Tata Group-owned Air India on Monday introduced new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on the Delhi-London Heathrow route which will be a twice-daily service.

The A350 aircraft offer 28 private suites with full-flat beds in Business, 24 seats in a dedicated Premium Economy cabin offering extra legroom and 264 spacious seats in Economy, said the nation’s flagship carrier.

The A350-900 will replace the currently deployed Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on 14 of 17 weekly flights.

As a result, an additional 336 seats will be available on the Delhi-London Heathrow route each week, said the aviation major.

In an effort to advance digital connectivity and ensure equitable access to telecommunications services across all segments of society, the Centre on Monday said the first rules of the Telecom Act 2023, ‘Digital Bharat Nidhi,’ have now come into effect.

Union Minister of Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said that new rules are a reflection of the government’s commitment to ensure equal access to telecom services and, in turn, strengthen India's mission of becoming ‘Viksit Bharat@2047’.

The Universal Service Obligation Fund created under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 has now been rechristened as ‘Digital Bharat Nidhi,’ that addresses new areas in changing technological times.

US researchers on Monday announced a new wearable, long-term continuous heart monitor that is likely to identify more cases of irregular heart rhythm -- also known as atrial fibrillation linked to the risk of stroke and heart failure -- compared to usual care.

However, the heart monitors did not lead to a reduction in hospitalisations due to stroke, said the team at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in North Carolina, US.

“Atrial fibrillation is often undiagnosed and can increase the risk of ischemic stroke, which is largely reversible by oral anticoagulation,” said lead author Renato Lopes, Professor of Medicine at the Institute.

“We still need definitive evidence that diagnosis of atrial fibrillation through systematic screening can lead to subsequent treatment with oral anticoagulation and therefore, lower stroke risk,” Lopes said.

The US, Qatar and Egypt, which are part of the several rounds of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, are now pushing for a final ceasefire deal.

This is following the brutal murder of six of the hostages in Gaza by Hamas militants by firing from close range. Autopsy of the deceased hostages -- whose bodies were recovered by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza -- have revealed that they were shot multiple times from a close range.

According to Israeli media, the US negotiators have communicated to both Qatar and Egyptian negotiators that the ceasefire deal has to be reached quickly.

The media has also reported that a final proposal is being drafted for a ceasefire and a hostage return deal between Israel and Hamas.

It is to be noted that the US side has a renewed urgency for the mediatory talks as among the six hostages killed one is an Israeli American -- Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

In a move to further consolidate its position as the largest private sector transmission player in India, Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Monday said it has completed the acquisition of Khavda Phase-IV Part-A transmission project.

The 298 km, Rs 4,091 crore project will evacuate 7 GW of renewable energy from Khavda renewable energy (RE) park into the national grid.

AESL won the project through the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process and will commission the project in the next 24 months and maintain it for the next 35 years.

“As the world’s largest renewable energy park, Khavda demands power evacuation infrastructure that is not only world-class but also resilient and future-ready,” said Kandarp Patel, Chief Executive Officer, AESL.

Goals from Harry Kane and Thomas Muller helped Bayern Munich to a 2-0 win over Freiburg in the second round of the Bundesliga.

Bayern almost doubled their advantage five minutes before the end of the first half, but Gnabry couldn't capitalize on Lukas Kubler's misplaced pass.

After the restart, Freiburg showed signs of life and went close through Kubler, who sent a dangerous square pass into the box and forced Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into a fine save in the 57th minute, reports.

Bayern's attacking play slowed, and three minutes later, Freiburg went close again when Kim Min-jae had to clear from Patrick Osterhage.

Vincent Kompany's side continued to threaten, with Kingsley Coman shooting just wide of the right post in the 72nd minute.

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday claimed that a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was at his house in Delhi's Okhla to arrest him.

Sources said that the ED team was conducting a raid in connection with the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of staff for the Delhi Waqf Board. The team was accompanied by Delhi Police and CRPF personnel.

Claiming it was an early morning raid, Amanatullah Khan took to social media and posted his video on X. "It's 7 o'clock and ED officers have come to my house under the pretext of a search warrant to arrest me..."

He alleged that the ED has been "harassing" him. "For the past two years, they have been harassing me with false cases, creating some trouble for me and my entire party almost every day. The Chief Minister has been in jail, Sanjay Singh has been in jail, Satyendra Jain is still in jail, and now they want to arrest me. Their only motive is to break us and our party...."

The General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, former Union Minister and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja said that Congress will fight strongly on all 90 seats and will fight to win every seat. BJP is nervous about the elections, so it postponed the date of voting. Changing the date will not change the results. Whatever the public has decided will happen to it. She said that only one person will get the ticket, everyone will work together for his victory.

Satinder Singh IPS, DIG According to the guidelines received from Border Range, working on the instructions of Charanjit Singh IPS, Senior Captain of Police, District Amritsar Rural, Harinder Singh SP. (D) under the watchful eye of the CIA in charge. The villagers of Amritsar had received secret information that Ravinder Singh son of Jaswant Singh and Arshdeep Singh son of Sardul Singh of village Dauke together ordered weapons from Pakistan and supplied them.Regarding which taking immediate action, the in-charge C.I.A. With the help of their team from Amritsar Rural, the said Ravinder Singh was arrested along with three 30 bore Glock pistols without magazines and a motorcycle, regarding which case against the said Ravinder Singh and Arshdeep Singh. 

Meerut Mavericks remained perched on the top of the points as they sealed their fourth win in as many games in the UP T20 2024. Handicapped by the loss of four players to the Duleep Trophy, the star-starved Gorakhpur Lions struggled against the web woven by the spinning duo Yash Garg and Zeeshan Ansari.

The pair finished with combined figures of 6/31 from eight as the Mavericks put the squeeze on their opponents once the field restrictions were lifted.

In the end, Gorakhpur lost wickets at regular intervals in a bid to keep up with the mounting required rate and were restricted to a mere 116.