TopicLong flights

Topic: Long flights

Qantas Airways long-haul flights are not meant for cattle class

David Fickling - 20 October, 2019

The only way airlines can make decent money flying to the far side of the world is by letting business class subsidise the rest of the cabin.

Spicy food, bright lights — how the world’s longest flight aims to beat jet lag

Angus Whitley - 18 October, 2019

It’s a key test run as Qantas Airways prepares to start direct commercial services connecting Sydney with New York and London as soon as 2022.

Human guinea pigs about to embark on world’s first 20-hour airline flight

Angus Whitley - 15 October, 2019

Researchers will screen the brains of pilots in Qantas’ Dreamliner for alertness, while monitoring the food, sleep and activity of few dozen passengers.

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Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

K. Kalyani - 24 April, 2024

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

24 April, 2024

BJP 2024 manifesto on investment, farm income, panchayati raj—lack of clarity is worrying

24 April, 2024

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan - 22 April, 2024

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

ThePrint Team - 24 April, 2024

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta - 20 April, 2024

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

Topic: Long flights

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Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

BJP 2024 manifesto on investment, farm income, panchayati raj—lack of clarity is worrying

Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Defence

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

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