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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicAir India

Topic: Air India

Unlike other carriers, no employee of ours will be laid off, says Air India

The announcement was made after a meeting with the Ministry of Civil Aviation where decisions regarding rationalisation of staff cost were reviewed.

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.

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Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.