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This is when a pilot may ask passengers to turn off their mobile phones and not keep in airplane mode

January 27, 2025 1:30 pm

Dhairyashil Vandekar, an aviation expert and analyst asserted that completely switching off is "normally" not required

New range of footwear promises 'air compression massage'; we find out what that means

July 19, 2024 7:37 pm

Dr Suman Sharma, physiotherapist, Apollo Clinic, J P Nagar explains how air compression massage works

It's Akashvani now, Prasar Bharati drops references to AIR

May 05, 2023 4:15 pm

All India Radio was referred to as 'Akashvani' by renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore in a poem he had written for the inauguration of the Calcutta shortwave service in 1939.

The Super Mario Bros Movie tops charts again, is the biggest film of 2023

April 17, 2023 9:05 am

With $94 million from international showings, The Super Mario Bros. Movie's global total now stands at a staggering $678 million, surpassing Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to become biggest film of 2023 in just two weekends.

Could air someday power your flight? Airlines are betting on it

January 24, 2023 12:47 pm

New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain.

New govt to retain autonomy of Prasar Bharati: Prakash Javadekar

June 04, 2019 5:02 pm

Established through an act which safeguards its autonomy, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said "Autonomy of the Prasar Bharati is important. We will retain it... We want Prasar Bharati to work smoothly and bring new programmes and find new dimensions".

Prasar Bharati responds to NCW note on sexual harassment in AIR

December 08, 2018 5:39 am

The NCW statement added that Prasar Bharati’s report said it has taken action against the accused after “nine cases of sexual harassment were received against the accused officer of AIR”.

Mann ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi to address the nation at 11 am

July 30, 2017 9:43 am

In his last address to the nation on the Mann ki Baat programme, PM Modi talked at length about the 1975 Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government. The broadcast sent ripples of comments and counter-comments in the political circles due to Modi's remarks about the Emergency.

‘This is All India Radio; The news, read by Surajit Sen’

May 12, 2016 12:05 am

Former Chief Newsreader of AIR passed away on May 6 at age of 89

Louis Braille’s birth anniversary: In a first, visually-impaired man reads news on AIR Pune

January 05, 2016 5:15 am

It was a first for AIR Pune that a visually-impaired person presented the news bulletin. The programme was orchestrated as a tribute to French educationist Louis Braille on his 207th birth anniversary.

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