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Domestic air passenger traffic growth eases to 11% in November 2018
Air passenger traffic surges 19.2% in January-November 2018
Vaishno Devi ropeway to be inaugurated on Dec 24
The Bhawan-Bhairon passenger ropeway project, which aims to make travel easier for Mata Vaishnodevi pilgrims, will be inaugurated on December 24, officials said Friday. "The Bhawan-Bhairon passenger ropeway project will be commissioned on Monday and it will be operational for the pilgrims visiting the cave shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district", CEO of Shri MataVaishnodevi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Simrandeep Singh told PTI. Singh said the trial runs have been successful, with respect to "run, loads, safety system and emergency mechanism. The system certificate has also been issued, officials said. "Governor Satya Pal Malik will inaugurate the ropeway project on December 24", the CEO said. The ropeway project works had been undertaken by the joint venture of Garaventa AG, Switzerland and Damodar RopewaysConstruction Co (P) Ltd, Kolkata, under the supervision of RITES. The equipment and cabins of the ropeway have been imported from Switzerland, Singh said, adding ...
4 people missing after explosion on boat in Gujarat
Four people went missing following an explosion on board a boat at Piram Bet island in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Friday afternoon.The cause of the explosion has not yet ascertained. No casualty or injury has been reported so far. The rescue and relief operation is underway.Piram Bet is an island in Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea.
WR develops solution to track exact location of relief trains
The Western Railway (WR) has developed a GPS-based solution to determine the precise location and speed of disaster management trains, a senior official said Friday. The system has been implemented in all Accident Relief Trains (ARTs), Accident Relief Medical Equipment (ARME) and Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains (SPARTs) of the Mumbai division of the WR, he said. "Earlier, it was a challenge to know the actual location of relief trains heading to accident or disaster sites," the official added. Ravinder Bhakar, chief PRO of WR, said the system provides an automated solution with real-time location of relief trains, speed tracking, their recording and traceability. "Important information that can be derived from this system is speed and location of relief trains on a real-time basis," he said. "The installation of the system is very simple. It uses a mobile charging point provided in the rolling stock (engine or carriage). "The mobile-based app is universally ...
Advise social media platforms to put in place system for tracking fake messages: FSSAI to MeitY
Food safety regulator FSSAI has requested the IT ministry to ensure social media platforms put in place a mechanism to track fake messages with regard to safety and quality of food products, Parliament was informed Friday. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said FSSAI, in a November 27 letter, expressed concern over circulation of false and malicious videos on various social media platforms regarding the safety and quality of food available in the country. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has requested the ministry to "sensitise" social media platforms on the large-scale implications of such false propaganda, Prasad said. The regulator has also asked the ministry to advise social media platforms to put in place a system for tracking of messages so that such mischievous perpetrators could be brought to book and penal action can be initiated against them, he added. Prasad said the government has taken several steps to ..
Death toll in coal mine blast rises to 13
The death toll in the coal mine explosion near Czech Republic's eastern city of Karvina reached 13 on Friday.The death toll in Czech Republic's coal mine blast reached 13 on Friday.Al Jazeera reported that the explosion near the eastern city of Karvina occurred on Thursday at a depth of 800 meters."Due to yesterday's mine disaster, 13 miners lost their lives - 11 Poles and two Czechs," Ostrava-Karvina Mines (OKD) spokesman Ivo Celechovsky said at a televised news conference.The injured have been undergoing treatment in the hospital."Unfortunately, we have reached a point where it was impossible to move forward because there was a fire raging and zero visibility," said Boleslav Kowalczyk, Managing Director of the OKD.
