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Smit Machchhar’s journey: From ‘why become a pilot?’ to ‘Captain, you are a hero’Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot praised for helping save a flydubai flight after a violent cockpit attack, had never originally pl...
Where Does China Fit in Your Company’s Innovation Strategy?For decades, multinationals treated China primarily as either a vast growth market or a rising competitive threat. But as growth slows, com...
ALPA India seeks tax relief for pilots in FY28 BudgetALPA India has called for tax relief measures to address the ongoing attrition of Indian pilots. The organization argues that the current t...
SiMa AI raises $150 million in funding to advance physical AI technology and roboticsThe round was co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Amplify, with participation from Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologi...
Tejas Mk1A delivery delayed despite 27 airframes ready, HAL CMD explains whyHAL CMD Ravi K said the company has prepared 27 Tejas Mk1A airframes, but delivery of the first batch to the IAF awaits testing of systems ...
GFF 2026: FM Sitharaman on India’s tech leap, demographic dividend, AI risks and road to global scaleGlobal Fintech Fest: Sitharaman said that India was experiencing its demographic dividend in real time, with the country’s young population...
In 1939, a Russian-American aviator invented the first practical and mass-produced single-rotor helicopter revolutionizing modern aviationIn 1939, a Russian-American aviator invented the first practical and mass-produced single-rotor helicopter revolutionizing modern aviation....
In 2023, Liz and Rich Muller founded Deep Fission to put working nuclear reactors underground. 4 years later, its Kansas pilot is targeting a 5-MW reactor by late 2027Kansas experiment represents something larger than one company’s attempt to reinvent the nuclear power plant. Deep Fission is testing wheth...
Tata’s battery unit turns to own tech for making lithium cellsTata's Agratas unit is developing its own lithium iron phosphate battery technology. This move comes as China tightens export restrictions ...
Goa govt plans up to 50% subsidy on EVs for bike taxi, autorickshaw operatorsThe Goa government will offer up to a 50% subsidy on electric vehicles for licensed motorcycle pilots and autorickshaw operators, while set...
HC restores pilot's license revoked 15 years ago, says DGCA's suspension order 'illegal'The Bombay High Court quashed a 2011 DGCA order suspending a pilot's license, deeming it illegal for violating natural justice principles b...
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...
DGCA issued record 1,628 commercial pilot licenses in 2024: GovtThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a record 1,628 commercial pilot licenses in 2024, more than 2.5 times the number fr...
Pilot Project: Indian aviation faces twin troublesIndian aviation sector is facing a shortage of trained and experienced pilots even though there are long roster of licensed but inadequatel...
Govt amends aircraft rules; commercial pilot licenses to be valid for 10 yearsThe Indian government has extended the validity of commercial pilot licenses (CPL) from five years to ten years as part of efforts to impro...
40 pc of commercial pilot licenses in India issued to cadets trained in foreign countries: GovtThe minister, in a written reply, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had on September 25 last year come up with a liberalised flyin...
DGCA launches phase 1 services of e-Governance project, automates issuance of CPLAviation regulator DGCA on Monday launched the phase-1 services of the e-Governance (eGCA) project under which issuance of commercial pilot...
- Daughter of DGCA No. 2 got licence from school with no plane
Without a single aircraft at their airport base, the DGCA granted Touchwood Aviation the approval to start flying training for CPL students.
- DGCA's daughter got licence from school with no plane
Touchwood Aviation, the school DGCA joint DG A K Sharan's daughter Rashmi trained at for her pilot licence, did not have a single aircraft.
- Licenses of all pilots under scrutiny: Zaidi
The DGCA is scrutinising the commercial pilot licenses (CPL) of all the CPL holders and their documents.