Good evening, readers. From deadly chopper crash near Uttarakhand’s Badrinath to the mega crypto heist of Binance, here are top headlines this evening to catch up on before you wrap up your day.
It lost communication shortly afterwards while flying over the Jyotirmath valley, following which its tracking system also stopped showing its location. Track live updates here. In other news, Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay announced a five-year age relaxation for government job aspirants, New Zealand thrashed India by 87 runs in the fourth T20I, and singer Diljit Dosanjh urged concertgoers to use the Delhi Metro to reach his Delhi show. The helicopter, operated by Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd and bearing the call sign VT-HCX, took off from Badrinath at around 1.14 pm.
The helicopter was flying from Badrinath to Sahastradhara in Dehradun when it crashed amid adverse weather conditions, officials said. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said the security breach, which reportedly put $6.3 billion crypto assets at risk, was a “complex attack” and may not be the result of just one compromised laptop. Earlier in the day, the crypto giant had said that the cyber heist may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop.
Six people, including the pilot, were killed after a helicopter carrying five passengers crashed near Chayee village in the Jyotirmath area of Chamoli district on Friday.
CM Vijay announces five-year age relaxation for government jobs in Tamil Nadu
The age limit extension would apply over and above the concessions currently available for Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.
In a statement, the government said chief minister C Joseph Vijay issued orders for the move. The Tamil Nadu government on Friday raised the age limit for direct recruitment to government jobs by five years amid demands from aspirants taking competitive examinations.
Sharing an update on the resumption of service, the crypto giant said, “We are still on track towards the expected timeline to resume the withdrawal service in 45 hours. Deposits remain unaffected. Read more.
