Hockey Asia Cup: India beat Japan 3-2 for second straight win
Rajgir (PTI): Captain Harmanpreet Singh struck a brace as India beat Japan 3-2 to notch their second straight win in pool A in the men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday.
Harmanpreet scored in the fifth and 46th minute while Mandeep Singh struck the other goal for India in the fourth minute.
For Japan, Kosei Kawabe scored in the 38th and 59th minute.
India had beaten China 4-3 in their campaign opener on Friday.
The hosts play Kazakhstan in their last pool match on Monday.
The winner of the continental tournament will qualify for next year’s World Cup to be jointly hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands.
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IndiGo cancels over 1,000 flights on Friday; expects situation to normalise by Dec 10-15: CEO
New Delhi (PTI): On a day when IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights, the airline's CEO Pieter Elbers on Friday said the situation is anticipated to normalise between December 10-15.
Elbers, in a video message, apologised for the major inconvenience caused to the passengers due to the disruptions.
"Regrettably, earlier measures of the last few days have proven not to be enough. So we decided today for a reboot of all our systems and schedules, resulting in the highest number of cancellations so far, but imperative for progressive improvements starting tomorrow onwards.
"With these actions, we expect tomorrow to have cancellations below 1,000. The support of DGCA, in providing specific FDTL implementation relief, is of great help," Elbers said.
Aviation regulator DGCA has kept in abeyance the implementation of the new Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms, and gaps in planning the second phase implementation of these norms are one of the key factors for the current flight disruptions.
IndiGo is the country's largest airline and generally operates around 2,300 flights daily.
