The Catch Up: IndiGo to submit 'full report' amid flight disruptions (11 Dec)

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is the catch upon three Things by the Indian
Express and I am at Shasharma. Today is the eleventh
of December and here are today is headlines, starting with
major news. Indigo, already grappling with staff shortages, mass ticket cancellations,
refund complications and government scrutiny, has been directed to submit

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a full report today on its widespread flight disruption. CEO
Peter Elbers has been summoned by the Directorate General of
Civil Aviation for a meeting today. Senior officials from all
relevant departments must also attend it. This comes a day
after the government ordered Indigo to cut ten percent of
its scheduled operations, reflecting growing alarm within aviation authorities over
the airline's operational stability and passenger inconvenience. And now in

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some news from Goa. After the detention of Sareb and
GOREV Lutra in Thaland over the Goa nightclub fire that
killed twenty five people, their legal team released the statement
asserting the brothers are law abiding citizens who never intended
to evade the process of law and erroneously portrayed. Senior
Advocate than Viirahmadmi advised them to return and face India

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judicial process. The brothers were detained inficate following a request
from Indian agencies, and deputation proceedings have begun under the
India Thailand Extradition Treaty operational since twenty fifteen. They faced
serious charges including culpable homicide and negligence. And now we
shift our focus to news from the Parliament. A fresh

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appro adopted in the Lok sabhav And BJPMP and Urak
Tako alleged that Trinamul Congress members had been smoking e
cigarettes inside the house for days despite a nationwide band
During questionnaire, Takur asked Speaker Ombilah whether e cigarettes were permitted,
to which Billah firmly replied no. Taku then claimed tmcmps
were sitting in the house and smoking it and urged

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that the matter be checked. Bidla instructed Tako to submit
a written complaint and assured that appropriate action would follow
after verification. And now in news making global headlines. At
a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, US Representative Billyuzenga described
India US ties as a defining relationship of the twenty

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first century, emphasizing their strategic importance for a free Indo Pacific. However,
he noted that India's participation in Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit
in China and President Putin's recent visit to New Delhi
had caused understandable Concernsing also reflected on India's historic foreign
policy of non alignment, saying the relationship continues to evolve

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as both nations navigate global competition, shared interests, and differing
geopolitical engagements. And in last of headlines, today, Mexico Senate
has approved steep tariff increases up to fifty percent on
imports from China and several Asian nations beginning next year,
aiming to strengthen domestic industries, despite opposition from businesses and

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affected governments. The measure, already cleared by the lower house,
will impose or raise duties from twenty twenty six on
products like automobiles, autoparts, textiles, plastics, clothing, and steel from
countries without trade agreements with Mexico, including China, India, South Korea,
Highland and Indonesia. Most targeted goods will face tariff hikes

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of up to thirty five percent, signaling a major shift
in Mexico's trade policy. And with that This was all
for today. This was the catch upon three things by
the Indian Express.