India is facing extreme weather events, induced by #climatechange.
This would only worsen with every passing year, despite mitigation efforts at national level.
, , & I find out if States have their adaptation & #ClimateAction plan in place.
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EXCLUSIVE: The AAI plans to spend Rs 4,000 crore in 2023-24 to build two greenfield airports and upgrade 23 existing airports.
The AAI said "most" of the capex for the current fiscal year is "planned to be met through internal resources (revenues)".
business-standard.com/industry/news/
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EXCLUSIVE:
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended the licences of 92 pilots in 2022 for violating safety norms, which was more than double the 2021 figure.
My article👇🏼
business-standard.com/india-news/pil
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EXCLUSIVE: Airports Authority of India (AAI) received more than double the concession fees from 8 privatised airports in FY23.
This is due to boom in air travel and partial resolution of legal issues with operators of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
business-standard.com/industry/news/
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The annual review of the power distribution companies (discoms) by PFC is here. And, as expected, dismal metrics overtake progress.
Here is a summary of the fine print beyond the headlines:
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EXCLUSIVE: SpiceJet had the worst on-time performance (OTP) in March this year at 76.748 percent, according to govt data.
On the other hand, new airline Akasa Air had the best OTP among all carriers in March at 94.539 percent.
business-standard.com/amp/companies/
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EXCLUSIVE: Air India will revise ground staff’s salaries after the CCI approves its merger with Vistara, CEO Campbell Wilson said on Friday.
Since flying staff is not affected by merger, their salaries’ll be revised in the next few days, he noted.
business-standard.com/amp/companies/
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EXCLUSIVE: Indian carriers flew an average of 372,840 domestic passengers per day in 2022-23.
This was 59.81% higher than in 2021-22 but 3.65 per cent lower than the pre-pandemic peak in 2019-20.
My report:
business-standard.com/amp/india-news
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EXCLUSIVE: Electric cars could have more than 30% share in BMW India's order book by 2025, said its President Vikram Pawah.
Currently, electric cars make up for about 10% of the German company's order book.
business-standard.com/industry/auto/
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EXCLUSIVE: Bird strike incidents jumped by 52% while the total number of scheduled flights in the Indian airspace increased by 32.3% in 2022.
My report:
business-standard.com/article/curren
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EXCLUSIVE: Hero Electric's managing director, Naveen Munjal, said that the company's business model is robust enough not to depend on government subsidies for survival and growth
The company is expecting unit sales growth of 1.7-2.5 times in 2023
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EXCLUSIVE: India’s aviation industry still suffering due to grounded planes.
IndiGo and Go First are waiting for Pratt and Whitney to speed up engine supply.
Number of planes currently grounded according to Cirium:
IndiGo-34
SpiceJet-28
Go First-22
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/cu
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For example, Air India charged $556.8 average one-way economy basic fare (excluding taxes) on India-Canada routes in April-November period of 2022, as per Cirium’s data.
This average fare was $371.8 in the corresponding period of 2019.
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EXCLUSIVE: Passengers flying between North America and India coughed up to 50 per cent more on one-way tickets in 2022, compared with 2019, primarily due to Russia-Ukraine war.
and I report:
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/cu
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EXCLUSIVE: 42.2 pc cars sold in India in 2022 were of white colours.
Meanwhile, other colours such as black, red, blue and green are slowly gaining market share.
What are the factors behind it?
My article:
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/au
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EXCLUSIVE: The focus of Minda Corp -- which purchased 15.7 per cent stake in Pricol on Friday -- will remain on organic growth, said its strategy head Anshul Saxena on Sunday.
Pricol deal is just a "financial investment", he added.
My report 👇
business-standard.com/article/compan
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EXCLUSIVE: Greaves Electric, which manufactures Ampere 2-wheelers, is expecting to post losses till FY24, as per its internal projections of last year.
The company expects to post its first annual net profit of Rs 194.4 crore in FY25.
My report👇
business-standard.com/article/compan
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EXCLUSIVE: IndiGo CEO tells Business Standard that the airline is developing its own model and does not want to be put in a box (called low-cost carrier).
