Modi met Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his Qatar visit. Discussions included expanding areas of bilateral cooperation to include space, technology and innovation.
Dubai's Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Jazeera Airways called for sharp increases in traffic rights to and from India. Vietnam and Indonesia are also in line, a govt official said.
Oswald Raphael Rodrigues and Bhavesh Javeri were the only passengers on Air India and Emirates flights to Dubai, respectively. In April, Mumbai-Dubai was among busiest international routes.
The Dubai-based airline is the largest customer of the Airbus A380, whose sheer size has made it particularly unviable to maintain during the pandemic.
Vistara is considering ordering more 787 Dreamliner jets from Boeing to add flights to destinations as far away as the US to take on Emirates & Etihad.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
Important for India to maintain the many productive relationships it has in the region. Not follow America’s example of tilting completely to one side.
Important for India to maintain the many productive relationships it has in the region. Not follow America’s example of tilting completely to one side.