No high power 5G antennae near runways as DoT issues safety guidelines based on DGCA recco | India News

New Delhi: Govt Tuesday directed telecommunications service providers (TSP) to “implement exclusion zones in and around airports for installation and operation of C band 5G international mobile telecom stations” to avoid potentially catastrophic interference from 5G signals to aircraft systems — including radio altimeters that measure a plane’s aircraft’s height above the terrain directly below…

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‘India should not be inspired by US’: IAF chief warns against rushing theatre commands; proposes joint planning hub to gear up for future wars | India News

Air Chief Marshal Ap Singh (IAF) NEW DELHI: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Tuesday cautioned against rushing the rollout of theatre commands, stressing that India must adopt its own model instead of copying others. He suggested setting up a joint planning and coordination centre in Delhi, under the Chiefs of Staff Committee, to…

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Sadhguru embarks on motorbike Kailash Yatra after brain surgeries, marks India-China spiritual ties | India News

NEW DELHI: The reopening of the Kailash Yatra route through Tibet has allowed Indian pilgrims to undertake the spiritual journey to Mount Kailash after a five-year hiatus, reflecting improving India-China relations. This year, Sadhguru, founder of the Isha Foundation, undertook the Yatra in a historic first — on a motorbike — demonstrating resilience after undergoing…

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Continued imprisonment of Kashmiri MP assault on democracy, says his party | India News

NEW DELHI: Awami Ittehad Party of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid Tuesday held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar to mark six years of his incarceration, saying his continued imprisonment is an “assault on democracy”.Workers of the AIP and civil society activists gathered at the protest venue and expressed “solidarity with Engineer Rashid and other innocent…

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‘Addressing threats to US by Russia’: Trump admin notifies India of additional tariffs; deadline tomorrow

NEW DELHI: The US on Tuesday issued a notice to India over the implementation of additional tariffs set to take effect from August 27.Issued by the department of homeland security, the notice said that the tariffs were imposed in response to “threats to the United States by the government of Russian Federation,” with India being…

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Donald Trump drops tariff bomb on India

TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States on Monday declared what is effectively a limited trade war on India, notifying a 50 percent tariff (25 percent taxes and 25 percent penalty) on most goods import from India. Issued by the Department of Homeland Security, the notification said the tariffs are in response to “threats to…

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PM Modi avoided four Donald Trump calls, says German media, as US-India ties sour | India News

TOI correspondent from Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to take four calls from US President Donald Trump in recent weeks amid a raging trade dispute, a German newspaper has reported, as ties between Washington and New Delhi have soured rapidly, testing what both sides repeatedly said was the most consequential relationship of the 21st…

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