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DGCA tightens norms for flying Boeing 737 Max planes

India's aviation regulator DGCA has issued fresh safety measures for the operations of Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger aircrafts. DGCA has also sought information on the 737 Max aircrafts from Indian carriers like SpiceJet and Jet Airways. DGCA has instructed only senior pilots with at least 1000 hours of flying experience should command the 737 Max planes.

World over, countries and airlines are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes involving the planes killed a total of 346 people in a span of five months.

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Video: PM Modi hugs, touches feet of 98-year-old BJP veteran in Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and honoured 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the earliest and senior most members of the BJP. The scene unfolded on the stage ahead of Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as West Bengal's Chief Minister in Kolkata. PM Modi also touched Sarkar's feet and presented a shawl to him as a mark of respect. In 1952, Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while he was accompanying Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the latter was marching to hoist the tricolour there. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya described the elderly party leader as "one of the earliest grassroots figures associated with the nationalist movement in post-Independence India."

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