New Delhi Apr 21 PTI A Srinagar-Jammu flight of the Tata group-run Air India was delayed by approximately two hours on Thursday after a rat was sighted on board the aircraft officials saidAviation regulator DGCA has begun a probe into this incident officials saidThe flight departed from the Srinagar airport only after the rat was removed from the plane the officials said adding the delay due to the incident was of about two hoursAir India did not respond to PTIs request for a statement on this matter PTI DSP NSD
New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Indian Navy Ship INS Khukri the first of the indigenously-built missile corvettes has been decommissioned after 32 years of service the Defence Ministry said on FridayA solemn ceremony was held at Visakhapatnam on Thursday wherein the national flag naval ensign and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset the ministrys statement mentioned Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command and some serving and retired commanding officers of the ship were also present at the ceremony it notedThe ship was affiliated with the Gorkha Brigade of the Indian Army and Lt General PN Ananthanarayan SM President Gorkha Brigade attended the solemn ceremony it mentionedThe corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the western and eastern fleets it noted During her service the ship was commanded by 28 officers and traversed a distance of over 644897 nautical miles which is equivalent to navigating around the world 30 times or three times the distance between the earth and the moon the statement said PTI DSP NSD
New Delhi Nov 23 PTI The Delhi airport will become a net zero carbon emission facility by 2030 said its operator DIAL on TuesdayAchieving carbon neutral or net zero carbon emission status refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and of achieving carbon reduction through offsets it stated in a releaseThe announcement about the 2030 target was made by Videh Kumar Jaipuriar CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited DIAL through a video message on November 10 at the COP26 event in GlasgowIn a statement on Tuesday Jaipuriar stated At Delhi Airport we are on a strong environment progress journey and we are confident to becoming net zero carbon emission airport by 2030 following the Airport Carbon Accreditation guidelines Towards this direction we have initiated various environmentally sustainable programmes such as the introduction of TaxiBot and adoption of electric vehicles he added Commercial aviation is responsible for about two to three per cent of the global carbon emissions Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has given up flying to reduce her carbon footprint boosting the flight shame movement in Europe and other parts of the world PTI DSP NSD
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