Punjab food safety commissioner orders check on sale of open/loose spices, salt
The Food and Drug Administration commissioner of Punjab Friday directed food safety teams to check the sale of open/loose powdered spices, condiments and salt across the state. "Under the provisions of Food Safety & Standards (Prohibition & Restrictions on Sales) Regulation, 2006, no person can sell powdered spices and condiments except 'under packed condition'," Food Safety Commissioner K S Pannu said in an official statement here. According to the regulation, condiments and spices can be sold only if they are properly packaged and labelled. "Therefore, all teams have been directed to be vigilant and to ensure that open and loose spices, condiments and salt are not sold in their respective areas of jurisdiction and to take action under the Food Safety & Standards Act against the defaulters," Pannu said. He said it was not uncommon for ground spices to be adulterated with artificial colours, starch, chalk powder, etc., in order to increase their weight and enhance their ...
8 labourers killed, 4 injured in landslide in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag
At least eight labourers were killed and four others injured on Friday in a landslide near the construction site of Char Dham all-weather road in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, police said. The incident took place near Banswada on the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway, they said. Eight bodies were pulled out of the debris and the injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals, a senior police official said. Senior officials have rushed to the spot and rescue and relief operation is underway.
Water recedes in flooded Meghalaya mine, CM says time running out to rescue trapped miners
The water level in a flooded mine in Meghalaya receded a few inches on Friday, holding out a sliver of hope for the survival of the more than dozen men who have been trapped inside the illegal coal pit since December 13 without any food and water, police said. As frantic rescue efforts continued for the ninth day in the mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said it is a major challenge and time is running out. The water in the 370-feet-deep rat hole mine initially increased after the levels in the nearby Lytein river went up. Water from the river gushed into the pit on December 13, trapping the miners. At present only two high power pumps are being used to flush out the water from the flooded mine. "We need more pumps. That is the crux of the matter as time is running out to rescue the miners alive," the chief minister told PTI at his office here. About 200 high power pumps are needed to flush out the water from the flooded mine, he said. "The local people .
Seven labourers crushed to death in Uttarakhand landslide
Seven labourers died after a series of rocks fell on them on Kedarnath roadway near Rudraprayag's Banswara on Friday.Rudraprayag district magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said seven bodies have been recovered from the accident site.As soon as information of the landslide was received, teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police were pressed into action to carry out rescue operations.Five labourers were rescued during the search operation and admitted to a hospital in the vicinity. Their condition is said to be critical.Further details in the matter are awaited.
Water level recedes, search on for trapped Meghalaya miners
The water level in the 370-feet-deep rat-hole mine receded by a few inches Friday as efforts continued for the ninth day to rescue 15 trapped miners in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said. The miners reportedly got trapped in the illegal coal pit on December 13 after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it. Incessant rains on Tuesday further increased water levels, hindering rescue operations. Currently, rescuers are pumping out the water to reach to the miners and over 100 personnel of the centre and the state disaster response forces are working along with local police in the operation. "Pumping out water is on with the hope that the water level will recede," Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Jaintia Hills district, S Nongtynger, told PTI. A doctor here said that time is running out and the miners might be at a very high risk if the rescue operation takes long. "They have been without food and water we were informed. Time is running out for them if ...
Train slams into bus in Serbia; 3 killed, 22 injured
A train has slammed into a bus in southern Serbia killing three people and injuring 22. Serbian police say that the collision took place around 0630 GMT (1:30 am EST) Friday near the city of Nis. The statement says that the injured have been transferred to a nearby hospital. Doctors say six of the injured have been seriously hurt. The Serbian state TV says that the bus was carrying local children to school. A video from the scene shows that the bus was practically cut in half from the impact while the train partly slid off the tracks.
