Gaurav Taneja was one of the first Indians to create a social media empire. He has also done TEDx talks, been a ‘whistleblower’ against Air Asia and met Barack Obama.
Southeast Asia’s budget carrier has been under immense pressure as the Covid pandemic roils the aviation industry. It reported its largest loss on record in the quarter ended June 30.
Aviation minister Hardeep Puri said ‘AirAsia’s shop is anyway shutting down’, but his office later clarified that his comments were taken out of context.
Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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