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India, for the first time, will get an apex board of professionals in the next 2-3 months which will guide and advise the government on issues of road and vehicle safety.

Boeing Co has found debris in the fuel tanks of dozens of undelivered 737 MAX jets amid ongoing inspections as the Chicago-based planemaker struggles to restore the trust of airlines and the wider public in the grounded fleet. More than 50% of the undelivered 737 MAX jets inspected thus far have had debris found in them.

The Indian aviation ministry on Saturday requested flyers “be a responsible traveller” and mind “etiquettes of flying". The ministry said, "Your seat is not a sleeper berth. Don't be inconsiderate of other people's space.” The debate on reclining seats started again after a viral video showed a passenger on a US flight repeatedly punching a reclined seat.

Trai on Friday suggested that, while both subscriber base and revenue are considered in determining marketshare for mobile and internet service providers, only revenue should be taken into account in marketshare calculation for other services like national and international long distance telephony.

With the onset of tourism in the Leh valley, the locals started getting influenced by the architecture followed in the cities and town. Soon enough, many mud houses were being converted into cement houses as a cement house was a sign of affluence.

The second day of Star FLOW — The Change Festival, an initiative by The Times of India — opened with the session ‘The New Brand Model — Are you creating Brands or Consumers?’ by Marty Neumeier, director of CEO Branding at Liquid Agency, redefining branding for marketers.

To prevent frauds like what happened at Karvy Stock Broking, markets regulator Sebi is considering a unique identity number for dematerialised shares that will establish a trail of ownership.

The government is going to seek a relaxation in rules for classification of bank loans to a certain set of companies as a “sub-standard” asset, citing difficulties faced by them. These entities are engaged in export and import, or are those that depend on raw materials and inputs, from China where businesses have been impacted due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A day after GMR group said it is selling 49% stake in its airports business to Aeroports de Paris SA (Groupe ADP) of France, the deal has been approved by the competition watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Cash-strapped, struggling operations of Vodafone Idea saw a glimmer of hope to raise funds with the department of telecom (DoT) approving the merger of Indus Towers with Bharti Infratel to form one of the world’s largest tower companies.

PhonePe ATM, a new service that lets consumers withdraw cash from its offline merchants via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), has angered rivals who have drawn the attention of the regulator to the issue, three people aware of the matter said.

Oil prices fell on Friday as a rise in new cases of coronavirus and weak Asian economic data fuelled uncertainty about the economic outlook and as major crude producers showed no rush to cut output.

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus threatens to erase $29 billion of this year's revenue for global airlines, mostly for Chinese carriers, as travel crashes worldwide, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

A special court on Friday granted bail to Kapil Wadhawan, chairman and managing director of Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL) who is accused of having dealings with dead gangster Iqbal Mirchi in the past. Kapil Wadhawan (46) was arrested on January 27 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

In a bid to make flying safer, flight crew and air traffic controllers (ATCO) will now be tested for drug abuse, just like breath-analyser (BA) checks to ensure that they are not tipsy. DGCA chief, Arun Kumar has ordered "random drug testing for the consumption of (10) psychoactive substances" like cocaine, marijuana/hashish, MDMA or ecstasy and morphine/opiate.

Walmart's Flipkart has filed a legal challenge against an antitrust investigation ordered against the company in India, a court filing seen by Reuters showed, following a similar petition by its rival Amazon.com Inc.

India has been hitting the US "very hard" on trade for many years with high tariffs, according to President Donald Trump who said he will "talk business" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first official visit to the country.

The top 4 Indian IT firms have over 55,000 American employees in the US. The number is sharply up from a few years ago, and reflects the companies’ efforts to overcome visa barriers and become more global in their operations. Including Cognizant, the tally of American employees is over 1 lakh. Cognizant employs 46,400 people in North America.