Black Friday–Cyber Monday: India sees 20–25% sales surge; brands advance promotions by a week

Black Friday-to-Cyber Monday sales in India are seeing strong traction this year, with retailers and company executives reporting a 20–25% increase compared with last year. The surge started early, as brands began their promotions a week before Black Friday and plan to keep offers running beyond Cyber Monday. Platforms such as Tata CLiQ, Nykaa, Flipkart,…

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Airbus software update: DGCA grounds A320 family jets; affected flights can’t operate till inspection, modification | India News

Air India A320 neo (Source: Air India official website) NEW DELHI: The director general of civil aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued a mandatory safety order for Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. This came after Airbus announced an urgent software repair for 6,000 A320-family jets, a large recall that affects more than half of…

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Intense solar radiation risk? Why Airbus pushed an A320 software update — impact on flights, ops explained

Airbus has issued an urgent global alert to A320-family operators, instructing them to immediately fix a newly identified software problem that could affect flight-control systems on thousands of aircraft. The directive which takes effect Saturday evening (US Eastern time) was triggered after Airbus determined that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning…

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Shield BLOs from ‘unruly’ party workers, Election Commission tells Bengal police | India News

Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday wrote to the West Bengal DGP and Kolkata police commissioner directing them to protect the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in special intensive revision in the state, “from unruly political party workers” who may be pressurising and threatening them to add…

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‘Operation Sagar Bandhu’: India flies 12 tonnes of aid to flood-hit Sri Lanka; island battered by Cyclone Ditwah | India News

India flies C-130 J plane carrying approx 12 tons of humanitarian aid to cylcone-hit Sri Lanka External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday announced that a C-130J aircraft carrying around 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid has landed in Colombo. The delivery is part of India’s Operation Sagar Bandhu, launched on Friday to assist Sri Lanka…

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Over 350 planes hit: Airbus A320 software snag set to cause major flight disruptions — 10 things to know | India News

Airbus A320 (Picture from Airbus official website) NEW DELHI: Air travel in India and around the world is expected to face major disruptions after Europe-based Airbus issued a technical directive ordering a software upgrade for its A320 family aircraft. In India, more than 350 IndiGo and Air India A320 planes will remain grounded for the…

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