Thousands gather at border to welcome back Abhinandan

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Thousands gather at border to welcome back Indian pilot Thousands of Indians, some waving flags and singing, gathered Friday to give a hero's welcome to an air force pilot due to be returned across the border after being shot down by Pakistan. When Concorde first took to the sky 50 years ago When the misty skies cleared over southern France on the afternoon of Sunday March 2, 1969, the green light was signalled for the highly anticipated first ever flight of the Concorde. Osama bin Laden's son: US offers $1 million for information The location of Hamza bin Laden has been the subject of speculation for years with reports of him living in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria or under house arrest in Iran. Get ready to face higher air fares Prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, will be hiked by 10% in March. This happens at a time when airlines, led by Jet Airways and IndiGo, are cancelling flights, though for absolutely different reasons. The combined effect, say airline officials, will be lower supply of seats that may enable them to hike fares to absorb increasing costs. Tesla's promised $35,000 Model 3 is finally here Tesla said its Model 3 -- heralded as an electric car for the masses -- is available for order online only, at a price of $35,000 with delivery promised within a month. Facebook, Telegram working on their own cryptocurrencies Facebook, Telegram and Signal, are planning to roll out new cryptocurrencies over the next year that are meant to allow users to send money to contacts on their messaging systems that can move across international borders. Prehistoric humans loved their dogs to death Neolithic communities clustered near present-day Barcelona some 6,000 years ago were really keen on dogs, in this life and the next. Alaska's 47th Iditarod sled dog race kicks off this weekend The world's foremost sled dog race kicks off its 47th running this weekend as participants strive to push past a punishing two years for the sport's image. Guns and milk: What they carried from the 'caliphate' Guns, laptops, gold coins and baby formula: when Syrian fighters search women emerging from the ruins of the jihadist "caliphate", what they find is not the contents of your average handbag. How to take a loan against your MF investments A loan against mutual fund units is in the form of an overdraft facility and interest is charged only on the amount availed as credit.

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