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Akasa: On Terra Firma

Akasa: On Terra Firma

Three years after it took to the skies, India’s youngest airline is on firmer ground even as it chases the elusive break even

11.06.2025 10

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Anjuli Bhargava

How to ease migration pressure on India’s cities

Despite the Smart Cities Mission, many of the metros and larger cities are reaching their breaking point.

30.05.2025 10

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Air India's flight plan, and its hits and big misses

Those vested in the airline say that the top management seems more preoccupied with fighting the perceptions battle rather than taking the bull by its...

16.05.2025 10

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Airlines must avoid getting grounded by pilot burnout

The situation in India, airline executives say, is already at alarming levels with many pilots being declared unfit

02.05.2025 10

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Why industry-driven, tailored courses are an alternative to bachelor’s degrees

As the worth of the time-tested bachelor’s degree becomes questionable, a bevy of newbies is luring students with new and attractive propositions

29.04.2025 10

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Education in India: Why NEP has so far failed to move the needle

Education reforms will not yield results unless the problem of plenty and the ambiguity over profit-making are addressed

16.04.2025 20

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Public transport to connect our airports

The very fact that airports are beginning to think beyond the building and looking at other aspects like functionality and connectivity is a sign of...

04.04.2025 9

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Air India’s flight into training turbulence

Allegations of compromised flight training is the most worrisome problem the airline faces, given ensuring passenger safety is the cornerstone of the...

21.03.2025 20

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A case of multiple failures, at too many checkpoints

Three primary violations by a Kanpur-based Flight Training Organisation were brought to the attention of the authorities. But many parties share blame...

21.02.2025 20

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Built by 5 Friends, This Village School in Uttarakhand Uses Films & Debates To Make Learning Fun

Struggling with culture shock in big cities, five friends built Nanakmatta Public School in Uttarakhand — replacing rote learning with curiosity...

19.02.2025 5

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Why civil aviation in India needs further consolidation

The best bet for airline owners will be to try and get their businesses to a healthy state and viable size for a stake sale

07.02.2025 20

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Why India badly needs a trauma care ministry

In its most common form, trauma is associated with road accidents but many other incidents and happenings in India lead to trauma of varying severity.

25.01.2025 10

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As tourism in Goa seemingly takes a hit, the state govt has to step in now

Goa does not offer the same bang for one’s buck as Thailand, Bali, Vietnam or even Sri Lanka as travellers to these destinations will attest

14.01.2025 20

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Unbundling returns: Where will low-fare airlines stop?

Be it seat preference, food, water, or check-in baggage, extra charges are being levied for virtually anything.

10.01.2025 6

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2025 promises to be exciting for aviation

Construction of Noida International Airport is on track for April 2025, while Navi Mumbai Airport faces delays. Air India and IndiGo are also under...

27.12.2024 9

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Battle against low visibility takes off in Indian aviation

As we head into the annual winter chaos in aviation, a feeling of dread begins to accompany all ticket bookings by passengers coming into the region

14.12.2024 30

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The good, the bad, and the ugly in poverty alleviation

The graduation approach to poverty alleviation has made some headway but we need more states to jump onto the bandwagon

28.11.2024 10

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Clean city goals call for roping in the private sector

How do we prevent the North from swimming in its own garbage? Perhaps the only viable and workable solution is to look at a public-private...

18.11.2024 4

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Looking beyond the DGCA and the CAA

The aviation sector in India needs an independent regulator focused on safety and safety alone

27.09.2024 1

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Who will safeguard the interests of fliers?

In a country where the number of fliers is growing by the day and the choice of airlines shrinking by the year, we urgently need an empowered body...

17.09.2024 2

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Curbing the suicide contagion

The media plays a critical role in influencing fence-sitters who might be contemplating taking the drastic final step

17.09.2024 3

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Vistara’s promising run grounded at take-off

Vistara's merger with Air India evokes nostalgia for Jet Airways as loyal passengers express concern over service quality and uncertainty post-merger.

09.09.2024 3

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Making India truly NIPUN needs more ammunition

Just like an element of competitiveness has crept in among the states over the SBA, so should happen in the case of NIPUN

26.08.2024 1

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Mind the gap

As a scramble to train and create talent in the skies picks up, who will bridge the most critical gaps

21.08.2024 2

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DGCA grounded by graft, incompetence

What India needs is not one DGCA trying to regulate everything and failing, but two new aviation regulatory bodies: A safety regulator fully...

15.08.2024 1

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Goa: Killing the golden goose

Unless the political-business nexus is broken, India’s tiniest state will continue its inexorable decline

15.08.2024 1

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DGCA, airlines should ease pilot fatigue to ensure 100% passenger safety

Post-pandemic, the work-life balance of pilots, especially for a low-fare airline pilot, appears to have worsened.

27.07.2024 1

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