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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Topic: DGCA

BSF Air Wing aims to soar higher with a mix of defence and civilian regulations

Aircraft Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha proposes to take BSF — the only central police force to have an air wing — out of DGCA ambit.

Bill passed by LS aims to make aircraft operations more secure, in line with global norms

The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020, provides for statutory backing to three key bodies, and greater fines among other provisions.

Lok Sabha passes Aircraft (Amendment) Bill to give statutory status to DGCA

The Bill also seeks to give the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) statutory status for which Centre can make rules.

DGCA suspends IndiGo pilot for 3 months for intimidating wheelchair-bound passenger

The airline has informed Ministry of Civil Aviation that the pilot has been off-rostered pending full enquiry over this matter.

DGCA asks airlines to follow Vishakha guidelines after several sexual harassment complaints

In a letter to airline CEOs, the DGCA said it has received numerous complaints from women working as pilots, cabin crew and other areas regarding sexual harassment by senior colleagues.

By flying drones ‘illegally’, UP, Delhi & Punjab police are breaking the law to enforce law

Only some agencies such as NTRO, Aviation Research Centre and central intelligence agencies are not required to take permission to fly drones.

DGCA extends IndiGo’s deadline to replace all unmodified Pratt & Whitney engines on A320neo

The DGCA had earlier warned IndiGo it would ground its A320neo fleet if the Pratt & Whitney engines were not replaced by 31 January. The deadline has been extended till 31 May.

Boeing executives called DGCA ‘fools’ during 737Max’s approval process in 2017

The revelation surfaced in a new batch of documents detailing internal communications of Boeing officials, which were provided to the US aviation regulator and US Congress last month.

DGCA warns airlines to be vigilant in airspace over Iran, Iraq, Oman & Persian Gulf

The advisory was issued hours after a Ukrainian International airlines carrying 180 passengers crashed near Tehran in Iran.

IndiGo’s runaway growth will be stalled by DGCA order to ground Airbus A320neos

The DGCA order essentially prevents IndiGo from adding new routes or increasing frequencies until the A320neo engine issues are fixed.

On Camera

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

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.