Friday, 25 June 2021

Airline Fleet To Contract, Fall Below 700 On Weak Demand: Report

Indian airlines are expected to induct 69 planes during the year and retire 86 aircraft, some of which could be through repossessions by lessors

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Thursday, 24 June 2021

Today in History

Today in History Today is Friday, June 25, the 176th day of 2021. There are 189 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 25, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional. On this date: In 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution. In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. In 1942, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany. In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published. In 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. In...

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Collapsed Florida building drew global visitors, residents

Florida fire teams worked through the night in hopes of finding survivors in the Miami-area building collapse that has left nearly 100 people missing

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Chauvin could face decadeslong sentence in Floyd's death

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is set to learn his fate as a Minnesota judge sentences him for murder in the death of George Floyd

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Unchanged On Friday

In New Delhi, the petrol prices are steady at Rs 97.76 per litre and diesel prices are at Rs 88.30 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation

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Facebook arrest video leads to protests in South Carolina

Two nights of protests outside a South Carolina police station have followed the arrest of two men seen on a Facebook video being wrestled and punched by Rock Hill officers

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Police arrest man on murder charge in Austin mass shooting

Prosecutors say authorities in Texas have arrested a 19-year-old man on a murder warrant for the killing of a tourist during a mass shooting in downtown Austin that also wounded more than a dozen people

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UN urges Israel to halt building of settlements immediately

The United Nations is accusing Israel of flagrantly violating international law by expanding settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, saying settlements are illegal and urging the country’s new government to halt their enlargement immediately

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Agency: Texas execution held without media was 'inexcusable'

Officials say an investigation has found that new personnel and procedures along with insufficient oversight led to reporters not witnessing the state’s first execution in nearly a year

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Judge keeps India terror attack suspect in US custody

A former Chicago businessman will remain in the United States as a federal judge in Los Angeles weighs whether he will be extradited to India for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack that killed more than 160 people

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All big banks pass latest Federal Reserve 'stress tests'

All 23 of the nation’s biggest banks are healthy enough to withstand a sudden economic catastrophe, the Federal Reserve said Thursday, releasing the results from its latest “stress tests."

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Court finds Baltimore aerial surveillance unconstitutional

A divided federal appeals court has ruled that an aerial surveillance program used as a crime-fighting tool by the Baltimore Police Department is unconstitutional

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Kenosha officials reject damage claim sought by Jacob Blake

Officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have denied a claim for damages from Jacob Blake Jr. The Black man was paralyzed when he was shot by a white police officer last summer

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