Parliament adjourned for the day over Pegasus protests

Lok Sabha Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two bills before the proceedings were adjourned for the day amid continuous protests by opposition members over the Pegasus spying row and farmers' issue.......

AI has dues of over Rs 822 cr towards VVIP flights: RTI

Air India had stopped the practice of issuing tickets on credit to government agencies for the travel of their officials in December last year because of accruing pending bills. Cash-strapped Air......

Fani to make morning landfall; 11 lakh evacuated

Fani is billed as the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that claimed close to 10,000 lives and left a trail of destruction in vast swathes of the state. IMAGE:......

Sharif, daughter arrested in graft case as they return to Pakistan

The two were convicted on July 6 in the Avenfield properties case linked to the Sharif family’s ownership of four luxury flats in London. IMAGE: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif......

Canada court orders seizure of Air India, AAI assets over dues

A court in Canada has ordered the seizure of amounts collected by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on behalf of Air India and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Separate......

Govt gives tax breather to airlines

Airports levy charges such as FTC, infrastructure charge, and into-plane charges on sale of jet fuel. The levy is passed through to airlines, pushing up costs. The fuel bill of airlines is set to......

Infrastructure sector gets a boost from Modi govt

Be it roads, railways, ports, civil aviation, energy or electricity, the Narendra Modi govt has invigorated all these sectors since it took over, says Arvind Panagariya. I recently wrote that the......

Barriers in exit routes for firms hurt the economy

India had a transition from 'socialism with a limited entry to marketism without exit'.   Delaying the exits of companies is locking scarce resources and imposing substantial fiscal, economic......