The Catch Up: DGCA summons IndiGo CEO over nationwide flight chaos (10 Dec)

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch up on three things by the
Indian Express and I'm Flora Swine. Today's the tenth of
December and here are the headlines. A sharp exchange erupted
in the Lok Sabha As Congress MPKC. Waynogopal questioned why
the Chief Justice of India was excluded from the panels.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Selecting the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. Vinegobal argued
that the government had diluted an important safeguard. Responding firmly,
a senior BGP leader and former Law minister Avishankatrishak counted
that an elected government trusted over the nuclear button should
certainly be entrusted with choosing a competent CC or EC.
He insisted there was no reason to doubt the government's

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intentions or credibility in this election process. In other major
news of the day, the DGCA has summoned INDIGO CEO
Peter Elbers to appear tomorrow at three pm with full
data explaining the VR network quired disruption that has crippled
flight operations since last week. Senior officials from all relevant

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departments must join the meeting. INDIGO is expected to present
details on flight restoration, recruitment plans for pilots and crew,
refunds for canceled flights, baggage clearance delays, timely passenger communication
and re routing arrangements. Both the DGCA and the Civil
Aviation Ministry have held multiple meetings as cancelations continue to
throw India's aviation system into dissarray. Moving on days after

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the Goa nightclub fire that killed twenty five people, alleged
owners Sareb and God of Lutra approached Rohini Court in
Delhi seeking transit anticipatory bail. Gables said that the two
had flown to Thailand just hours after the tragedy, prompting
INTERPOAL to issue a blue corner notice. The lawyer's senior
advocates without Lutra and advocate Ahmadmir argued before Asgvandhana that

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the brothers were licensees, not owners, and board no vicarious liability.
They added that the duo wasn't present during the late
Saturday fire and sought four weeks protection to pursue legal remedies.
A new political controversy erupted after Congress Ampi Shashi Tharu
was named the recipient of the Weed Sawarker International Impact

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Award presented by HRDs India, which is an angio focused
on CSR and tribal development. Thu clarified that he would
not accept the awards, saying that the organizers had not
provided sufficient details about the award's nature or context. However,
HRDs founder Secretary A. G. Krishnan said that Tharud was
chosen for his work towards nation building and claimed they

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had previously discussed the honor with him. Tharu maintained his
participation was out of question without proper clarifications and in
some global news of the day. The US has revoked
eighty five thousand visas across multiple categories this year as
part of a tougher push to safeguard public safety. According

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to a senior Ustate Department official, that the US assaults
and theft accounted for nearly half the cases. The officials said,
and I quote, we have revoked eighty five thousand visas,
including more than eight thousand students, which is more than
double last year. The US aims to protect individuals posing
a direct threat out of the country. The official added
that wetting remains especially strict for high risk environments, including Afghanissan,

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where security concerns remained significant after the US withdrawal.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
That's all for today.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
This was a cash up on three things by the
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