Bombay High Court rules in favour of RIL: Directs MMRDA to refund Rs 646 croreBombay High Court quashed a Rs 1,116 crore demand against Reliance Industries for alleged construction delays on its BKC complex. The court...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Tourists in Vietnam may face wider travel disruption as fuel crunch forces airlines to cut flightsVietnam Airlines is set to reduce domestic flights starting April 1 due to jet fuel shortages and escalating prices, a consequence of the M...
24 Mar, 2026, 10.34 AM IST
US FAA sued by environmental groups over SpaceX Starship launch debrisEnvironmental groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, American Bird Conservancy, Surfrider Foundation, Save RGV and the Carri...
02 May, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
China's homegrown jetliner gets key certificate for market entry, needs two more to become fully operationalThe C919 has gone through tests in various types of extreme natural environments including high temperature, high humidity, severe cold, gu...
03 Oct, 2022, 05.53 PM IST
SpaceX wins environmental approval for launch of Mars rocketAn environmental assessment by the Federal Aviation Administration has concluded that SpaceX's plans for orbital launches will have "no sig...
14 Jun, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
China launches four satellites into planned orbitsThe satellites were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province at 11:03 am loc...
11 Jun, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
China successfully launches new generation meteorological satelliteChina on Thursday successfully launched the first of a new generation meteorological satellite into planned orbit which will be used in the...
03 Jun, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
DGCA moves NGT, says impossible for aircraft to dump poop mid-airThe DGCA has now moved a plea seeking review and stay of the December 20, 2016 and the January 10 order of the tribunal claiming that it wa...
21 May, 2018, 03.06 PM IST
India re-elected to ICAO CouncilIndia has been re-elected to the new Council of ICAO as one of the states making the largest contribution in facilitating global air naviga...
04 Oct, 2013, 06.21 PM IST
- Ajit Singh against EU carbon tax
Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Monday said that India is strongly opposed to any kind of sustainable measures that would restrict gr...
09 Oct, 2012, 03.48 AM IST
International Civil Aviation Organization moves ahead on aircraft carbon dioxide standardThe ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) on Tuesday unanimously agreed on a carbon dioxide (CO2) metric system whic...
12 Jul, 2012, 08.58 PM IST
EU's carbon tax will make it hard for global aviation and trade to recoverIndia's decision to fight the European Union's impending carbon aviation tax highlights the politics of linkage between climate change and ...
12 Jul, 2012, 04.55 AM IST
- Independent body to be set-up to deal with aviation safety
Once the draft is finalised, it would be circulated to other ministries for their inputs before it is placed before the Union Cabinet for a...
31 Oct, 2011, 01.36 AM IST
- Finally, Navi Mumbai airport gets green nod
Mumbai will finally have a modern airport. The much-delayed project got the green light on Monday, after the ministries of environment and ...
23 Nov, 2010, 02.36 AM IST
- Navi Mumbai airport project: Patel vows to address Ramesh’s concerns
On Thursday, environment minister Jairam Ramesh had met civil aviation minister Praful Patel to sort out differences over the project.
28 Aug, 2010, 04.03 AM IST
- UN seeks better environment performance from aviation sector
Urging the aviation industry to balance its development with environment protection, the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organi...
08 Dec, 2007, 01.17 PM IST
- Don't fly too high or you may get the heat!
Environmentalists say the airline industry is becoming the fastest growing contributor to global warming. But aircraft manufacturers deny t...
06 Aug, 2007, 02.24 PM IST