India has 25,001 active pilots: Govt tells parliamentIndia currently has 25,001 active pilots. This includes 10,261 pilots holding an Airline Transport Pilot License. The Directorate General o...
12 Feb, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
Inputs sought from IMF, World Bank to integrate e-comm data into CPIThe Indian statistics ministry is collaborating with global organisations like the World Bank, IMF, and UNSD to incorporate e-commerce data...
03 Mar, 2025, 12.03 AM IST
Section of Akasa Air pilots seeks detailed DGCA auditResentment is growing among Akasa Air pilots over training issues, leading to calls for a DGCA audit. Pilots are forming a union and citing...
29 Dec, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
People with ambition to become pilots should look at 'fascinating' Indian market: IATA chiefIATA Director General Willie Walsh expressed optimism about India's aviation sector, citing significant aircraft orders and growth potentia...
10 Dec, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
Digital crop survey on cards to fine-tune farm statisticsA mobile application of the digital crop survey and relevant web applications will be used by nodal officials of states to gather data on c...
02 May, 2024, 12.16 AM IST
- UIDAI launches special enrolment drive in 4 states,UTs
Although the states have achieved full enrollment, the exercise it still continued to ensure that no one is left in Haryana, Goa, Chandigar...
20 Feb, 2023, 02.01 PM IST
Mid-week motivation: Anand Mahindra proud to see India lead with world's highest share of female pilotsMahindra shared the global statistics of the share of women pilots in the world.
02 Nov, 2022, 10.03 AM IST
Why India produces twice as many women airline pilots as the US. India has the highest percentage of female pilots globally, the International Society of Women Airline Pilots estimates, with about 12.4%...
09 Aug, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
GDP base revision to take hit as Household Consumer Expenditure Survey gets delayedCovid has thrown a wrench into India’s plan to move to the chain base method to estimate GDP.
17 Jun, 2020, 11.39 PM IST
Women pilots' percentage in India is twice that of global average, data showsDelhi-based regional carrier Zoom employs the highest percentage of women pilots in the world, at 30%.
09 Nov, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: India's first Big Data manPCM is popularly known among Indians for his draft of the Second Five-Year Plan which he submitted to the National Development Council in 1...
29 Jun, 2018, 06.30 PM IST
Google honours statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis with doodle on 125th birth anniversaryMahalanobis was an Indian scientist and the founder of Indian Statistical Institute.
29 Jun, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
Maharashtra tops list of deaths due to drug abuse: GovernmentThe drug abuse and addiction suicides reported in 2012 were 4,008, which climbed up to 4,591 in 2013 and then fell by almost 21% in 2014.
22 Jul, 2016, 09.56 AM IST
Now, a survey to find out how people spend their 24 hoursFocus of the survey will be women, especially since most studies simply ignore the amount of work that goes into keeping a household runnin...
20 Jan, 2015, 10.45 AM IST
Annual services survey to be launched soonAt the moment, the only data source for services sector firms is the enterprises survey done by the NSSO once every five years.
08 May, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
Plan ready to compile inter-state trade dataThe government is ready with a road map to capture interstate trade data, considered as essential for the proposed Goods and Service Tax re...
13 Mar, 2013, 05.43 AM IST
- Indian women start rulling the sky
At 11%, the strength of Indian women pilots is twice the global average, which stands at 5.8%.
07 Sep, 2006, 02.39 AM IST