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Stringent steps needed for unruly plane passengers

This indeed seemed like an 'action-packed' drama from some Bollywood thriller, but nevertheless it's a hard reality. It's learnt that due to the spread of fog and visibility issue, the concerned IndiGo flight in Delhi was delayed for approximately 10 hours. This led to the assault of the pilot by the passenger. Due to visibility issue, several flights had been either cancelled/delayed or diverted from the said airport.  However, the current incident brings to memory another onboard scenario which had occurred in June 2023. The passenger onboard of a Delhi-bound Vistara flight was infact arrested as he was making certain objectionable comments in Hindi while speaking to someone on the phone, like that of 'hijacking' the plane. As revealed, alertness and instant intervention of the crew member along with the other passengers led to the arrest of this man, thus leading to the safety of everyone. However, the question arises is that, how safe are we while we are travelling? Eventually, for the safety of the passengers, the government should implement stringent measures to eradicate unruly behaviour while travelling onboard.



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Saluting those who worked against Goa merger

LUCAS D'SOUZA, Verna
Published Jan 16, 2024, 10:22 PM IST
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The statistics provided by some electronic and print media of the Opinion Poll of 1967 says it was the role played by the Salcete electorate with some pockets of North Goa in deciding against the merger of Amchem Goem with Maharashtra. Likewise later on, same was the case with Konkani language where again South Goans played a leading and crucial role in getting Konkani the official language status in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution, sacrificing 8 lives in the…

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