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Why were fuel switches in 'cutoff' position?

July 14, 2025

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Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Fuel switches: What you need to know

- HT Correspondent

In the Boeing 787 cockpit, few controls are as heavily protected against accidental operation as the engine fuel switches. Multiple layers of mechanical safeguards guard against inadvertent movement of these critical levers that can instantly cut power to a $200 million aircraft.

Those very switches lie at the heart of the Air India Flight 171 investigation, after preliminary findings revealed both moved from “RUN” to “CUTOFF” within one second of each other during takeoff, starving the engines of fuel and sealing the fate of 260 people.

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Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

56.7 million voters in final Tamil Nadu list

The Election Commission on Monday released the final electoral roll for Tamil Nadu in which 7.4 million names of voters were deleted under various categories, leaving the number of electors in the southern state at 56.7 million.

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

SC asks tough questions on low NEET-PG cut-off

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Union government will have to satisfy it that the drastic reduction in the qualifying percentile for NEET-PG

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Weaving richer success for India’s apparel sector

India’s domestic textile and apparel market is estimated to be $180 billion and growing at 9-10%.

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2 mins

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

SC: Steep changes in air fares serious issue

{ SUPREME COURT } This is a very serious concern. Otherwise, we don't entertain Article 32 plea (enforcement of fundamental rights).

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Red sunset on the horizon

The surrender of top Maoists underlines the near-collapse of the insurgents. But the road ahead must be one of development and democratic promise

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2 mins

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

LEAVE IRAN: INDIA ISSUES ADVISORY TO ITS NATIONALS AMID U.S. THREATS

India on Monday advised all its nationals residing in Iran to leave the country by all available means of transport, including commercial flights, in view of the evolving security situation.

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Mexico drug cartel leader's killing sparks violence

The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various parts of the country.

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

MUKUL ROY, EX-RLY MINISTER AND FOUNDING TMC MEMBER, DIES AT 71

Former railway minister Mukul Roy, a founding member of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), died at a Kolkata hospital in the early hours of Monday.

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1 min

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

The great Indian local governance challenge

India’s founding fathers famously disagreed on many policy issues.

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3 mins

February 24, 2026

Hindustan Times Rajasthan

Bihar to ban open sale of meat near schools, temples

Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday announced that the state government will prohibit the open sale of meat and fish near educational institutions, religious places, and in crowded public areas to maintain hygiene and public order.

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1 min

February 24, 2026

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