Dubai: Air India Express officials have announced that the free check-in baggage allowance has been increased to 30 kg for passengers flying to destinations in the Middle East including the UAE. In addition to the free check-in baggage allowance, the airline also provides free cabin baggage allowance of up to two pieces of baggage not exceeding 7 kg.

Guests can also carry a laptop bag, handbag, backpack or any other small bag that fits under the front-facing seat, officials said.

Importantly, the airline offers an extra check-in baggage allowance of 10 kg for families traveling with babies. With this, the total allowance including 7 kg cabin baggage allowance has increased to 47 kg.

Passengers who want to travel without luggage can opt for Express Lite, which has lower fares than regular fares and a cabin baggage allowance of 3 kg. Passengers who require check-in baggage later can pre-book additional check-in baggage at a reduced rate of 15 kg on domestic flights and 20 kg on international flights, the contacts said. 

Nitish Kumar’s Janadatal United withdraws support for BJP in Manipur Now the only MLA of JDU will stand with the opposition. Although this change will not create any major changes in the government of Manipur, political observers are taking it seriously. The move is a cause for concern for the BJP as the JD(U) is BJP’s main ally at the Center and in Bihar. The JDU’s move comes months after the ruling National People’s Party in Meghalaya withdrew its support to the Biren Singh government.

JD(U) had won six seats in the 2022 assembly elections. But after months five people joined BJP. The BJP currently has 37 MLAs in the 60-member assembly. Five Naga People’s Front MLAs and three independent MLAs are supporting the BJP.

The leader of the Manipur JDU unit has sent a letter to the Governor detailing the new decision. Nitish Kumar is a leader who has a history of jumping between politics. The JD(U) which won 12 seats in the general elections announced their support to the BJP and they consolidated their power. Assembly elections in Bihar this year. Political observers are also waiting to see what kind of coup is going to happen next.

New Delhi: In 2024, the central government estimates that Kerala has the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the country. According to the documents submitted by Union Health Minister JP Nadda in the Lok Sabha, 66 people died due to covid in Kerala last year.

Last year, 5597 people were confirmed to have covid in Kerala. According to the data of the central government, 516 deaths were reported in Kerala in 2023.

Kerala has reported the most number of covid deaths, but Karnataka has reported the highest number of covid cases. In 2024, 7252 covid cases were reported here. It is estimated that 39 covid deaths occurred in Karnataka last year and 35 covid deaths occurred in Maharashtra last year. 5658 covid cases were reported in Maharashtra during this period.

Only very limited covid tests are being done in the country right now. Not everyone who comes to the hospital with fever is required to undergo an RTPCR test. Currently, people with severe respiratory problems are being tested for Covid-19.

The IMA said that although cases of Covid-19 are still being reported, the average immunity of the community as a whole has improved and the difficulties caused by the disease are decreasing.

Bhubaneswar: Sixteen Maoists were shot dead by the CRPF in an encounter on the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. The encounter took place in the Kularighat reserve forest in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district on Tuesday morning.

CRPF operation is going on here. It is reported that the death toll of Maoists is likely to rise further. Odisha and Chhattisgarh state forces are also participating in the operation.

The most wanted Maoist commander, Jai Ram (Chalpati), whose head was worth Rs 1 crore, is said to be among the dead. The operation started on Monday morning to stop the movement of Maoists through the border areas resulted in the encounter on Tuesday.