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Bird-hit incidents reported at airports rose to 1,782 in 2025: GovtIndian airports faced an unprecedented surge in bird strikes last year, recording over 1,700 instances, a stark increase from previous year...
3I/ATLAS: Trump-fav US lawmaker presses NASA for answers on ‘interstellar visitor’ comet 3I/ATLAS, urges public release of images3I/ATLAS: Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has asked NASA for more information on comet 3I/ATLAS. This interstellar visitor passed Earth rec...
Radius of 10 km bird-free zone required for safe flight operations: Tripura airport panelFollowing a tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, the Airfield Environment Management Committee (AEMC) in Agartala has advocated for establishin...
Can India’s Rafale slay China’s ‘Mighty Dragon’ deployed near LAC?New satellite imagery reveals the deployment of J-20 stealth fighter jets by PLA Air Force near LAC. India seems confident that newly-acqui...
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: India's infrastructure play to counter China threatPrime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the project in 2016. The project, called Char Dham Mahamarg, will comprise ne...
DGCA asks airport operators to review their wildlife management planThe airport environment management committee (AEMC) should be called to discuss and review the implementation of the measures to reduce bir...
Limited flights but bird, animal strike incidents rose significantly at Indian airports in 2021In August 2019, a flock of seagulls struck the engines of Ural Airlines' Moscow-Simferopol flight, following which the plane crash landed i...
Could have gone to a better place, it would have cost me much less: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"The intention of having it there is to see that the Yamuna gets more attention, and it is easy for all people to come there," said Sri Sri...
In Gujarat, the Great Indian Bustard grounds air force’s flight plansThe Great Indian Bustard, has come in the way of Air Force’s flight path in Gujarat with the environment ministry holding back a proposal t...
Bird hit: Airport Authority of India asks Goa government to clean garbage heaps near airportGoa Airport Director K S Rao told PTI today that local Panchayat has been asked to clear a garbage heap lying in the funnel area.
42 people killed in 32 air accidents in last three yearsDelhi's IGI Airport was "most critical" in terms of animal strike or bird-hit incidents, recording 142 of 558 such incidents across country...
- 42 people killed in 32 air accidents in last three years
Delhi's IGI Airport was the "most critical" in terms of animal strike or bird-hit incidents, recording 142 of 558 such incidents across the...
Buffalo on runway triggers DGCA alarm on 18 airportsThe DGCA has formed teams to inspect these 18 airports by December 20. Safety pilots from airlines will accompany the regulatory team on th...
India hopes to implement second phase of China border upgrade project by mid-2013Half a century after the border war between the two Asian giants, a host of factors are now forcing the huge militarization along the borde...
- Jackals endangering flight safety at Kolkata airport
Last week a jackal strayed onto the runway of the N S C Bose International Airport here forcing the pilot of an aircraft to abort take off ...
- As CWG nears, officials jittery over bird menace at IGI
Illegal slaughter houses and heaps of waste around the IGI airport aiding the bird menace are giving sleepless nights to Delhi government o...
- Airlines suffer Rs 7 cr loss in bird-hit incidents
Airlines have suffered a loss of around Rs seven crore, so far, this year due to bird-hit cases in the country.
- Most bird hits at Delhi airport
Delhi Airport overtook Mumbai as the most bird-hit prone airport in the country in 2008. The airport recorded 67 cases of bird hits, more t...