Plane carrying 67 passengers from Baku to Russia crashes in Kazakhstan

A passenger plane travelling from Azerbaijan to southern Russia with 67 people on board crashed near Aktau, a city in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, CNN reported, citing local officials. Kazakhstan's......

Putin apologises for Azerbaijan plane crash, offers explanation

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev for the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 in which 38 passengers were killed near Aktau in......

'Soldiers pointed a gun to my head'

'Please get us home': An Indian family stranded in Almaty, Kazakhstan. IMAGE: The Nagpals at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Photographs: Kind courtesy Sumeet Nagpal  ......

7-day mandatory home quarantine for international arrivals in India

India on Friday made seven-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals and an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as it issued revised guidelines for international passengers. The......

The best airline staff in the world

No matter where are you flying globally, here are the world’s most courteous, friendly, helpful and efficient airline crews from each continent. The recently-held World Airline Award by......

Delhi Airport is the 6th busiest in Asia

In contrast to its global peers, a lion’s share of Delhi airport’s growth came from domestic flyers, which, at 46.6 million, makes up for 73 per cent of the total number of passengers.......

Air India mulls taking its global ops to CIS destinations

Air India, which is set to fly to Moscow from early next month, is exploring CIS destinations among the new places that it wants to expand its global operations to, an airline official said.The......

India's domestic air traffic growth to be world's 2nd highest

India's domestic air travel market would be among the top five globally, experiencing the second highest growth rate in domestic passenger traffic after Kazakhstan but before China, IATA said on......

How China's coronavirus is affecting sports world

Badminton, tennis and basketball were among other sports whose governing bodies were rearranging events, weighing possible changes or monitoring the implications of the outbreak. IMAGE: Security......

Humpy finishes unbeaten

Having won her maiden National women's 'A' chess title with a round to spare yesterday, top seed Grandmaster Koneru Humpy proved she is a cut above the rest as she finished unbeaten in the 17-round......

Sports Shorts: Hoffman triumphs by one shot in Mexico

Charley Hoffman of the United States celebrates with his family. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images American Charley Hoffman, helped by some brilliant iron play down the stretch, clinched his first......