Inflated holiday pricing by airline companies draws Parliamentary committee's ire
A Parliamentary committee has criticized airline companies over surge pricing closer to festival seasons and holidays and questioned the government's seriousness to curb such exorbitant pricing.The standing committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture termed the surge pricing as "arbitrary" saying that "some airlines are charging more than ten times of the advanced booking fare."The Government, in its 'Action Taken Report' tabled in the Rajya Sabha, responded to the concerns raised by the committee that the pricing norms followed by airline companies were compliant with global standards wherein "pricing systems runs in multiple levels (buckets or RBDs)." The Government also added in its reply that "prices are fixed by airlines keeping in mind the market, demand, seasonality and other market forces."However, the Parliamentary Standing Committee was scathing in its response to the Government's defense of pricing structures of airline companies. "The reply does not reflect the seriousness
Thirteen dead after fire in Czech mine
Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire caused by burning methane erupted in a mine in the east of the Czech Republic, a spokesman said Friday. "In total we have 13 dead miners, 11 Polish and two Czech," Ivo Celechovsky, spokesman for the OKD mining company, told AFP. The accident occurred at the CSM mine in the city of Karvina, about 300 kilometres (200 miles) east of Prague, on Thursday afternoon. "The blast at the CSM mine is a huge tragedy," tweeted Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who will travel to the site on Friday morning along with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki. Celechovsky said on Thursday the dead Polish miners were from the Poland-based Alpex mining company. "We're one big family, it's a terrible tragedy," a Czech miner told the local Polar TV. Czech media said Friday the accident occurred at a depth of 880 metres (about 3,000 feet) and that the fire had not been put out yet. OKD, which runs the mine, is controlled by the Czech state and ...
Thirteen dead in Czech mine accident: spokesman
Thirteen miners died and up to 10 were injured after methane combustion at a mine in the east of the Czech Republic, a spokesman said Friday. "In total we have 13 dead miners, 11 Polish and two Czech," Ivo Celechovsky, spokesman for the OKD mining company, told AFP. The accident occurred at the CSM mine in the city of Karvina, about 300 kilometres (200 miles) east of Prague, on Thursday afternoon.
Truck carrying animal carcasses overturns in Delhi
A truck carrying animal carcasses overturned on National Highway 24 near Max Hospital in east Delhi, police said Friday. The truck was on Municipal Corporation of Delhi duty to collect dead animals and take them to a rendering plant in Ghazipur, they added. The accident happened around 11.40 pm Thursday after its tyre burst, police said. A case of negligent driving has been registered at Kalyanpuri police station against the driver of the truck, who fled from the spot after the accident, they said.
ESIC Hospital fire: 1-week-old succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 11
A week-old girl, injured in Mumbai's Andheri hospital fire incident, succumbed to her injuries on Friday taking the death toll to 11.The neonate suffered lung injuries after inhaling smoke during the fire. She was shifted to Holy Spirit Hospital for treatment, however, due to complications, the baby later succumbed to her injuries.The girl, along with her twin brother, was born on 13 December. The condition of her twin brother is said to be stable.A massive fire broke out at ESIC Kamgar hospital on Monday. Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze while a rescue van and 16 ambulances were also rushed to the spot for necessary assistance.As many as 186 injured, including three firemen, were shifted to Cooper hospital, P. Thakrey Hospital (Trauma), Holy Spirit Hospital and Seven Hills Hospital from treatment. So far, 76 people have been discharged.As per the preliminary report, the building material lying at the ground floor of the hospital for renovation work caught
3 killed in UP accident
Three members of an Uttarakhand family were killed while two were injured in an accident in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh early on Friday, police said.
3 astronauts return after 197-day mission in space
Three members of the International Space Station's Expedition 57 crew have returned to Earth safely after spending 197 days in space.
Czech Republic: 5 killed in methane explosion in coal mine
As many as five people were killed while 10 others were injured in a methane explosion at a coal mine near Czech Republic's eastern city of Karvina.According to Sputnik, the blast occurred on Thursday at the depth of 800 meters."Unfortunately, the data on the number of victims of the methane explosion seem not to be final. The evacuation of miners is underway. Rescue teams consisting of around 40 people are clearing away the debris, while the medics are working with those injured on the site and send them to the nearby hospitals," said Ostrava-Karvina Mines (OKD) spokesperson Ivo Celechovsky.All the victims of the explosion were Polish nationals who worked at the mine, stated the officials.