Noida Airport

Vikneshwariy Sivakumara, who arrived in India on a tourist visa on July 8, married D. Lakshman, a resident of Arimakulapalle village in Chittoor district. The couple, who had been in love for seven years, tied the knot at a temple in Venkatagirikota on July 20. Lakshman, 24, who ekes out living as a construction worker, received his girlfriend at Chennai airport and brought her home.

An Andhra Pradesh forest department official said a group of local fishermen on December 18 rescued a shark trapped in a shore fishing net at Tantadi beach in Visakhapatnam. Visakhapatnam District Forest Officer (DFO) Anant Shankar, said the whale shark was guided back to the sea by the forest department officials, fishermen and wildlife conservationists.

PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the UP's fifth international airport in at Jewar. This greenfield airport will be India's first pollution-free. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Ministers Sanjeev Balyan, S.P. Singh Baghel, former Union Minister and Noida MP, Mahesh Sharma, were present on the occasion among others.

The Yamuna International Airport Private Limited will build and operate the airport. According to the company, the name and logo were finalised in the presence of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath.