Electric air taxis by ’26 InterGlobe Enterprises, the parent company of IndiGo, and US-based Archer Aviation will launch all-electric air taxi service in India.

A 14-year-old white tigress ‘Sneha’ died at her enclosure in Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar Friday, officials said. The tigress fell ill Thursday and was under medication. She was administered saline and medicines but died Friday morning.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who is a communication and electronic warfare specialist, will take charge as the new Navy Chief April 30 when incumbent Admiral R Hari Kumar retires.

A voter turnout of nearly 63 per cent was recorded in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some places and an accidental explosion of a grenade launcher shell in Chhattisgarh that left a CRPF jawan dead.

Ekagrah Rohan Murty, NR Narayana Murthy’s five-month-old grandson who was gifted a whopping 15 lakh shares by the Infosys founder recently, is set to earn `4.20 crore, thanks to the IT company declaring a bumper final and special dividend totalling `28 per share.

Boudh in western Odisha recorded the highest temperature in the state at 44.3 degrees Celsius, followed by 44.2 degrees Celsius in Baripada.

‘Youth4Water India’ has urged political parties in the state contesting the general elections to commit to special rehabilitation and support programmes for the youths who are most vulnerable to climate change impacts.

The state government suspended Kendrapara district Excise Superintendent, Debi Prasad Mishra, Friday for dereliction of duty.

 The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has issued a notice announcing the adoption of a semester system of education for Classes XI and XII in all state-run and state-aided schools.

As many as 35 persons from the Jain community, including an 11-year-old boy and a wealthy couple, will embrace monkhood in Gujarat April 22, a religious trust said Friday.

Doordarshan has changed the logo of its news channel DD News from red to saffron. The logo came into effect April 16.

 Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the chief of National Security Guard (NSG), the country's counter-terrorism force, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.

The United States Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.

Retirement fund body EPFO registered over 19 per cent growth year-on-year to 1.65 crore members in 2023-24, as per the latest payroll data, showing improvement in the employment situation in the country.

A purported video showed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) workers hurling abuses at Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan's mother Veena Paswan during an election rally.

Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Friday said that he would be casting his vote for the first time when Delhi goes for poll on May 25.

Around 2,500 voters crossed fencing on the India-Bangladesh border to cast their votes in Tripura on April 19.

A 28-year-old security personnel on election duty in Mizoram died due to cardiac arrest on Friday, officials said.

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for July the hearing of a plea filed by yoga guru Ramdev to club FIRs lodged against him in different states over his alleged remarks that allopathy cannot cure Covid-19.