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A test pilot with over 3,500 flying hours, Air Chief Marshal Dixit took charge on 1 November. He said restoring the IAF's combat strength to sanctioned levels would be a priority.
The overnight train runs between SMVT Bengaluru and CSMT Mumbai via Guntakal, Kalaburagi, Solapur and Pune, six days a week. It is the third Vande Bharat Sleeper route in the country.
Official data shows Delhi's average AQI for October 2026 was 166, down from 223 last October. The city logged 220 'good to moderate' days between January and October, the most since 2018 apart from lockdown-hit 2020.
The Centre's fifth nationwide campaign aims for 2.30 crore digital life certificates, 1.50 crore of them through face authentication on a phone. Pensioners can submit from home, a bank or a post office camp.
The board, set up under the Code on Social Security and chaired by the Labour Minister, will include delivery and ride-hailing companies and workers' groups, and must meet at least three times a year.
About ₹18,690 crore was transferred on Friday, taking total payouts under the scheme past ₹4.64 lakh crore. Farmers who did not receive money should check e-KYC, land records and Aadhaar-bank linking.
The overnight train leaves Varanasi at 8:50 pm and reaches New Delhi at 6:10 am, stopping at Prayagraj, Kanpur Central, Aligarh and Ghaziabad. It runs six days a week.
A bill goes through three readings in each House of Parliament and then needs the President's assent. Money bills take a shorter route, because the Rajya Sabha can only recommend changes.
Telecom services are being restored in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha after the cyclone. Intra-circle roaming is active, which lets you use any operator's network in affected districts.
The AS350 B3 helicopter operated by Transbharat Aviation was flying to Dehradun with a pilot and five passengers. The wreckage has been found and DGCA has sent a team.
Who runs India's general elections, what the model code of conduct does, and how EVMs and VVPATs fit into voting and counting.
