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Malaysia Airlines and IndiGo entered a strategic codeshare partnership following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in April 2024. The partnership aims to boost connectivity and elevate the traveller experience across its key hubs within Malaysia and India.

Jio's Akash Ambani and Airtel's Sunil Mittal recently voiced concerns about market access for multinational corporations in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the report by (Pankaj Doval) said. During the India Mobile Congress, Ambani emphasised the need for the local storage of data and expressed worries about data being moved abroad.

Canada kicked out six Indian diplomats on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada. India retaliated by telling six Canadian diplomats to leave. Although the tit-for-tat move sent bilateral relations skidding to a new low, Narendra Modi and Justin Trudeau are unlikely to mind too much. Both leaders are in their third terms and face political challenges.

credit marketplace Paisabazaar, a part of listed PB Fintech, is taking a leaf out of sister concern Policybazaar’s playbook and building its own offline distribution channel. Paisabazaar is one of the largest credit marketplaces in India. It allows consumers to access unsecured personal loans, credit cards and similar products from banks and non-bank lenders through online channels. As it builds out its secured credit distribution play, Paisabazaar wants to create a physical presence to help in fulfilment of such loan delivery. Speaking with ET, Naveen Kukreja, chief executive officer of Paisabazaar, said it has set up a field team of around 100 people in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, targeting secured credit products like home loans and loans against property. It is also testing other products like loans against cars and securities, but those are still in the beta stages. By the end of this fiscal, it intends to scale up this team to 500.

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IndiGo's market share rose to 63 per cent while that of Air India climbed to 15.1 per cent in September 2024, as per the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). AIX Connect, which was merged with Air India Express this month, topped the list of airlines in terms of On Time Performance (OTP) at 70.1 per cent, replacing Akasa Air, whose OTP slipped to 62.1 per cent.

Udita Duhan emerged as the costliest buy at the Hockey India League women's auction after she was acquired by Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers for Rs 32 lakh here on Tuesday. Dutch star drag-flicker Yibbi Janssen was the second most expensive player and was bought by Odisha Warriors for Rs 29 lakh, followed by young Indian forward Sunelita Toppo, who was picked up by Delhi SG Pipers for Rs 24.00 lakh. Indian players Lalremsiami (for Rs 25 lakh to Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers), Sunelita Toppo (for Rs 24 lakh to Delhi SG Pipers), and Sangita Kumari (for Rs 22 lakh to Delhi SG Pipers) attracted significant attention in the first half of the auction. Several overseas players, including Belgium's Charlotte Englebert (for Rs 16 lakh to Soorma Hockey Club), Germany's Charlotte Stapenhorst (for Rs 16 lakh to Soorma Hockey Club), and Australia's Jocelyn Bartram (for Rs 15 lakh to Odisha Warriors) were the notable buys.

Baba Siddique has reignited focus on the notorious Bishnoi gang and its leader, Lawrence Bishnoi. Siddique, a 66-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former minister, was gunned down outside his son's office in Bandra East, Mumbai, on Saturday night. The attackers, who fired multiple rounds at him, claimed to belong to the Bishnoi gang, whose leader remains incarcerated in Gujarat's Sabarmati Jail.

counter-terrorist drills at various airports, official sources said. The threats via microblogging platform X came a day after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats, causing trouble to hundreds of passengers and airline crew. The messages posted on Monday were declared a hoax. Two more flights received similar threats on Tuesday but a confirmation was awaited. The sources said an X handle issued threats on Tuesday to five flights — an Air India Express flight from Jaipur to Bengaluru via Ayodhya (IX765), a SpiceJet flight from Darbhanga to Mumbai (SG116), an Akasa Air flight from Bagdogra to Bengaluru (QP 1373), an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago (AI 127) and an Indigo flight from Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to Lucknow (6E 98).

Delhi water supply cut: Residents in parts of Delhi’s Outer North district will face an 18-hour water supply disruption starting from 10 am on Wednesday, due to maintenance work, as announced by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), according to a PTI report.

Blinkit, the quick-commerce arm of food delivery major Zomato, has rolled out 10-minute returns for footwear and clothing categories. “Customers can initiate a return/ exchange in case of a size or fit issue with the delivered product. This solves a crucial problem of size anxiety for categories like clothing and footwear,” Albinder Dhindsa, chief executive of Blinkit, wrote in a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter). Dhindsa said that the Zomato-owned platform has been testing the return feature in Delhi NCR for a few weeks and has now enabled it for Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune, with plans to expand to more cities soon.

The report highlights that Gurugram has experienced the most significant increase in newly-launched housing prices, jumping from Rs 7,500 per square foot in 2019 to Rs 19,500 per square foot in 2024. It marks an increase of 160% in five years. Noida has experienced a price jump from Rs 6,500 in 2019 to Rs 16,000 in 2024, reflecting a rise of 146% in five years. Bengaluru prices has risen from Rs 5,051 in 2019 to Rs 10,020 in 2024, a notable increase of 98% in five years. In Hyderabad, the price rose from Rs 4,686 in 2019 to Rs 8,500 in 2024, representing an 81% rise in five years. Chennai recorded a surge from Rs 4,451 in 2019 to Rs 8,023 in 2024, indicating an 80% rise during the five-year period.

