NEW DELHI: IndiGo‘s CEO Pieter Elbers on Sunday addressed the Turkish Airlines agreement termination deadline of August 31 set by the government.“This is the government’s decision and we will comply with the government’s decision. We have the coming month to find a solution for the customers which were booked,” he said.Further talking about the airlines’…
Image used for representative purposes British Airways, operating for over a century in India, is set to expand its routes and flight frequencies, while also capitalising on cargo opportunities emerging from the proposed India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), according to Chairman and CEO Sean Doyle.The airline currently operates 56 weekly flights across five Indian cities-…
IndiGo airlines announced on Sunday that it has placed a firm order for an additional 30 wide-body A350 aircraft with Airbus, bringing their total A350 fleet commitment to 60 aircraft.Following their initial firm order of 30 A350 aircraft in April 2023, which included an option for 70 additional planes, IndiGo has now confirmed orders for…
VinFast Asia CEO Pham Sanh Chau VinFast, the electric vehicle arm of Vietnam’s Vingroup, is preparing a bold entry into the Indian market- setting the stage for direct competition with Tesla. With bookings for its vehicles scheduled to open this month, VinFast is banking on its VF7 and VF6 models to establish itself as a…
GST collections had hit a record lifetime high of Rs 2.37 lakh crore in April. (AI image) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections crossed the Rs 2 lakh crore mark for the second consecutive month in May 2025. As per the data released by the Ministry of Finance, GST collections in May stood at…
LONDON: Britain will invest £1.5 billion ($2 billion) in new weapons factories to ramp up defence production capacity, the government said on Saturday, ahead of a major review of its armed forces and military strategy.The Strategic Defence Review, due to be published Monday, will assess the threats facing the UK amid Russia’s ongoing war in…
NEW DELHI: Despite a muted trend in the equity market, four of the top 10 most valued Indian companies added a combined Rs 1,01,369.5 crore to their market valuation last week, with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerging as the top gainer. The BSE benchmark, however, slipped by 270.07 points or 0.33% during the…
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai consumer commission has directed Flynas, a Saudi-based budget airline, to pay over Rs 1.25 lakh in compensation to a passenger for losing her baggage.The commission termed the airline’s conduct as “mala fide negligence” and said it had “purposely avoided all the logical actions to find the lost bag,” as stated in…
NEW DELHI: Canara Bank has announced that it will no longer require savings account holders to maintain a minimum balance, in a big relief for customers.Starting June 1, 2025, all types of savings bank (SB) accounts, including regular, salary, and NRI accounts, will have zero penalty for not maintaining the Average Monthly Balance (AMB).Sharing a…
NEW DELHI: India is set to witness a sharp rise in demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) professionals, with reports projecting a need for one million skilled workers by 2026.As the nation aims to become a $23–35 trillion economy by 2047, higher education—especially in engineering—is being reshaped to keep pace with the fast-changing job market driven…