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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union government is working on a comprehensive package for the aviation sector involving lower user fees, relaxed regulations and tax concessions, three government officials aware of the development said. Federal think tank Niti Aayog is leading the initiative, holding consultations with the ministries of aviation, commerce, finance, home, petroleum and environment for the package, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity.

domestic air passenger traffic grew 5.3 per cent to 1.36 crore in October from 1.26 crore in the same month last year, aviation regulator DGCA's monthly data showed on Tuesday. During the reporting month, budget carrier IndiGo carried 86.40 lakh passengers, clocking a market share of 63.3 per cent, followed by Tata Group-run Air India and Vistara, which flew 26.48- lakh and 12.43-lakh travellers, respectively. Air India numbers include the number of passengers flown by its low-cost arm Air India Express, as per data. Air India merged its subsidiary AIX Connect with its low-cost international budget arm Air India Express on October 1 this year. The merged entity named as Air India Express now operates as the low-cost arm of Air India.

«In a surprise inspection, our traffic and commercial officers found that RK Associates and Hoteliers Pvt Ltd, which has a contract with Railways to pick food from its base kitchen and serve it to on-board passengers in various trains, violated railway safety norms and conducted on board cooking in Poorva Express,» Shashi Kant Tripathi, Chief Public Relation Officer, NCR Zone, said. «Since the firm has a contract with IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation), we are in talks with it to initiate action against the catering service provider,» he added.

The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year

Samvidhan Divas Padyatra on November 25 alerting commuters about traffic restrictions near India Gate. According to the advisory, information has been received that the department of Youth Affairs through its autonomous organization 'Mera Yuva Bharat' is conducting a nationwide Samvidhan Divas Padyatra to mark the 75th Year of adopting our constitution. The Padyatra will be flagged off and led by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Labour & Employment, and other dignitaries. It will begin around 8 am from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, India Gate Circle and will culminate at same place by 9:30 am. It is estimated that about 10,000 youth/participants are likely to participate in the Padyatra, the advisory said.

Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan has served as a temporary Thunderdome for the United Nations’ COP29 climate conference. Some 20,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries gathered for small confabs by the concession stands, while all-hands meetings were staged on a football pitch tricked out with wooden floors and waterproof tents.

In addition to text message content, the government can seek any other traffic data for ensuring telecom cybersecurity, according to the rules framed under the new Telecom Act, notified Thursday. The rules define traffic data as any info generated, transmitted, received or stored in telecom networks, including type, routing, duration or time of a communication.

Digital Duty of Care' concept in the Online Safety Act will place the onus on digital platforms to proactively keep Australian children safe. In this, could Australia be setting a global standard that is enforceable? This may depend on how it and the rest of the world choose to interpret the role of social media and, more importantly, how they allocate liability for the many deleterious effects that affect its users. For instance, social media claims it doesn't willingly or deliberately amplify certain messages crafted to elicit a harmful response. These platforms would like nothing better than to be likened to a dumb megaphone that occasionally and inexplicably finds itself in the hands of the boy who cried wolf. After all, an agency that operates a traffic light pro bono would also demand protection from liability for traffic accidents near its operating intersection.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Chinese ship that sailed over two severed data cables in the Baltic Sea around the time they were cut has been stopped by the Danish navy as part of an international investigation into what police say is a possible act of sabotage.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In less than four years the share price of Chegg, an online education service, has dropped by 99%. A post-pandemic slump in digital learning is partly to blame for its tumble.

Finnish authorities say they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The coming wave of artificial-intelligence usage won’t just strain data centers and power grids—it will also stress the country’s network capabilities.

President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet

The U.S. government’s automobile safety ratings will get a major update starting with the 2026 model year when regulators add new driver-assistance technologies and tests for protecting pedestrians

Air Quality Management (CAQM) for 'delays' in enforcing GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan) measures, and ruled that Stage 4 restrictions will remain in place until further orders. It reminded stakeholders that it is the constitutional obligation of the executive to ensure that citizens live in a pollution-free environment.

On Monday morning, AQI levels in the city remained dangerously high. Notable readings included 919 in Mundka, 762 in ITI Jahangirpuri, and 624 in Anand Vihar, placing these areas in the 'severe-plus' category. In Beijing, the capital of China, pollution is nearly 10 times less than in Delhi. More than a decade ago, Beijing was known as the smog capital of the world where air pollution caused thousands of deaths every year. In a decade, starting in 2013, Beijing was able to bring down its air pollution drastically with a host of measures. Can Delhi learn anything from Beijing's war on air pollution?

domestic air passenger traffic crossed 5 lakh for the first time in a single day on Sunday, reflecting strong travel demand amid festive and wedding seasons. Airlines carried 5,05,412 passengers on Sunday (November 17) and the number of flight departures was at 3,173, according to the latest data from the civil aviation ministry. It was the first time that domestic air passenger traffic crossed the 5 lakh-mark in a single day. «Domestic travel has witnessed strong demand during the festive season. Daily flown pax crossed 5 lakh on 17th Nov.

French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests Monday, targeting the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Indigo Airlines issued a travel advisory for passengers owing to fog conditions in the national capital on Sunday. In a post on X, the airlines recommended passengers to allow extra travel time and check flight status before starting their journey. «Fog is currently affecting visibility in Delhi, which may result in slow-moving traffic and delays in flight schedules. We recommend allowing extra travel time and checking flight status before starting your journey. Safe travels!» the post mentioned.

Delhi Traffic Police has issued around 550 challans, imposing a total fine of over Rs one crore, to BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles on Friday on the first day of the ban on these vehicles under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) III in the national capital, officials said. According to police, they have also issued challans to 4,855 vehicles imposing a total of Rs 4.8 crore in fines for not having Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCC) in the national capital on Friday. A fine of Rs 10,000 is imposed on motorists for not having a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate. These challans get released from courts. Private BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles were banned from roads with violations inviting a penalty of Rs 20,000. Diesel and petrol inter-state buses from the NCR cities to Delhi are also banned. A senior police officer said that they have issued a total of 293 challans for BS-III and BS-IV vehicles in the eastern, central and northern ranges of the city. A total of 2,404 challans have been issued for not having PUCC certificates.

Elon Musk's political ascendancy has some Wall Street banks hoping they may soon be able to offload $13 billion of debt that backed the billionaire's purchase of the social media platform X, three banking sources said. Some of the lenders in the consortium, which included Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, think Musk's emergence as a close aide to Republican President-elect Donald Trump could boost the prospects of X, previously known as Twitter, the sources said. If that were to happen, it would allow them to sell the debt without having to take a massive loss on the deal, the sources said. Musk, X, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America did not immediately respond to a request for comment.