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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicDelhi airport

Topic: Delhi airport

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.

Delhi Airport’s ‘difficult period’—CAT-III runways failed the winter test

Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that even with a functioning runway & sufficiently trained pilots, most aircraft in India 'aren't designed for Zero Visibility operations'.

Delhi’s 2nd CAT III runway to be functional soon — what’s it & how it helps low visibility operations

Responding to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's allegation on fog-induced chaos, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia says most aircraft in India not designed for such low visibility operation.

‘Bear with us during this difficult period,’ says Aviation Minister Scindia amid flight delays

Visibility fluctuated for hours and even dropped to zero. Delhi Airport authorities were compelled to enforce shut-down of operations on CAT III runways for passengers’ safety.

Delhi Police urges people to take Metro for IGI Airport, avoid road travel from 8-10 Sept

The Delhi Police's advisory, ahead of the G20 Summit, says that from 12am on 8 September to 11.59pm on 10 September, road travel to the airport would be affected.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.