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The wrong track
Privately-run trains need clear signals
India bars UAE airlines from operating flights; efforts on to resolve issue
A formal order has not been issued but UAE airlines, including Air Arabia, Emirates, Etihad and Flydubai, were verbally informed of the decision on Thursday.
Over 500,000 Indians returned under Vande Bharat Mission, highest to Kerala
Mission brings them home from 137 countries in less than two months, 94,085 return to Kerala alone
India to operate 9 more flights to evacuate stranded citizens from UAE
Air India Express will operate these flights as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to south Indian cities from Sharjah
Over 475,000 Indians returned home under Vande Bharat Mission: MEA
This number includes more than 90,000 Indians who have returned through land border immigration checkpoints from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
Govt extends deadline to bid for Air India by two months till Aug 31
This is the third time the deadline has been extended.
First-person account: What it takes to make it home in the time of Covid-19
After being stranded in the US for over two months, he finally came back to India under the government's national repatriation scheme. Abhishek Waghmare gives a first-person account of the experience
17 countries, 170 flights: Vande Bharat Mission phase 4 begins from July 3
These 170 chartered flights under the fourth phase are scheduled to be operated between July 3 and 15
UAE says specific approval needed to take Vande Bharat flights to Dubai
Curbs come amid growing pressure on Indian govt to allow foreign airlines to carry passengers from India
Air India flight to Paris goes empty as France places curbs on Vande Bharat
Around 50 passengers who reported at airport were denied boarding due to these restrictions
US accuses India's charter flights of unfair practices, ups scrutiny
The order will allow US officials to scrutinise charter flights by Indian carriers on a case-by-case basis
Air India pilot tests Covid-19 positive after landing Delhi-Sydney flight
The pilot and his two cockpit crew have been put in quarantine in Sydney, the cabin crew or passengers have not been quarantined as they did not get in touch with the pilot
Hardeep Puri 'confident and hopeful' about Air India's divestment plans
'I have always said that Air India is a first-class asset,' he said.
PSU stocks still on shaky ground as call for privatisation intensifies
In the past decade, total market cap of top 17 PSUs has dropped 41% vis-a-vis a 91% rise in Sensex
Air India offers 3-day working week to permanent staff at 60% pay
This measure has been introduced in order to improve the airline's cash flow position amid the coronavirus pandemic
Covid-19 crisis: Pilots, crew are opting for leave without pay for now
Sources at both IndiGo and Vistara say that some senior pilots and crew who have elderly parents at home had said that they would like to stay off the roster for now.
Air India likely to get 2 custom-made B777 planes for VVIP travel by Sept
The two B777 aircraft will be operated by pilots of the Indian Air Force and not of Air India
Banking to be a 'strategic sector', govt discussing privatising some PSBs
According to the new privatisation policy, announced by FM Sitharaman as part of the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' package, the government will come up with a list of strategic sectors
Air India gets robust response for Vande Bharat ferry flights to US, Europe
In the phase three of the mission, the airline will operate 300 flights to North America and Europe from June 9 to June 30, 2020
Air India to operate 75 passenger flights to US, Canada between June 9 - 30
Domestic passenger flights resumed in India from May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown
