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A Deepening Operational Crisis India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has once again disrupted air travel with hundreds of flight cancellations, prompting unprecedented regulatory intervention. Despite CEO Pieter Elbers’ assurances that operations had stabilised, nearly 220 flights were cancelled on Wednesday alone—137 from Delhi, 21 from Mumbai, and the rest primarily from Bengaluru. The cancellations compound ongoing disruptions that…

A New Chapter Opens in Moscow In late October, a discreet but consequential development unfolded: senior figures from India’s top private defence companies travelled to Russia for rare, low-profile meetings on potential joint ventures. These engagements—unpublicised and sensitive—mark an inflection point in India’s defence industrial trajectory. They reveal New Delhi’s attempt to rejuvenate legacy Russian platforms…

IIT Bombay has taken an unprecedented step by launching India’s first academia-managed venture capital fund dedicated to deep-tech start-ups. The ₹250-crore Y-Point Venture Capital Fund signals a decisive shift in how research-led companies are financed—transforming universities from passive knowledge centres into active providers of high-risk capital. In a landscape where deep-tech ventures often struggle to cross the…

A recent courtroom exchange involving Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has ignited fierce debate. During hearings on petitions concerning the detention and deportation of Rohingya individuals, the CJI asked a straightforward legal question: who had conferred refugee status on them under Indian law? What followed was a wave of criticism portraying his remark…

Crisis Unfolds, Court Holds Back India’s aviation sector was rocked this week as the IndiGo operational crisis—marked by thousands of cancellations and widespread passenger distress—intensified. Despite the scale of disruption, the Supreme Court refused an urgent hearing on a petition seeking intervention, observing that the government and regulators had already taken “timely steps.” For the moment, passengers…

Transforming Border Connectivity Defense Minister Rajnath Singh recently inaugurated 125 strategically important infrastructure projects across seven states and two union territories, spearheaded by the Border Roads Organization (BRO). Among them, the Shyok Tunnel in Leh, Ladakh, stands out as a game-changing development. These initiatives aim to enhance border logistics in challenging terrains, reinforce national defense preparedness,…

The Pattern Behind India’s Airline Collapses Airlines in India rarely die from a single blow; they perish from predictable, preventable causes. You don’t need strategy consultants, economists, or expert committees to understand this pattern. What you need—though it is often missing in Delhi—is basic, unvarnished common sense. For decades, India’s aviation sector has operated inside a…