Pankaj Upadhyay

Air India business class cabin crew under scrutiny

Air India flight incident: No restriction on serving alcohol in business, first class, says source

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Jan 5, 2023

Air India has said that an internal committee has been constituted to investigate if there were any lapses on part of the cabin crew operating the flight from New York to New Delhi on November 26.

Cyrus Mistry's car accident was likely caused by a combination of factors

Cyrus Mistry death: How the factors leading to the crash will be determined

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Sep 7, 2022

Cyrus Mistry death: Piyush Tiwari, CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation, an NGO that works towards improvement of road safety, said that the accident was a combination of multiple factors.

The agencies impose a fine of Rs 200 whenever a citizen is caught for not abiding by the mask rule at public places in Mumbai

BMC collects over Rs 65 cr in fines from Mumbaikars for not wearing masks

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Aug 29, 2021

Of the total amount, BMC alone has collected a sum of Rs 55,36,64,600. The Mumbai police have collected a sum of Rs 8,70,49,600 and the Railways has collected a sum of Rs 50,39,200

Flyers furious after Delhi-Shirdi IndiGo flight sees landing gear fault

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Aug 10, 2020

A passenger tweeted to Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and said that all the passengers were stranded for 2-3 hours. The airline refused to provide accommodation, it stated

Mumbai airport caters to over 42,000 flyers in first week of flight resumption

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Jun 2, 2020

In the last one week, the passenger load capacity has been the highest on Mumbai-Delhi route with 8,130 passengers departing out of Mumbai airport, operator MIAL said

Air India resumed domestic flight operations from May 25

Flying on Air India? Read these new rules before you board the flight

by Pankaj Upadhyay |May 26, 2020

Passengers should be wearing a mask at all times and carrying Aarogya Setu app on their Mobile phone as only 'green' status will be allowed to enter the airport

Out of the total 15,356 farmer suicides during the six-year period, 396 cases were reported between 1 January 2019 to 28 February 2019

Over 15,000 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in 6 years, reveals RTI data

by Pankaj Upadhyay |Oct 17, 2019

According to experts, farmers commit suicide mainly due to crop failure, damaged crops owing to inclement weather,  lack of water for irrigation, drought issues and poor market prices for the...

This is nearly a five-fold jump in profits mostly due to stabilising crude prices and IndiGo increasing its market share after Jet Airways grounding.

IndiGo cashes in on Jet Airways crisis to increase Q4 profit to Rs 590 crore

by Pankaj Upadhyay |May 27, 2019

However, IndiGo's profit for FY19 stood at a mere Rs 156.1 crore, 93 per cent lower than the net profit in FY18. The massive decline was due to high fuel prices and a weak rupee.

The deadline to submit bids for the Jet Airways stake sale expires on Friday.

Jet Airways bidding process: Etihad shows interest in stake sale, SBI gets two more unsolicited bids

by Pankaj Upadhyay |May 10, 2019

SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar has expressed hope that Jet Airways will not have to face insolvency. "NCLT is the last option. It is the option when no option is left," he said.