With projects such as the Bangalore Airport partnership, India is building infrastructure and guidelines for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
BJP manifesto pledged over 200 functional airports by 2024, but only 135 are operational. However, there's a shift away from major airports as tier-2 & tier-3 cities see high air traffic.
Officials instructed to stick to train travel & stay at UT guest house or state bhavans from now on. In 1st week of August, governor had stopped use of tomatoes in Raj Bhavan's kitchen.
China’s ambitions to restart business as usual hinges on their ability to manage increasingly fraught relations with the US, Europe, and the rest of the world.
The strategy involves setting up an airline in another country that taps the potential growth in its domestic market. India’s allure lies in its domestic and international market.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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