A total of 2,645 positions are lying vacant at the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and three aviation regulators, DGCA, BCAS and AERA, the government said on Thursday (February 5, 2026). At the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), there are 787 vacancies, largely due to the creation of 441 additional posts as part of the restructuring undertaken during 2022-2024. The Minister said that at the Airports Authority of India (AAI), there are 1,667 vacancies pertaining to direct recruitment (executive) posts. "To address these, AAI has expedited recruitment, redeployed staff at operationally sensitive airports, created additional ATCO posts in line with expanding airspace requirements...," he said. According to the Minister, at the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), 180 and 11 positions are vacant, respectively.

तरुण प्रताप सिंह, लाइव हिन्दुस्तान के साथ अक्टूबर 2020 से कार्यरत हैं। मौजूदा समय में बिजनेस टीम का हिस्सा हैं। लाइव हिन्दुस्तान के लिए स्टॉक मार्केट, पर्सनल फाइनेंस, कमोडिटी मार्केट, सरकारी योजनाओं पर खबर पर लिखने के साथ-साथ आईपीओ पर वीडियो इंटरव्यू की भी जिम्मेदारी सम्भालते हैं। लाइव हिन्दुस्तान की वीडियो टीम के लिए 2022 में उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव में टीम लीड करते हुए 200 विधानसभा सीट में ग्राउंड रिपोर्टिंग, इंटरव्यू और स्पेशल स्टोरीज कर चुके हैं। श्री राम जन्मभूमि प्राण प्रतिष्ठा समारोह, 2024 के लोकसभा चुनाव के दौरान भी उत्तर प्रदेश में ग्राउंड रिपोर्टिंग का अनुभव है। साल 2025 में प्रयागराज में सम्पन्न हुए महाकुंभ में 40 दिन से अधिक दिन तक कुंभ नगरी में रहकर अनेकों वीडियो इंटरव्यू और स्पेशल स्टोरिज किए थे।शिक्षाबी.ए (ऑनर्स) और एम.ए की पढ़ाई काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय वाराणसी से पूरा किया है। भारतीय जनसंचार संस्थान, नई दिल्ली से हिंदी पत्रकारिता में डिप्लोमा किया है।अनुभव -HT का हिस्सा बनने से पहले स्वतंत्र तौर पर 2019 में लोकसभा चुनाव, 2019 में हरियाणा विधानसभा, 2020 दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव और 2020 में दिल्ली दंगा की ग्राउंड रिपोर्टिंग का अनुभव प्राप्त है। श्री राम मंदिर भूमि पूजन (साल 2020) के दौरान भी बतौर स्वतंत्र पत्रकार अपनी सेवाएं दिए हैं।दैनिक जागरण के एक स्पेशल कार्यक्रम के तहत वाराणसी में दो अलग-अलग साल में 100-100 बच्चों को संसदीय कार्यप्रणाली की 15 दिनों की ट्रेनिंग भी देने का अनुभव प्राप्त है।विशेषताएं -वीडियो रिपोर्टिंग में दक्षता हासिल है। कई इंटरव्यू और ग्राउंड ओपनियन वीडियो नेशनल लेवल पर विमर्श का केंद्र बने हैं। बिजनेस और राजनीति के अलावा क्रिकेट, धर्म और साहित्य पर लिखना-पढ़ना पसंद है।और पढ़ें

In an interview to The Indian Express, Sitharaman said, “When I had a short stint as Defence Minister, I knew General Naravane, a very respected senior general. (PTI)Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for displaying the book “to get the heft of the General’s name”, she said, the objections raised were against the “wrong quotation” Gandhi had tried to raise in the Lok Sabha. Why are you not learning from your own family?”According to the Finance Minister, Gandhi starting his speech quoting General Naravane was a “Freudian slip that betrayed his intention”. Instead of “changing goal posts”, Gandhi could admit his mistake that he was quoting from an unpublished book and an article and go ahead, she said. Alleging that the Congress party has been “absolutely irresponsible” as an Opposition, Sitharaman said, “We want an Opposition that stands up and asks us questions.

The new defence budget is being touted as being the first double digit jump in India’s defence expenditure in decades, ever since its steady decline from 2017. Second, in a notable shift, capital expenditure has outpaced the revenue budget, up more than 22%, reversing years of neglect. Before FY1987-88, they came under central government pensions and were not clubbed with the defence budget. Funds for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and a slew of research organisations have been increased; many have potential benefits for defence production. At issue here is the ‘guns vs butter’ lens through which the defence budget is viewed.

"The market just dislikes the substantial amount of money that keeps getting put into capex for these growth rates. "Google's eye-popping capex forecast of $175 billion to $185 billion for the year got a pass from investors on Wednesday as the company delivered stellar growth in its cloud revenue, as did Meta's plan to spend between $115 billion and $135 billion. "This hardly assuages investors' fears that Amazon and fellow Big Tech peers are dialing up the risk of an overspend on AI infrastructure. "Although a smaller unit for Amazon, contributing just 15% to 20% of overall sales, cloud platform Amazon Web Services generates over 60% of the company's operating profit. Sales jumped 22% in the fourth quarter to $21.3 billion and Jassy said the company has added AI options to Prime Video so that marketers can create ads with limited human interaction.

