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Representative image NEW DELHI: The Civil Aviation Ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched an intensive review and monitoring exercise after IndiGo reported widespread operational disruptions and an unusually high number of flight cancellations across its network since late November 2025.Civil Aviation Minister reviewed the situation with senior MoCA officials and...

Palesh Muchhal, Smriti Mandhana (left), and Palak Muchhal Singer Palak Muchhal has spoken for the first time about the postponement of her brother Palash Muchhal and India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s wedding, saying both families are trying to stay positive after unexpected health emergencies forced a delay in the ceremony. The wedding, scheduled...

Amazon‘s AI perfume booth has reportedly drawn long queues at a recent event. Such sessions on complex topics as cloud upgrades, data lakes, and container migrations are helpful to the software engineers attending the conference. But none proved as popular as the AI perfume booth, the Reuters report said. Even into the third day, the...

In a significant tightening of America’s visa-vetting system, the US State Department has announced late on Wednesday night, that all H-1B workers and their H-4 dependents will undergo mandatory social-media screening from Dec 15. Applicants will have to switch their social-media accounts to “public” settings to enable scrutiny.Immigration experts say the move marks a major...

IndiGo crisis: ‘Plane ready but no pilot’ – first-person account of a harried flyer NEW DELHI: Last evening, I was forewarned. “You’re on an IndiGo flight to Bengaluru tomorrow? Their schedule was haywire today. Tomorrow could be chaotic too. Try to change your carrier,” advised a colleague during the evening editorial meeting.I tried. My flight...

At Art Basel Miami, one of the world’s biggest and flashiest art fairs, a strange group of robotic dogs has become the biggest attraction. These dogs are not ordinary machines. They wear lifelike silicone faces of famous people including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and even the artist Beeple himself....

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday personally received Russian President Vladimir Putin at Delhi’s Palam Airport, marking the start of his two-day state visit to India. PMModi greeted Putin with a handshake and warm embrace, before both leaders left the airport together in the same vehicle. Putin Visit To Boost India-Russia Trade To...

Representative image IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has written to employees acknowledging the severe disruptions that have hit the airline in recent days, conceding that IndiGo “could not live up to the promise” of providing a good travel experience to passengers. The carrier has seen more than 300 flight cancellations on Thursday alone, with scores of...

Nathan Lyon Veteran Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon said he was “absolutely filthy” after learning he had been left out of the second Test of the Ashes series against England in Brisbane on Thursday. Lyon also explained whether he had spoken with the Australian team management after the decision.Australia opted for an all-pace attack for the...

Despite key indices Nifty 50 and Sensex hitting record highs recently, broad market optimism remains limited, with nearly half of NSE’s top 500 stocks still lagging a key technical benchmark.A study by Samco Securities shows that within the Nifty 500 universe, only 40 per cent of stocks are trading above their 50-day simple moving average...