Delhi court has refused to cancel a lookout circular (LOC) against real estate company ATS Infrastructure Limited's promotor Geetamber Anand and his wife Poonam Anand in connection with multiple FIRs lodged against the builder. The FIRs include those lodged by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for allegedly defrauding homebuyers, and another a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate. Judicial Magistrate Yashdeep Chahal, in an order passed on September 13, said the accused had appeared to join the investigation as and when required, however, «the LOC appeared to be a safeguard to ensure that judicial process is not frustrated in any manner». «Even if the applicants are directed to obtain prior permission of the court before travelling abroad, the accused could always travel without obtaining any such permission and there would be no way for the court to enforce a condition of that nature,» he said.

This election follows the end of the current term of the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and is expected to be a fiercely contested battle between two major coalitions: the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), and Congress, and the Maha Yuti Alliance, formed by the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), and NCP (Ajit Pawar). As the election date approaches, the model code of conduct has come into effect, following the announcement by the Election Commission of India. The current assembly’s term concludes on January 5, 2025.

Tata Group will create 500,000 jobs in the next five years on back of massive investments in facilities for manufacturing semi-conductors, batteries, electric vehicles, among others, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said. Chandrasekaran, who was speaking at the Indian Foundation of Quality Management (IFQM) Symposium in Delhi Tuesday said with a million people joining the workforce every month India has the potential to become the human resource capital of the world. However, there is a need to create processes for ensuring quality in product manufacturing, people and the ecosystem. Chandrasekaran said it is now India’s moment to make a mark on the world stage. The momentum in the economy, rising per capita levels, and growing demand for products and services will all propel the country forward. «We will be a significant player in the manufacturing requirements of the world,» Chandrasekaran held.

paddy variety PR-126, developed by Punjab Agricultural University, is at the center of a debate in Punjab. The AAP-led state government supports this variety, but the opposition Congress criticizes it for its lower yield. According to a TOI report, PR-126 has the advantage of reducing farming costs and helping combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR. This variety matures in 123-125 days, compared to the popular Pusa-44 variety's 155-160 days. This shorter growth period saves on irrigation and energy costs, and preserves groundwater. Additionally, it provides farmers with enough time to prepare for the next crop without resorting to stubble burning. However, PR-126 yields 4-5 quintals less per acre than Pusa-44, which produces 35-36 quintals per acre. It also yields 5 kg less rice during milling. This has led Punjab Opposition leader Partap Singh Bajwa to criticize Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for promoting PR-126.

Indian government must revive its data centre policy to ensure that data of Indian citizens is stored locally, Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm said. The scale and speed of multilingual data generation in India which will fuel the AI revolution will grow exponentially. We request the government to expedite the updating of the 2020 draft of the Data Centre Policy so that Indian data remains within the geography, he said. “Therefore, any company ready to set up AI and machine learning data centres should get all necessary incentives, including incentives for power consumption,” Ambani said. He was speaking in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inaugural session of the India Mobile Congress 2024 at Pragati Maidan, Delhi on Tuesday.

Election Commission of India is set to announce Jharkhand and Maharashtra election schedule on Tuesday at 3:30pm, following the conclusion of polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. The current term for the Maharashtra assembly ends on November 26, while the Jharkhand assembly will complete its term on January 5, 2025. In the 2019 elections, Jharkhand conducted polling in five phases, whereas Maharashtra had just one phase. Given the successful conduct of recent elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the commission may implement a quicker polling process in Jharkhand this time around.

Republican Donald Trump and said that Washington would view any attempt on his life as an act of war, a U.S. official said on Monday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed regularly on the threats and directed his team to address Iranian plots against Americans. At Biden's direction, top U.S. officials have sent messages to the highest levels of the Iranian government warning Tehran to cease all plotting against Trump and former U.S. officials, the official said.

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Baba Siddique and probe any possible involvement of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, officials said that the modus operandi of the Bishnoi gang is to engage youth with no criminal records while meeting between its associates and selection of a target is done inside jails as members of the gang are wanted by police across various states in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Mumbai. Bishnoi has been lodged in Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad since 2023. «These gangsters engage their criminal network to lure unemployed youth, not only in Punjab but also from the neighbouring states by offering them either huge amounts of money or a promise of helping them settle abroad,» according to the NIA. For the killing of Siddique, police officials said the shooters were first timers. Early this year, the gang was behind the killing of INLD chief Nafee Singh Rathee and a Gurugram-based bookie Sachin Munjal. Bishnoi's associate from Canada, Rohit Godara, had claimed responsibility for the killing. On Bishnoi's alleged proceeds of crimes, the NIA has unearthed that one Manish Bhandari, living in Thailand, manages the funds. Bhandari runs the night club chain named Bollywood Club, Cama Club and a hotel-cum-restaurant Punappa in Thailand. The money collected through extortion, illegal liquor and arms smuggling business is sent to Bhandari in Thailand through hawala for investing in night clubs and bars, according to the NIA.