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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicAir India

Topic: Air India

Air India to reduce monthly allowances of employees by up to 50%

The order, dated 22 July, said basic salary and allowances linked to it like industrial dearness allowance (IDA) and house rent allowance (HRA) will remain unchanged.

I had to sue Modi govt and Air India to be ‘rescued’ by Vande Bharat Mission

The harassment I went through as a stranded Indian in Germany during the coronavirus crisis, I wouldn’t wish upon anyone. And there was no heroic Vande Bharat rescue.

Hardeep Singh Puri justifies Air India’s leave-without-pay, says cost-cutting necessary

The Aviation Minister's remarks came after TMC MP Derek O'Brien slammed Air India, saying its leave-without-pay scheme violates labour laws & is a ploy to save top management.

Air India to send select employees on leave without pay for up to 5 years

The factors being taken into consideration by the airlines are - suitability, efficiency, health of the employee, instance of non-availability for duty and redundancy.

US restricts Air India’s ‘Vande Bharat’ flights citing ‘unfair’ limits on its airlines

US Transportation Dept accused Air India of selling tickets to the public on repatriation flights while US airlines are prohibited from flying to India.

Army, Navy, IAF personnel can use private airlines to return to units, will be reimbursed

According to rules, serving personnel are refunded fare of only Air India tickets. One-time relaxation comes amid heavy troop build-up along LAC with China.

Air India’s Delhi-Moscow flight returns after pilot found Covid-19 positive

The airline officials did not look at the pilot's test results properly & deemed him fit to fly, assuming that he is Covid-19 negative, even when the test results stated otherwise.

SC allows Air India to fly for 10 days with middle seats occupied in non-scheduled flights

‘Is the virus supposed to know that it is in the aircraft and not supposed to infect?’ SC asks as it tells Air India to start keeping middle seats vacant after 10 days.

Air India partly seals Delhi’s Centaur hotel as crew member tests Covid-19 positive

A part of the premises, which was used for conducting tests, has been demarcated for sanitisation and the crew test is shifted to a different medical office for the time being.

14,800 stranded Indians to return in phase 1 of Vande Bharat Mission, 30,000 in phase 2

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said 64 flights will be operated from 12 countries in phase 1, and 149 flights from 31 countries in phase two.

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India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.