agriculture land, land for fishery, land & building etc in Gram Serberia, Sandeshkhali and Kolkata and two bank accounts under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in the matter of Shahjahan Seikh and others," sayd ED.

7:57 PM

India's Colombo mission: 20 fishermen repatriated

High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka tweets, "On their way back home! 20 Indian fishermen have been repatriated from Colombo to Chennai earlier today."

7:42 PM

US cargo planes airdrop more aid for Gaza: Military

American cargo planes airdropped more than 36,000 meals to Gaza on Tuesday in a joint operation with Jordan, the US military said, part of international efforts to curb a growing humanitarian crisis.

6:40 PM

How can parties promoting dynastic politics strengthen democracy in country, Amit Shah asks at youth rally

All INDI alliance parties opposing Prime Minister Modi promote dynastic politics, says Amit Shah.

6:25 PM

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power unit on the Moon

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power unit on the Moon around 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, the RIA state news agency reported.

6:24 PM

Suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India revoked with immediate effect: Sports ministry

6:18 PM

Air India restarts flights to Tel Aviv

Air India has restarted flights from the national capital to Tel Aviv after suspending the services for nearly five months due to tensions in the wake of the Israeli city coming under attack by Hamas militants.

 

The Tata group-owned carrier recommenced the flight on March 3, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday.

 

For now, the flights from Delhi to Tel Aviv will be operated by a Boeing 787 aircraft three times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, the spokesperson said.

 

Air India had suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv starting from October 7, 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attack on the Israeli city.

 

Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Israel issued an advisory on Tuesday, urging its nationals to move to safer areas in the country.

 

The advisory comes a day after a missile fired from Lebanon killed one Indian and injured two others.

 

"In view of the prevailing security situation and local safety advisories, all Indian nationals in Israel, especially those working in or visiting border areas in the north and south, are advised to relocate to safe areas within Israel," the mission said in an advisory posted on various social media platforms.

5:59 PM

RBI restricts JM Financial Products

RBI asks JM Financial Products from doing any form of finance against shares and debentures, including sanction and disbursal of loans against IPO of shares as well as against subscription to debentures.

 

This action is necessitated due to certain serious deficiencies observed in respect of loans sanctioned by the company for IPO financing as well as NCD subscriptions

5:34 PM

Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath congratulate the four new ministers

Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath congratulate the four new ministers of the state cabinet. SBSP Chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, BJP leader Dara Singh Chauhan, RLD MLA Anil Kumar and BJP's Sunil Kumar Sharma took oath as ministers in the State cabinet.

5:04 PM

Ab ki baar, 400 paar: PM Modi in Jajpur

"Your coming here in such large numbers shows the mood of the East. The electoral mood of Odisha is clearly visible today. This is the resolution - ab ki baar, 400 paar," says PM Modi in Jajpur.

5:01 PM

Odisha is giving energy to a developed India, a self-reliant India: PM Modi in Odisha

"For the last 10 years, the BJP government has been making unprecedented investments here in Odisha. It is our endeavor that Odisha also becomes the gateway to developed India. In a way, Odisha is giving energy to a developed India, a self-reliant India," says PM Modi.