NEW DELHI: Air India has launched a fleet-wide inspection of fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft after a malfunction was reported on a flight from London Heathrow to Bengaluru.The move follows an incident earlier this week in which a pilot flagged a defect in the fuel control switch of a Boeing 787-8…
NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry’s arm, DGTR, has initiated an anti-dumping probe into imports of nylon chips and granules — used in the textiles industry, from China and Russia, following a complaint by a domestic manufacturer. The applicant has alleged that the dumping of Nylon 6 Chips and Granules with relative viscosity (RV) below 3…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Thursday said it regretted the incident after one of its pilots on a Vancouver–Delhi flight on December 23 was found to be under the influence of alcohol by Canadian authorities.Flight AI186 was delayed at Vancouver airport after the cockpit crew member was offloaded ahead of departure. In a statement, an…
Karnataka’s chief minister Siddaramaiah (File Photo) BENGALURU : The state government has revived efforts to include the Kuruba sub-caste in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list, drawing backlash from the Opposition BJP as chief minister Siddaramaiah belongs to the community.Kurubas (shepherds), Karnataka’s third-largest community, are classified as OBCs but have been pressing for ST status. Scheduled…