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From Bharat Forge to Indigo to the Raymond Group to Religare Enterprises, several big businesses got embroiled in disputes in 2023, underlining the need for a clear succession plan, firewalling companies from relationship troubles and better stakeholder scrutiny. The year 2023 highlighted that as India's corporate sector matures and women in top roles assert themselves more, it needs to devise better ways to face a new future.

flight operations at the Delhi airport in the last few days, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the ministry is coordinating with the airport and airlines, and putting in place measures to deal with the issue. Terming the fog issue as a «transitory phenomenon», the minister in an interview to PTI also said this year the situation has been slightly unprecedented in terms of the density of fog.

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fog and low visibility in the national capital. Speaking about the delay of trains, a passenger Subhash said, "Several trains are getting delayed. 8 trains that were supposed to reach last night have not yet arrived.

Plane manufacturing giant Boeing (NYSE:BA) has urged airlines to inspect more recent 737 MAX aircraft for a possible loose bolt in the rudder control system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

American Airlines flight somehow managed to land at Heathrow Airport in London amid high winds generated by Storm Gerrit on Wednesday. The high winds were so powerful that they tilted the Boeing 777 with its wings dangerously angling towards the ground on the runway, but after 10 minutes of pure terror, the pilot managed to achieve balance and the plane made it to the runway unharmed; otherwise, it would have been a tragic accident.

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Reuters. The fatal airplane crash in January 2023 took the lives of all the 72 people on the Yeti Airlines flight, including five Indians.

compensation by airlines for flight delays, while 40,000 passengers were compensated for cancellations, and for denied boarding, 1,231 passengers got compensation, according to a report published by Hindustan Times. The airline has to facilitate affected passengers due to cancellation and delay in flight by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section 3, Series M, Part IV titled "Facilities to be provided to passengers by airlines due to denied boarding, cancellation of flights and delays in flights".

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday released a dense fog advisory for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh. In a post on X, IMD wrote, “Dense Fog Advisory for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh: Be careful while driving or outing through any transport. Use fog lights during driving.

Delhi airport and is expected to arrive in Patna (PAT) at 2215 hours. Please stay tuned for further updates," Vistara airline said in a statement. The latest spate of diversions comes as the visibility conditions worsen in Delhi due to dense fog.

Air India is in the final stages of forming a joint venture (JV) with European aerospace major Airbus to form a facility for pilot training services that will be the largest in the South Asian region. People aware of the development said the total investment into the facility will be around ₹3,500 crore with both Air India and Airbus holding 50% stakes in the company. While the facility will initially start with six simulators for the Airbus A320 family and A350 aircraft types, it will have a capacity of expanding up to 20 simulators, making it one of the largest in the region, they said. It will cater to the needs of Air India but will also be open for other Airbus customers, sources said. The company will rival CSTPL, a JV between IndiGo's parent company InterGlobe and CAE Inc, which currently has the largest share of the flight simulation business in India. CSTPL — which currently has 8 simulators — is looking to add another five simulators in the next two years, people aware of the matter told ET. Air India is also finalising another JV with US-based L3 Harris for pilot training for Boeing aircraft such as the 737, 777 and 787. Former AirAsia CEO Sunil Bhaskaran is overseeing the setting up of the JV. «We understand the importance of developing self-reliance of human resources and have invested to build a pilot training facility as the airline caters for a huge need due to expansion of fleet and network,» an official said.

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seeking asylum in France after their flight from the UAE was grounded last week over suspicion of human trafficking before being allowed to take off for India have now been freed, according to local French media reports on Wednesday. These 25 passengers were not on the flight carrying 276 mostly Indian passengers which took off for Mumbai on Monday afternoon after four days of being held at Chalons-Vatry airport near Paris.

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IndiGo Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Kanpur to Bengaluru for a duration of three months starting from January 1, 2024. This decision has raised concerns, particularly among the residents of Kanpur, with the business community expressing unease, a TOI report stated. The Merchant Chamber of Commerce's vice president, Mayank Khanna, has reached out to IndiGo's headquarters for clarification.

Also Read: Weather update: IMD issues very dense fog alert in Delhi, Punjab, THESE states till 31 December. Check forecast Following this, trains arriving and departing from New Delhi are delayed due to fog and low visibility. As per News18 report, over 25 trains including arrival and departure are running late.

CME on Earth on December 27, as reported by HT Tech. As per SpaceWeather.com, “Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Dec. 27th when multiple CMEs launched two days ago might graze Earth's magnetic field. Misses are equally likely as hits, so this is a low-confidence forecast." As per The Weather Channel report, latest predictions indicate that the upcoming event might only have a slight impact on the Northern part of Earth.

France and the UAE to bring back the flight which was grounded at the Vatry airport, east of Paris, over suspected human trafficking. It was a tip-off, described as anonymous, from the UAE that enabled France to halt the Romanian Airlines chartered flight at an airport near Paris on suspicion of human trafficking.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be solved soon. It may bring to an end what is regarded as one of the most perplexing aviation mysteries of all time. It all began on March 8, 2014, when the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard vanished. It was a normal flight from the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital Beijing. The flight was commanded by senior pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and first officer, Fariq Hamid and everything seemed perfect for the first 40 minutes of Flight MH370. But the flight lost contact and went out of radar all of a sudden.

dense fog as the temperature dropped to almost 7 degrees in the national capital on Tuesday morning. Following this, the Delhi airport experienced delays in both arrivals and departures for about 30 flights, including international, said officials. ANI has reported that 14 trains are also affected due to fog and low visibility in the Northern Zone of the Indian Railways.