Jyotsna Suri is leading the group to a Rs 1,200 crore IPO.

Aruna Sundararajan is setting the agenda for the telecom sector's next phase of growth.

Air India's turnaround was so futile that even after pumping in Rs 28,000 crore into the airline, it could barely generate operating profits (not even net profits) of Rs 403.03 crore in two financial years  (2015-16 and  2016-17).

In India, the drone policy presents a huge opportunity for both private and government sectors.

There are four culprits, in no particular order: high Aviation Turbine Fuel price, rupee depreciation, rising maintenance costs, and elevated competition.

We have a so-called focused market strategy. India is definitely at the centre of our global growth ambitions because there are only a few markets with the same size and opportunity as India, says Florian Seiche. 

Less than a year after taking charge, K.J. Alphons, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, launched a revamped Incredible India campaign. Alphons, who is candid about the issues facing India's tourism sector and wants to reduce the role of the government to just promoting tourism, speaks about efforts to make tourism hip again in a conversation with Business Today's Manu Kaushik and Joe C. Mathew. Edited excerpts:

Vajpayee government took some historic decisions to fast-track the growth in the telecom sector.

The airline has delayed its first quarter results announcement after its audit committee didn't recommend it to the board. Hours before the deferment, the chairman of the audit committee - Srinivasan Vishvanathan - had reportedly resigned from his job.

Turkish ground handling services company Celebi Aviation Holding expects India business to triple once the new ground handling policy kicks in and more domestic airlines choose to outsource their ground handling services to third-party agencies.

The transition from 4G to 5G will be a software transition so it can be done much faster, says Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan.

After months of unsuccessful attempts at selling the ailing national carrier, the government decided to pump in additional money.

Thales India, part of the Thales Group - one of the world's largest defence suppliers - is betting big on India along with China and the US. Of late, Thales has acquired a few companies in the digital space to expand in data analytics and cybersecurity. Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO of the Thales Group, speaks to Business Today's Prosenjit Datta and Manu Kaushik on the next big areas and what makes India attractive. Edited excerpts:

Jet's expenses has registered a steep rise, primarily led by aviation turbine fuel cost, foreign exchange losses, loans advances to subsidiary JetLite, and aircraft maintenance charges.

In the previous quarter, the telco saved itself from the profits of its earlier loss-making Africa operations and income of the towers arm. This time, the saviour turned out to be deferred tax gains.

According to ratings agency ICRA, the aggregate loss of the aviation sector is expected to reach Rs 3,600 crore in 2018-19, up from around Rs 2,500 crore in 2017-18.

TRAI has recommended a series of measures on 'privacy, security, and ownership of data in telecom networks'. It said consumers have the primary right over their data. Watch Business Today's Senior Associate Editor Manu Kaushik talk about new recommendations with Danny D'Cruze.

At present, telcos pay different levies such as spectrum usage charge (SUC), licence fees and Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). On top of this, telcos charge 18 per cent GST from consumers that goes to the government's kitty.

Green shoots in the hospitality sector coupled with buoyancy in the primary market has paved the way for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the hotels sector.

The demand by DoT is unjustifiable on two grounds. Firstly, the telcos have got stay orders from various high courts against the payment of OTSC to DoT. Since the telcos are still contesting the matter, the demand for spectrum charges is untenable.