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☆ Putin hosts India’s PM to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence near Moscow, Russia July 8, 2024. Their partnership has become more complicated, however, as Russia has moved closer to China amid international isolation of Moscow over Ukraine. Russian state media reported that they would also discuss Moscow helping India build more nuclear power plants. The two countries already are collaborating on the Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. With Moscow's arms industries mostly serving the Russian military in Ukraine, India has been diversifying its defense procurements, buying more from the U.S., Israel, France and Italy.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, Putin, Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Matthew Miller, Vinay Mohan Kwatra Organizations: India's, Indian, NATO, . State Department, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, India, Russian Locations: Moscow, Russia, Washington, Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan, Beijing, Russian, Kyiv, India, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, United States, Vladivostok, Uzbekistan, U.S, Israel, France, Italy, Chennai, East

☆ Bangladesh floods: Nearly 2 million people stranded as devastating floods hit northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Extensive flooding has stranded about 1.8 million people in northeast Bangladesh, following weeks of heavy rains that have submerged homes and devastated farmland, according to state media and humanitarian agencies. There is concern for those trapped by floodwaters who now face food shortages and a lack of clean water, according to local media. A mother holds her son in front of her house in floodwater on June 20, 2024 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Salahuddin Paulash/Drik/Getty ImagesDensely populated and low-lying Bangladesh is prone to seasonal rains, flooding and cyclones. People move their belongings through a flooded street in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on June 20, 2024.

Persons: Bangladesh Sangbad, Sunamganj, ” Sheldon Yett, Salahuddin Paulash, ”, Sultana Begum, ” Hasan Sarwar, Syed Mahamudur Rahman Organizations: CNN, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Water Development, Villagers, United Nations, Children’s Fund, UNICEF, UNICEF Representative, World Bank, Remal, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management, Bangladesh Water Development Locations: Bangladesh, Sylhet, India, floodwater, Asia, Myanmar, Cox’s Bazar, Assam

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Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Modi’s, —, N.D.A Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, B.J.P, Congress, National Democratic Alliance Locations: India, New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Kolkata, Maharashtra Mumbai Visakhapatnam ANDHRA PRADESH Bangalore Andaman, KERALA, New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Kolkata Maharashtra Mumbai Visakhapatnam ANDHRA PRADESH Bangalore Andaman, New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Kolkata Maharashtra Mumbai ANDHRA PRADESH Bangalore KERALA, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, India’s, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad Lucknow Lucknow Ayodhya Ayodhya, Varanasi Varanasi, Ghaziabad Lucknow Ayodhya Kanpur Varanasi, Ayodhya Kanpur Varanasi, Ayodhya, Mumbai, maharashtra maharashtra, Nagpur Nagpur Mumbai Mumbai Pune Pune, Nagpur Mumbai Pune, maharashtra Nagpur Mumbai Pune, maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, Odisha

☆ Analysis: India wants to be the next economic superpower. Half of its population holds the key
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New Delhi CNN —India, the world’s fastest growing major economy, is not firing on all cylinders. The engineering graduate started working at Finnish electronics manufacturer Salcomp’s factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu last year. Adnan Abidi/ReutersLike India, women in China were also relegated to subordinate roles for centuries. Factory jobsMuch of this change is visible in Tamil Nadu, India’s industrial powerhouse where companies such as Foxconn and Samsung have manufacturing plants. Employees test mobile phones on an assembly line of a unit of Foxconn Technology in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on July 12, 2019.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Gunasri Tamilselvan, Tamilselvan, “, ”, It’s, Chandrasekhar Sripada, Adnan Abidi, Mao, ” Mao, Modi, Vishnu Venugopalan, Deepesh Nanda, Karen Dias, Parameshwari, Arun Roy, Roy Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, European Union —, CNN, World Bank, Bank, McKinsey, Indian School of Business, Reuters, Communist Party, Apple, Samsung, Guidance, Tata Group, Tata Power, Foxconn Technology, Bloomberg, Getty, Tata, Tamil Locations: New Delhi, India, Tamil Nadu, South Asia, United States, China, Nongriat, Shillong, Meghalaya, Beijing, Washington, Guidance Tamil, Sriperumbudur, Tirunelveli, Zhengzhou, Tamil

☆ India’s Election Is the ‘Talk of the Town’ in Its Diaspora
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The dishes at a community center potluck for Indian expatriates near Washington, D.C., ranged from chana masala, a popular northern Indian chickpea curry, to idli, a southern Indian rice cake. The guests’ views on India’s general election were equally varied. Supporters of candidates challenging Mr. Modi’s party criticized what they saw as his disregard for minorities and democratic norms. “What is the vision for India in 2024?” the host, Somu Kumar, a manager at a cloud computing company, said recently of that winter potluck. Expatriate Indians also cannot cast absentee ballots under India’s electoral laws.

Persons: chana, Narendra Modi’s, Modi’s, Somu Kumar Organizations: Washington , D.C Locations: Washington ,, India, Delhi’s

☆ Deadly storms turn northeast with 68 million at risk of severe weather on Memorial Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Flash flooding alerts were in place for 9 million people, mostly in Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Indiana. At least 68 million people were under severe weather warnings on Memorial Day, as storms turned toward the Northeast after claiming the lives of at least 19 people and leaving half a million homes and businesses without power across the central United States. Some emergency phones lines had been damaged and were not operational, Kentucky State Police said, according to NBC affiliate WNKY of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Monday's weather warnings come after a torrid night across southern states and in the Great Plains. Weather watchers posted pictures from Missouri and Kentucky showing huge, ominous funnel clouds as well as golf ball-sized hailstones.

