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1 week ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Arindam Majumder |Kala Vijayraghavan

chairman A Boeing 787 aircraft crashed last week seconds after taking off, killing 241 passengers and 33 on the ground. “Aviation is a very complex business, it's a complex machine, so a lot of redundancies, checks and balances, certifications, which have been perfected over years and years. Yet this happened, so we will figure out why it happened after the investigation is complete,” Chandrasekaran said according to a recording of the speech he gave at the airline’s headquarters.

1 week ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Riya Sharma

Shares of Asian Paints climbed nearly 1% on Monday to Rs 2235.8 on the BSE after a large block deal saw 85 lakh shares worth Rs 1,876 crore change hands, according to a report by ET NOW.The deal comes on the heels of last week’s significant transaction where Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) offloaded a 3.6% equity stake in Asian Paints to SBI Mutual Fund through a block deal executed on Thursday.SBI Mutual Fund, India’s largest asset manager, acquired the 3.6% stake for Rs 7704 crore ($900...

2 weeks ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi

New Delhi: The fatal Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, a bomb scare causing emergency landing of a Phuket-Delhi flight, and several flight diversions due to Iranian airspace closure after Israel attack… An unprecedented wave of disruptions in two days has spooked Indian air travellers, with many seeking to reschedule their trips in the near term, travel companies say.Many business and leisure travellers have taken to social media for queries and rescheduling requests.On Friday, Air...

2 weeks ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Kalyan Parbat

Kolkata: A potential delay in Vodafone Idea 's targeted ₹50,000-55,000 crore capex spends to bolster its 4G and 5G operations could result in Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio cornering revenue and customer share in the loss-making telco's seven biggest markets that generate 50% of its revenues, analysts said.Industry experts expect the financially stronger Jio and Airtel to step up capex spends to specifically poach customers and grab market share from Vi in these seven key circles amid the...

2 weeks ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Teena Thacker

New Delhi: Leading diagnostic chains are looking to scale up their operations amid surging Covid-19 cases in the country. Executives said they were seeing a "noticeable" spike in the testing, particularly RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests . However, there is little consensus on taking booster shots."To ensure prompt service, we've enhanced our testing capacity, streamlined workflows, and reinforced staffing, even extending working hours.