Avishek G. Dastidar

Policy faux pas and cadre pushback may have likely brought down the axe on Railway Board member (operations and business development) Hitendra Malhotra

The aim is to build interconnected systems: high-speed passenger rail aligned with freight backbones, highways supported by a deleveraging NHAI, waterways linked to ports and aviation to niche connectivity

A civil aviation ministry statement said the Learjet 45 aircraft of VSR Ventures, a non-scheduled airline operator, had undergone an airworthiness review as recently as September 2025

The Deendayal Port Authority has awarded TuTr Hyperloop a Rs 8.7 crore contract to pick up and transport 40-tonne containers at speeds of up to 200 kmph

The findings of the DGCA inquiry underline a broader lesson for the low-cost airline model itself, based on which new players enter India's booming domestic aviation space

The Dogri and Kashmiri specialities served evoke a commentary on identity and integration, the gastronomic experiment also part of a railway-catering overhaul

The aim is to break the corrupt 'managed' system of vehicle-testing and power India's vehicle scrappage policy that has failed to take off

If the consolidation in the works goes through, Indian aviation is poised to emerge stronger and smoother in 2026

Railway fare hike was long a political minefield. The Modi government has changed the narrative while indicating that lower-end passengers would be protected

While railways has within days transported a passenger equivalent of 1,695 flights, faster and reliable overnight long-distance trains are the real insurance to aviation shocks