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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Delhi airport

11 dead in rain-related incidents as Delhi sees heaviest downpour in decades

After a prolonged and 'worst' heatwave, the Capital witnessed rainfall in a single day surpassing the city's average for the entire month.

In Delhi airport canopy collapse, Aviation Minister says war room on duty to ensure refunds

Delhi Airport announced a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of the deceased, and Rs 3 lakh each to those who received minor injuries.

After Delhi airport roof collapse, govt tells airlines to curb any abnormal surge in flight fare

Govt has also asked DGCA to conduct a high-level inquiry into incident and plans a detailed structural inspection at all other airports in India.

Kharge takes dig at Modi’s ‘world-class infra’ claim after Delhi airport roof collapse

Congress leader accused govt of 'corruption & criminal negligence' calling out incidents at Jabalpur airport, leakage in Ram Mandir, condition of Ayodhya roads and Mumbai highway.

1 dead, 6 injured after Delhi Airport Terminal 1 roof collapses amid heavy rainfall, flights impacted

Recently revamped terminal was inaugurated by PM Modi in March this year. Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu says he's monitoring the incident & 'rescue operations are ongoing'.

Indian airports currently lag behind global ones in a key revenue stream, but change is in the air

India’s major airports earned average of $4.3/customer in 2023-24 from non-aeronautical sources, much lesser than $7.2-15.9 of global ones, according to rating agency ICRA.

Tihar jail latest target of email bomb threats after Delhi-NCR schools, hospitals & airport

Emails with bomb threats earlier targeted 8 hospitals, over 100 schools, and Indira Gandhi International Airport. Nothing suspicious has been found in any of the cases.

‘Power’ to ‘service’ centre: Delhi airport cops team up with IndiGo for soft skills upgrade

Two IndiGo executives will train cops to handle ‘nearly 40 million passengers every year’. Sessions envisaged during deployment of huge police force for R-Day this year.

CISF apprehends Uzbek national with medicines worth Rs 1.3 crore at Delhi IGI airport

The CISF seized 29,200 strips of Mesopril kit tablets which are used for medical termination of early pregnancy, controlling excessive blood sugar level and treating gastric ulcers.

Why Indian exporters are seeking a ban on transshipment of Bangladeshi goods via Delhi

New Delhi, Dhaka have taken collaborative steps in past 2 yrs in terms of transshipment of goods, but India also wants its textile sector to compete with other garment giants like Bangladesh.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

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.