Delhi, Mumbai dominate top 100 in JEE Advanced
Rajit Gupta from Delhi zone secured the top rank in JEE Advanced 2024, scoring 332 out of 360. Conducted by IIT Kanpur on May 18, the exam saw 1,80,422 candidates appear, with 54,378 qualifying—9,404 of them female. Devdutta Majhi from IIT Kharagpur zone topped among females, ranking 16th overall with 312 marks. JEE-Main served as the qualifying exam. Of 116 foreign candidates, 13 qualified. Among the top 100 rankers, 31 each are from Bombay and Delhi zones, 23 from Hyderabad, five from Kharagpur, six from Roorkee and four from Kanpur. Candidates were ranked based on aggregate and subject-wise qualifying marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
IndiGo flight suffers bird hit en-route Ranchi
Around 175 passengers had a close shave after an IndiGo flight suffered a bird hit and made an emergency landing at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport on Monday. While all the passengers and crew members are safe, the aircraft suffered damage, according to officials. The incident occurred at 1.14 pm. “An IndiGo flight suffered a bird hit near Ranchi. It was approximately 10 to 12 nautical miles away from here, at about 3,000 to 4,000 feet altitude, when the incident occurred, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing here,” RR Maurya, Director of Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi said. The aircraft, which was coming to Ranchi, was scheduled to go to Kolkata, according to another official. IndiGo officials, however, did not make any comment.