IndiGo's emphasis in next growth phase will be on international network.
& I report:
business-standard.com/article/compan
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has been a first mover in several green sectors.
With , he has offered a novel ride hailing option in the metros. And now is entering into low-cost EV manufacturing.
Will the first mover charm continue?
I write:
business-standard.com/article/automo
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Similarly, Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions posted a net profit of Rs 27.06 crore in FY22.
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EXCLUSIVE:
Yash Raj Films (YRF) posted its highest profit of at last 7 years in FY22 at Rs 106.48 crore.
This is despite YRF in FY22 releasing just one film — Bunty aur Babli 2 — which failed at the box office.
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/en
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EXCLUSIVE:
Air India and AirAsia India are likely to streamline their flight operations on nine domestic routes to avoid internal competition.
For more details: 👇🏼
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/co
Air India under Tatas: One year on
From expanding its reach to bringing in cultural changes, the flight has had its challenges
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Big scoop by today. All the back and forth between the management and crew of AI on the urination on board case
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The Air India pee-gate incident has been the talk of the town ever since it was highlighted by the media. In an exclusive communication accessed by @htTweets it is learnt that all the concerned heads of departments knew about the incident immediately on landing.
#AirIndiaHorror twitter.com/htTweets/statu…
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IndiGo and Vistara flew more domestic passengers in 2022 than 2019
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Auto firms have foot on price pedal, even as commodity costs tail off business-standard.com/article/automo
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In BS today: Auto majors like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Kia, and Hero MotoCorp have continued to hike prices, even as commodity costs have eased during the past several months.
& I report:
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/au
In BS today: Flights on India's top 10 domestic routes increased in 2022 but were still below their pre-Covid peaks, according to the data from aviation analytics company Cirium.
My report👇🏼
wap.business-standard.com/article/curren
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2024 is an election year & is getting ready to handle more VIPs & HNIs through its business jet terminal
Capacity to go up from 140 ✈️ movements to 250: m.economictimes.com/industry/trans #aviation
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EXCLUSIVE: Tatas have doubled the authorised share capital of AIX Connect to Rs 10,000 crore. It has also increased the airline’s borrowing limit to Rs 4,500 crore, readying it for expansion.
My report 👇🏼
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/co
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EXCLUSIVE: Fairfax-owned Bangalore International Airport (BIAL), which operates India’s third-busiest airport in Bengaluru, has incurred a net loss of Rs 356.89 crore in FY22 due to the continuing impact of Covid-19.
My report👇🏼
wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/co
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EXCLUSIVE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) says Vistara has not reached profitability "as it has not reached a scale where there are cost and network efficiencies".
Tatas and SIA last month infused Rs 650 crore in Vistara.
My report👇
business-standard.com/article/compan
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EXCLUSIVE: Wadia Group, through its Mauritius-based entity Baymanco Investments, has decided to infuse Rs 510 crore into its airline Go First to meet its “working capital requirements” and for “general corporate purposes.
My report👇
business-standard.com/article/compan
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Reading widely - across many topics, disciplines, histories & geographies - is often championed for the acquisition of *knowledge*
I disagree!
Equally powerful, for me at least, is constant realisation of my *ignorance*
The more I read, the more I realise how much I don’t know
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#DelhiMetro completes two decades of running below and above Delhi.
Special feature in today tracking the journey of this urban transport which is now synonymous with the identity of the grand old city.
Beautiful page designed by &
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It's high time that Hon'ble Minister looks into this discrimination Are DGCA rules discriminatory against Indian Pilots?
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How green can the steel sector be?
In the final episode of our special series, & spoke to Manish Mishra, Chief Corporate Affairs of to find out!
⚡️ Stay Tuned ⚡️
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An article by that talks about the thorny issues between 9W’s owner designate (JKC) and the committee of creditors.
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In this complex game of claims and counter-claims, Jet Airways, which was supposed to take to the skies again by October this year, remains firmly on the ground business-standard.com/article/compan
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