Black-marketeers seem to be hijacking the country's massive repatriation mission amidst virus restrictions, with an India Today investigation finding various travel operators selling Vande Bharat tickets to stranded passengers at a high premium.
Remember, India launched this special service on May 7 as the raging pandemic brought international travel to a screeching halt. According to official data, more than a million Indians have been brought back home and more than 130,000 flown out on Air India's Vande Bharat flights so far.
That said, passengers frustrated at sold-out labels on the airline's dismally-slow booking portal are being fleeced by unscrupulous agents right in the national capital, India Today's undercover probe found.
A day after US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the landmark India-US trade deal and that he would reduce reciprocal tariffs from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, a massive political war has erupted in Delhi.
In an exclusive interview with India Today's Geeta Mohan and Marya Shakil, American journalist Tucker Carlson spoke on a wide range of issues, including the US-India trade deal and the role of social media.
This Get Real India report focusses on a horrific crime in Maharashtra's Nanded district, where a seven-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father to contest panchayat elections.
This edition of News Today focusses on the newly announced trade pact between India and the United States following a phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump.
