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Topic: Passengers

Mumbai airport reintroduces ‘Pawfect’ initiative. 9 adorable dogs to greet passengers at departures area

Mumbai International Airport is only Indian airport with ‘Pawfect’ initiative. It shared a video on social media showing the nine companions interacting with passengers.

Air India flew 13.5% of domestic passengers till June but accounted for 70% denied boarding. Here’s why

Aviation analysts say airlines deny passengers boarding for 3 reasons — when flight has been overbooked, a last minute-change in aircraft, or technical fuel & weight requirements.

Cautious pilots, jittery crew, possible bad press — why many ‘unruly’ passengers go unreported

DGCA released guidelines on dealing with unruly passengers in 2017. Since then, there've been only a few cases of such passengers being put on ‘no fly’ lists or reported to police.

Man accused of urinating on his fellow Air India passenger arrested from Bengaluru homestay

New Delhi: The man accused of urinating on a fellow passenger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi has been arrested,...

New Delhi Railway Station manager Rakesh Sharma is on a mission to find your lost luggage

Since 2006, Rakesh Sharma and his team have reunited 600 items with their owners. He has built a network of ‘informants’ that include railway staff and passengers.

‘Failed to establish safe services’: DGCA show-cause to Spicejet for repeated malfunctions

Eight incidents in the last 18 days, 3 on Tuesday itself; aviation regulator issues show-cause notice for weak safety measures.

Indian Railways deems 2019 safest year in its history, records zero passenger deaths

According to official data, there were 16 deaths in 2018-19, 28 the year before and 195 during 2016-2017.

For Uber and Ola drivers, it’s going to be a vomit-soaked New Year’s Eve

Driving isn’t their only job on days like New Years’ Eve or Christmas; facing rowdy passengers and cleaning vomit also figure in a day’s work.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.