- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA'S national carrier Air India is set to be officially handed over to Tata Group on Thursday (27). Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran is in national capital Delhi to witness the formal transfer, Asian News International cited sources as saying. “Officially Air India hands over to Tata Group today in…
BRITAIN’S satellite communications company OneWeb and Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd (HCIPL) have come together to provide low-orbit connectivity services across the south Asian country for six years. However, the financial details of the satellite broadband distribution deal are not disclosed. HCIPL is a joint venture between America’s Hughes Network…
AS the coronavirus pandemic crippled several businesses in India, especially the small ones, many of India’s youth who were behind those businesses, are making a move to shift base to Canada. They are meeting consultants who promise a work visa for the North American country. Many of these youth are…
THE government of the Indian state of Delhi has proposed mandating a quarter of new cab registrations to electric vehicles, a draft note by its transport department said, AFP reported. The proposal would mandate apps providing transportation or delivery services, including cab operators such as Ola and Uber and food-delivery…
INDIA'S first chief of defence staff general Bipin Rawat, who died in a military helicopter accident last month in the southern state of Tamil Nadu along with his wife Madhulika and 11 other armed personnel, is set to be posthumously conferred Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian honour. The home…
AN Indian-American toddler’s family was in for a big shock as he ended up ordering goods worth nearly $2,000 (£1,485) from Walmart using his mother’s smartphone. The incident was reported by NBC News on January 21. Pramod Kumar, the father of Ayaansh Kumar, who is yet to turn two, said…
A MISSING plane from the era of World War II (1939-45) has been found in India’s remote Himalayas nearly eight decades ago after it crashed with zero survivors following a hunt in a treacherous high-altitude zone. The C-46 transport jet had 13 people on board who were flying from Kunming…
SEEKING to further democratise air travel with dependable and affordable services, carrier Akasa Air is planning to start flights in late May or early June after getting its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in April. Bullish on the long-term growth potential of the country’s civil aviation sector, the airline backed…
THE Indian National Congress, India’s grand-old party, has emphasised on the women factor in this year’s crucial assembly elections in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and in the first list of 125 candidates that it released on January 14, there are 50 women contestants. One among them is Archana…
INDIA on Monday (24) lashed out at the member states of the United Nations (UN) saying they have failed themselves by dilly-dallying on the conclusion of a comprehensive convention against international terrorism. India, which is currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, has said that the global body…
