NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is doing a “deep dive” on the twin in-flight shutdowns experienced by Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines on two IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft while operating domestic flights on Tuesday. Now these two aircraft are also grounded, joining the about 40 IndiGo already cooling their heals for…
NEW DELHI: Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani took another step on Monday to lay out a succession plan at Reliance Industries Ltd.The 66-year-old elevated his three children as non-executive directors to Reliance’s board and said he will spend the next five years of his chairmanship preparing them to take charge of the conglomerate’s transformation into…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that taming inflation to ensure sustained economic growth is the Centre’s “priority”.She was addressing the B20 Summit India, being hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).During her speech, the minister said that elevated interest rates for considerable time hampers recovery, adding that her “priority…
A new orange-gray theme colored Vande Bharat Express has hit the tracks at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. The new train is the 31st Vande Bharat Express rake to be rolled out by ICF. A few weeks ago Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had visited the coach factory and images of him inspecting the…
Two European defense manufacturing giants are seeking to win a 400 billion rupee ($4.8 billion) order to build submarines in India as the South Asian nation looks to strengthen its navy to counter China’s expanding naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Indian officials are currently evaluating competing bids to build six of the vessels in…
Vande Bharat trains will increasingly have indigenous components, with the Modi government looking at a new PLI or Production Linked Incentive Scheme for train parts. In a bid to attract foreign manufacturing firms and lessen import reliance, the government is set to roll out a PLI scheme for train component manufacturers, an ET report said….
NEW DELHI: AirAsia India’s Delhi-Surat flight returned safely at IGI Airport on Friday night due to a reported windshield crack following bird strike during take off. The Airbus A320 (VT-NAG) took off as I5-1569 at 7.44 pm and shortly thereafter suffered a bird strike. The pilots then decided to return to Delhi and made a…
