Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
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India to start scheduled international passenger flights from 27 March

ThePrint Team -
Services were suspended March 2020 when the world practically shut down to battle the Covid pandemic.

Not allowing Covishield, Covaxin retail sale meaningless. Indians need vaccines and boosters

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5G cell towers near US airports disrupt inbound traffic, Air India too cancels flights

Anurag Kotoky -
The concerns stem from potential interference with sensitive navigation equipment used during landings in poor weather.

Russian rocket stage could re-enter earth’s atmosphere today, weeks after failed test launch

Sandhya Ramesh -
The Persei upper stage of Russia’s new Angara A5 rocket will fall back into earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday or Thursday after a failed test flight two weeks ago. 

As air travel picks up pace, out-of-practice pilots are making errors during flight

Angus Whitley -
Back in the cockpit after months, some pilots report a loss of muscle memory. Others wonder if they still possess the clear-mindedness to handle a mid-air crisis.

Taliban-controlled Afghanistan aviation unit writes to India to resume commercial flights

PTI -
The last commercial flight between India and Afghanistan was operated by Air India on the Kabul-Delhi route on 15 August, the day Kabul fell to the insurgent group.

Canada allows direct flights from India after 5-month Covid ban

PTI -
Travellers must have negative Covid test report from approved lab at Delhi airport taken within 18 hours of scheduled departure, Transport Canada tweeted Saturday.

Indigo aims to be running domestic routes at full capacity by December

Anirban Nag -
While travel sector is recovering, it could still take a hit in the event of third Covid wave. Indigo CEO Ronojoy Dutta says company may raise funds as an insurance buffer.

About 90% Indians want govt policy on travel booking cancellations during Covid, survey finds

Tenzin Zompa -
LocalCircles survey finds that only about 12% of people who cancelled flight and stay bookings due to second Covid wave received a refund.

Why having just one pilot in the cockpit is a terrible idea

Tim Culpan -
Statistically, that sounds sensible. But aviation safety isn’t about averages. It needs to be built around the edge cases, where pilots need to work together to solve a problem.
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Mukesh Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani to be named chair of Reliance retail

P. R. Sanjai -
Isha Ambani, the current director of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., is expected to be announced as the chair as early as Wednesday.

Defence

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Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

Raghav Bikhchandani -
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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