Indian Air Force fighter aircraft crashes in Punjab, pilot eject safely

A MIG-29 fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force(IAF) on a training mission crashed near Punjab's Hoshiarpur district on Friday. The aircraft had developed a technical snag and the pilot ejected safely as he was unable to control the aircraft, IAF said in a statement. “The pilot is perfectly fine,” Hoshiarpur senior superintendent of police Gaurav Garg said.

NGT directs LG Polymers to pay initial amount of Rs.50 crore over Vizag gas leak

The National Green Tribunal(NGT) on Friday directed LG Polymers India Private Limited to deposit an initial amount of Rs.50 crore in view of damages due to the gas leaked incident in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam. NGT also send notices to Union Environment Ministry. Central Pollution Control Board and LG Polymers India over the incident killed at least 11 people.

Selling my possessions so people can't attack me for being a billionaire: Musk

Elon Musk explained that he decided to sell almost all his physical possessions so that people can no longer “attack” him for being a billionaire. On the Joe Rogan podcast, Musk said, “I think possessions kind of weigh you down…They're kind of a attack vector .” He added, “In recent years, ‘billionaire' has become a pejorative…It's like that's bad thing.”

Japan requests to India allow its companies to restart operations

In a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, his Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu, “requested cooperation for the resumption of activities by Japanese companies in India.” Over 1,400 Japanese companies have presence in India. Motegi aslo express his gratitude for the support of Indian government in the repatriation of the Japanese nationals residing in India.