Since the introduction of Private Cloud Compute in 2024, Apple has consistently focused its long-term AI strategy on data protection. Google stated that it is now Apple’s preferred cloud provider. From a data protection perspective, this creates an area of tension. ConclusionGoogle’s declaration that it is Apple’s preferred cloud provider raises fundamental questions about the future of private cloud computing. While Apple continues to claim that data protection is at the core of its AI strategy, the growing role of external cloud infrastructure suggests a pragmatic realignment.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced that the central bank’s policy rate will remain unchanged at 5.25%. The decision was announced on Friday (February 6, 2026), following the RBI monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, where the unchanged rate was decided unanimously. The RBI Governor said that external headwinds have intensified since the last policy meeting. The Governor said that the RBI will allow banks to lend to REITs with certain safeguards. The central bank will remain pro activity in liquidity management to meet productive requirements of economy, said Mr. Malhotra.

Two days after Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ruled out an alliance with it for the coming Assembly polls, the Congress on Thursday said it would contest the elections alone. The announcement came after party leaders from Bengal met senior leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. The leadership’s view was that the party will contest the Bengal polls alone this time. The national leadership stands with the state’s leadership’s decision.”In the 2016 and 2021 Assembly polls, the Congress contested 92 seats in alliance with the Left. Left hits backAdvertisementThe Left too does not seem keen on a tie-up with the Congress.

Mangal Seva, a social security programme of the Adani Foundation, completed one year on Thursday (February 5, 2026). Mangal Seva was started in February 2025 by Jeet Adani and Diva Adani ahead of their wedding. The programme supports divyang women through financial assistance, a statement issued by the Adani Group stated. Addressing the gathering, Priti Adani, chairperson of the Adani Foundation, said the programme reflected the belief that personal milestones can be linked to social responsibility. During the programme, Mr. Adani also launched a book documenting accounts of beneficiaries associated with Mangal Seva.

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance and erectile and sexual dysfunction according to the latest review of possible side effects. The study was led by researchers at Oxford Population Health and published in The Lancet. Statins are highly effective drugs that lower LDL or “bad” cholesterol levels and have been repeatedly proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Risk vs BenefitThe benefits of statins greatly outweighed the risk of side effects, the researchers found. “Statins are life-saving drugs used by hundreds of millions of people over the past 30 years.

tock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday dragged down by IT heavyweights amid weak trend in the US equities. ADVERTISEMENTExtending its previous day's decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex edged lower by 225.15 points to 83,088.78. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 89.25 points to 25,553.55. On Thursday, the Sensex dropped 503.76 points, or 0.60 per cent, to settle at 83,313.93. The Nifty declined 133.20 points, or 0.52 per cent, to end at 25,642.80.

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead on Friday outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar's Model Town by unidentified assailants, police said. The incident took place in the morning, a senior police official from Jalandhar said over the phone. ADVERTISEMENTOberoi had arrived at the gurdwara in his Thar vehicle when the assailants, who were on a two-wheeler, opened fire at him. Police teams have begun scanning CCTV footage from the surrounding areas to identify and trace the assailants. Following the incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that "law and order in complete collapse in Punjab."

Security forces destroyed illicit poppy plantations on 200 acres of land in separate drives in the hill districts of Manipur, police said on Friday (February 6, 2026). The drives were carried out on Thursday (February 5, 2026). Illegal poppy plantations on 185 acres of land were destroyed in Khamashom and Leingangching hill ranges in Ukhrul district, a police statement said. Two empty huts at the plantation sites were also destroyed. “In another operation, security forces destroyed an illegal poppy plantation on 20 acres of land in a hill range in Khudei Khullen area in Tengnoupal district,” it said.

Smriti Mandhana and Georgia Voll couldn’t have found a better occasion to produce a partnership for the ages. The record stand between skipper Smriti and Voll, worth 165 runs, helped RCB clinch its second title in four years. The climax wasn’t without its nervous moments as RCB lost three wickets in quick succession. For Jemimah Rodrigues’ DC, a fourth straight runner-up finish will be a bitter pill to swallow. Despite the dismissal of Grace Harris in the second over, RCB kept up with the asking rate through the partnership between Smriti and Voll.

The Rupee rose 11 paise to 90.23 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday (February 6, 2026) on positive investor sentiments as traders keenly awaited the RBI's MPC announcement. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.28 against the greenback before rising to 90.23, up 11 paise from its previous close. On Thursday (February 5), the rupee appreciated 13 paise to close at 90.34 against the U.S. dollar. The rupee rose 11 paise to 90.23 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on positive investor sentiments as traders keenly awaited the RBI's MPC announcement. On the domestic equity market front, Sensex fell 225.15 points to 83,088.78 in early trade, while Nifty was down 89.25 points to 25,553.55.