
DGCA Withdraws Weekly-Rest Ban After 1,200+ IndiGo Cancellations Cripple Nationwide Travel
India’s aviation regulator has rolled back a key rest rule after severe crew shortages triggered nationwide flight disruptions.

India’s aviation regulator has rolled back a key rest rule after severe crew shortages triggered nationwide flight disruptions.

IndiGo’s crew shortages and FDTL rules trigger mass cancellations, tripling fares and stranding thousands until February 2026.

A retired BMTC driver’s two-year threats over his wife’s paralysis ended in a devastating murder-suicide, exposing caregiver despair in urban India.

IndiGo suspends all Delhi departures until midnight on 5 December due to crew woes and FDTL rules, stranding thousands nationwide.

Uttar Pradesh mandates detention centres in 17 urban bodies to hold Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants identified via slum and sanitation worker verifications.

Russian President Putin pledges to urge US President Trump to scrap the ‘wrong’ 25% tariff penalising India’s Russian oil imports, as Modi echoes concerns over disrupted energy ties.

IIT Kharagpur’s research uncovers how disposable paper cups leach 25,000 microplastic particles into hot beverages in 15 minutes, urging a switch to kulhads or steel for health and eco-safety.

IndiGo’s CEO apologised for over 1,200 flight cancellations triggered by new crew rules, stranding lakhs as the airline plans cuts and seeks exemptions till February 2026.

Reserve Bank of India reduces repo rate to 5.25 per cent in sixth consecutive cut, projecting 7.3 per cent FY26 GDP growth.

A 45-year-old father’s tragic suicide in his under-construction Nallurhalli home followed relentless extortion demands and civic harassment by neighbours, leaving a 10-page note and sparking arrests.