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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicDirectorate General of Civil Aviation

Topic: Directorate General of Civil Aviation

India needs a hybrid aviation model. Passengers deserve safety and reliability

India needs scientific, data-driven regulation—not prescriptive overreach. Safety is not achieved by strictness alone. It demands realistic modelling.

Post Air India crash, Centre’s new draft rules aim to regulate buildings & trees around airports

Ministry of Civil Aviation has proposed draft rules titled Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions Buildings and Trees etc.) Rules, 2025, to tighten control over structures around aerodromes.

DGCA fines Air India Rs 1.10 cr for ‘safety violations’

Aviation regulator says ‘investigation prima facie revealed non-compliance’, following which show cause notice was issued to Air India.

Lufthansa’s spat with India highlights hurdles to resuming long-haul flights

The falling-out, which shatters an accord in place for months, shows how attempts to reopen international routes are being frustrated by parallel efforts to halt the virus’s spread.

Penalty for airline violations hiked to Rs 1 cr from Rs 10 lakh as Parliament clears amendments

The violations include carrying arms, explosives, or other dangerous goods aboard aircraft and contravening any rules notified under the Act, among others.

4 SpiceJet executives issued show cause notices over multiple landing incidents

The civil aviation regulator DGCA pulled up the SpiceJet executives after a special audit team of multiple landing incidents found lapses on their part.

Delhi High Court seeks response from Jet Airways on plea to refund passengers

The Delhi High Court was hearing a plea seeking direction to the civil aviation ministry to ensure airlines reimburse passengers if flights are suspended.

On Camera

Kashmir tourist’s smog-fog confusion is natural. We’ve forgotten what clean air looks like

The video captured the alienation between urban India and nature. To those who see air as something that needs to be purified, the sight of thick white mist feels suspicious.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.