Copper for Sterlite, Cancer for People

  The turmoil in Tuticorin is symbolic of India’s high-decibel development at all costs that threatens the ecological, economic and health security of its people. After a month-long protest for the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) of T...

India set to log on to AI to boost defence capabilities

As the world is moving towards artificial intelligence-driven warfare, India does not want to miss the bus. It is all set to give concrete shape to an ambitious plan soon. In an effort to prepare for next-generation warfare, India is all set to explore, invest and induct artifici...

AIR NAVIGATION INITIATIVES

Exponential growth in civil aviation in terms of increasing passengers, induction of new planes, terminal building of new airports and renovation of abandoned air strips has given rise to many challenges. Maintaining safety in the skies is one such complex issue. How safe is flyi...

AIR INDIA

Air India, the country’s struggling and debt-ridden national carrier, will soon pass off to private players. The question is not whether the ride to privatisation will be smooth, but whether it will take off at all, and if so, how soon? Crony capitalism manifests itself in many...

Leslie Thng

With the arrival of its 20th aircraft and its seventh Airbus A320neo, Vistara completes its initial aircraft order as planned at the early stages of setting up the airline in India. Vistara will use the new aircraft to increase frequencies on existing routes to scale up operation...

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Shashi Kapoor

‘Study in India’ to attract foreign students

In an effort to make India the global hub of higher education, the Government of Indiawill now woo foreign students. Its ambitious scheme, 'Study-in-India’, aims to draw 200,000 students by 2023.

Sell Air India to Indians, demands RSS

Concerned over the possible foreign control of Air India, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has asserted that the airline should be sold only to an Indian company. His remarks have gained momentum and are being echoed by ruling...

Souqs: A Delight for the Senses

Air India: finding a suitor for the Maharaja

The Government will retain a 24 per cent stake in the airline. According to Jayant Sinha, the minister of state for civil aviation, the new owners will be free of any government interference.

Post backlash, order on fake news withdrawn

India withdrew an arbitrary decree to crackdown on fake news, less than 12 hours after a tsunami of backlash. But the larger message from the Modi government engaged in headline and event management seems to be—“fall in line or else...”!