The first-ever 'Made in India' Dornier 228 passenger aircraft has been flagged off by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Phasighat. The aircraft, manufactured by central PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), took off from Dibrugarh in Assam and landed at Pasighat in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
National Panchayati Raj Day is being celebrated on April 24 to raise awareness about the panchayats and gram sabhas along with local self-governments in rural India.
At a time when the world is battling climate change and exploitation of animals, Ecuador, in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.