Human chain formed to bring voting awareness
Mangaluru: In a bid to bring awareness among the students about their voting rights, the SVEEP Committee, in association with MCC employees, organized a Human Chain in front of MCC here on Friday.
Students and the Government officials including ZP CEO, MCC Commissioner gathered in front of MCC.
MCC Engineer Madhu administered the oath to the students as well as the participants. ZP CEO Dr M R Ravi released the badges “Every Vote Counts” on the occasion.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr M R Ravi said, “Today we have organized a human chain to bring awareness among the students about voting. It’s a special programme for the students as well as the MCC employees. More than 500 students participated in the programme”.
“Most of the participants of the human chain are those students who are exercising their franchise for the first time. Besides exercising their franchise, students must motivate others to do so. Through this, we can strengthen the democratic system in our country,” he added.
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AI, AI Express look to add capacity amid IndiGo flight disruptions
New Delhi (PTI): Air India Group is looking to add capacity to help passengers impacted by the IndiGo flight disruptions.
"Since 4 December, economy class airfares on non-stop domestic flights have been proactively capped to prevent the usual demand-and-supply mechanism being applied by revenue management systems," a statement said on Saturday.
Both Air India and Air India Express have put in place caps on economy class fares.
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The statement from Air India came hours after the government announced introduction of airfare caps amid IndiGo flight disruptions.
Air India also said it is not technically possible to cap fares for all flight permutations.
"Air India and Air India Express are seeking to add capacity to help travellers and their baggage reach their destinations as quickly as possible," the statement said.
