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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has slapped a Rs 10 lakh fine on Air India for denying boarding to passengers despite them having valid tickets. This comes after a series of fines being imposed by the DGCA recently. The regulator had fined Vistara Rs 10 lakh, at the start of June, due to the airline violating takeoff and landing clearance as it was given to first officers without conducting any training. This Vistara fine had come after IndiGo was handed a Rs 5 lakh fine by the DGCA for denying boarding…

SquirrelVerse, a metaverse first company, has announced the launch of Metascreen, a curated NFT commerce platform for showcasing unique NFTs as movie tickets. ‘Mithila Makhaan’, a national award-winning Maithili film to be screened on Metascreen as the first Indian movie that can be watched using NFT as a movie ticket. Metascreen is a platform by SquirrelVerse for users to buy NFTs and watch movies as well. Creators can showcase, own their work and earn through trading…

But the uneasy pandemic years have made all of this more complicated. Oren Etzioni is now the CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, but in the early 2000s he built—and sold to Microsoft—one of the first airfare prediction tools. Prediction algorithms are pretty good at reweighting the importance of different factors as the world changes, and, he says, “they have a shot at adjusting automatically by having the freshest available data.” But that can take some time, according to Etzioni: days, if not weeks.Google Flights helps…

Those seeking evidence of the recent crypto meltdown need not look to Minneapolis — at least for the next few days.This weekend, thousands of NFT-holders are descending upon the Twin Cities for Gary Vaynerchuk's "VeeCon" — a four-day conference bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs and Web3 evangelists to discuss digital transformation in everything from art to assets.In addition to being a serial entrepreneur and social media influencer, Vaynerchuk is well known for his early investments in companies,…

Need to cancel your train ticket? The process is as simple as booking a ticket online. However, you may find it confusing and time-consuming if you’re unaware of the cancellation policies and rules governed by the Indian Railways. In this article, we’ll discuss all that you need to know about online train ticket cancellation, including cancellation charges and refunds. So, read on for a step-by-step guide on how to cancel your train ticket from the comfort of your home – through IRCTC website, IRCTC Rail Connect app and…

Editor's Note: Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh written by Gautam Chintamani chronicles Singh's fifty-year-long political journey during which he rose from a Swayamsevak in the RSS to become the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and later the home and defence minister of India. The book delves into Singh's various achievements as a cabinet minister in Vajpayee’s government, and as president of the BJP. Chintamani divulges how Singh, a two-term party chief, played a pivotal role in 2014 elections which brought…

Online IRCTC ticket booking rules have been changed. Check out the details here.  If you prefer to travel on Indian Railways and book your travel tickets through the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), then this is important news for you. Online IRCTC ticket booking rules have been changed. IRCTC has introduced a new set of rules for online booking of train tickets. The corporation has made it mandatory to verify your mobile number and…

It is illegal to use a chain to halt a moving train without a valid reason. Anyone who does so could face a fine as well as time in prison. Chain-pulling without a justifiable reason is a crime punishable by a three-month jail sentence or a fine of up to Rs 1,000, according to the Indian Railways Act.However, people continue to do so and to crack down on incidents of chain-pulling during the hot summer season, the Central Railway zone has increased the price of platform tickets at stations in Mumbai. The new rates will be…