India-US Trade Pact Praised, Air India Conducts Checks on Boeing 787 and More

In today’s evening digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on Piyush Goyal’s remarks on India-US trade pact, Air India on Boeing switch scare and other stories. ‘A Deal To Be Proud Of’: Piyush Goyal Says India-US Trade Pact Best Among Neighbours Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday described the newly announced India-US trade agreement as the best deal the United States has concluded with any of India’s neighbours, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal rapport with US President Donald Trump for the breakthrough and asserting that India’s national interest remained paramount throughout negotiations. Read More ‘Checked, Found Satisfactory’: Air India To DGCA Amid Boeing Switch Scare Amid a scare prompted by a possible defect in the fuel control switch of a Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday said Air India conducted thorough checks on the equipment and pronounced it to be “satisfactory". Read More Why NASA’s Artemis-II Won’t Fly To The Moon In February And What Happens To Astronauts In Quarantine The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s much-awaited return to the Moon has been pushed back by a few weeks. After two days of intensive tests at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the space agency announced on Tuesday that it is now targeting March “as the earliest possible launch opportunity" for its crewed test flight which had been expected to lift-off on February 8. Read More Elon Musk Summoned As X’s Paris Offices Raided In Cyber-Crime Investigation The French authorities has summoned billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to appear before them in April for answering questions related to a cyber-crime investigation into his social media platform, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Read More ICC Warns Of Legal Action From Broadcasters:’ If Pakistan Doesn’t Relent And Play Against India…’ The ICC has cautioned the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about potential legal action from T20 World Cup’s official broadcasters due to Pakistan’s boycott of the February 15 match against India, according to a PCB source on Tuesday. Read More Dhurandhar Star Akshay Khanna And Border 2’s Sunny Deol Reunite After 28 Years For Netflix’s Ikka Netflix has built fresh buzz around its upcoming action thriller Ikka, directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and propelled by a rare reunion between two of Bollywood’s most-respected actors. Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna are set to share screen space again after nearly three decades — a pairing that once delighted audiences in the 1997 war film Border (their last collaboration) and now returns in this high-octane Netflix original. The film was officially announced at the Netflix event on Tuesday. Read More