Persons: Cindi Watts, Evan Garcia, Mike Morgan, Michelle Grossman, Brian Spurlock Organizations: REUTERS, NBC, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Getty, Kentucky State Police, Tornadoes, NWS, National Weather Service, Lone Star State, West, Associated Press Locations: Temple , Texas, U.S, Colorado, Rand, Denver, Jackson, Tennessee , Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, East Coast, Carolinas, Pennsylvania, New York, United States, INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis , Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Bowling Green , Kentucky, Great, Texas, Oklahoma, Valley View , Texas, Fort Worth, West , Florida

☆ From hunter to guardian: How the ‘Snakeman of India’ found his way into wildlife conservation
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Michelle Cohan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Whitaker would go on to earn the nickname “Snakeman of India,” and spend more than six decades dedicated to reptile research and conservation. His field work with snakes and crocodiles ultimately led his conservation efforts to help save India’s rainforests. We tell people when they’re working in the field, when they’re doing agriculture, use a stick. Romulus Whitaker teaches the next generation about reptiles at his conservation organization, Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, in southern India. And it’s wonderful to realize that dozens, if not hundreds, of young people have continued to do wonderful work with reptiles.

Persons: Romulus Whitaker, ”, Whitaker, Doris Norden Whitaker, Rama Chattopadhyay, Bill Haast, Heyward Clamp Whitaker, I’ve, cobras, we’ve, Arun Sankar, there’s, Cedric Bregnard, You’re Organizations: CNN, Miami Serpentarium, Miami, cobras, Cooperative, Getty Images CNN, Global Health Research, University of Toronto, Research, Cedric Bregnard CNN Locations: America, India, cobras, Mysore, Hoosick , New York, New York, Bombay, Western Ghats, Madras, South India, An, Chennai

☆ Video targeting Muslims faces India police probe as critics accuse Modi’s party of divisive election campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Police in southern India are investigating a senior leader of the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over a campaign video targeting Muslims, as critics accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running an increasingly divisive election. The party has long denied being anti-Islam but opposition politicians and prominent Muslims have warned that its leaders have been deploying openly divisive rhetoric to turbo-charge their campaign. The video was removed Wednesday after a request to X from India’s Election Commission to take it down. Modi’s speech ignited widespread anger among Muslim leaders and opposition politicians and calls for election authorities to investigate. BJP party spokespeople subsequently said Modi was talking about undocumented migrants.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Vijayendra, “, Rahul Gandhi, Critics, Manickam Tagore, ”, Modi’s, Modi, –, spokespeople, Rana Ayyub Organizations: CNN — Police, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, CNN, India’s, Times Locations: India, Karnataka, Congress, Rajasthan, Islam

☆ Make a Great Taco Even Better With Jackfruit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Rivals for the title include a 144-pounder reportedly sighted at a jackfruit festival in the southern Indian state Kerala in 2010. Kerala is where the American poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil first tasted jackfruit, at age 8. Then they watched her devour jackfruit and understood that she was one of them after all. But in 2020, when grocery supplies were running low during the pandemic, she spotted canned young jackfruit at the local store. “It’s about as close as you can get to tearing into flesh,” Nezhukumatathil says.

Persons: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, ”, jackfruit, ” Nezhukumatathil, Nezhukumatathil Organizations: Rivals, Miss Locations: Maharashtra, Kerala, American, Chicago, Oxford, Mississippi, United States

☆ How a store manager from India ended up killed on the battlefields of Ukraine fighting for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Vedika Sud | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I saw holes on the back of his shoulder, his ribs right down till his lower back,” Imran told CNN. “He was going to work as a taxi driver or delivery boy in Russia – that process was on,” Imran said. Meanwhile, India, which has no law preventing its citizens from serving in a foreign state’s military, has acknowledged that a number of its nationals have been fighting for Russia in Ukraine. In early March, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it had busted major human trafficking networks that were duping men into Russian military jobs, with 35 such cases identified. Asfran Mohammed, right, and his brother Imran are pictured with Asran's children before Asfran left for Russia.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Asfan Mohammed, he’d, Imran Mohammad, Vladimir Putin’s, “, ” Imran, Imran, ”, Asfan, Putin, Allen, He’d, Asfran, Mohammed Imran, Inna Varenytsia, Bimala Rai Paudyal, I’d, who’d, Asfran Mohammed, Mohammed Imran “, I’ve Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, CNN, Russian, ”, United Arab Emirates, Reuters Foreign, Kremlin, Indian Ministry, External Affairs, India’s, Bureau of Investigation, Indian Nationals, CBI, Asfan, Indian, Indian Embassy Locations: New Delhi, India, Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Hyderabad, “, Australia, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kreminna, South Asia, Nepal

☆ I spent 2 weeks in India. A highlight was visiting a small mountain town so beautiful it didn't seem real.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Asia London Palomba | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My family and I spent two days in the mountain town of Munnar during a trip through southern India. We visited tea plantations and a national park and spent the night at a boutique hotel. The scenery and relaxing atmosphere made Munnar one of the most beautiful places I've visited. We spent a week by the beach in Kovalam, Christmas Day aboard a private houseboat, and two days seeking refuge from the blistering heat in the mountain town of Munnar. Renowned for its rolling miles of geometric tea plantations shadowed by impressive mountain ranges, Munnar is one of the greenest and most peaceful places I've ever visited.

Persons: I've, — Organizations: Service Locations: Munnar, India, India's, Kerala, Kovalam

☆ The beautiful African paradise islands that most tourists don’t know about
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A couple of African paradise islands have been on the radar of avid world travelers for some time. Shellfish Bay on the island’s windward side shelters one of East Africa’s most spectacular beaches, a crescent of white sand framed by 100-meter dunes. Bazaruto Island Resort, the island’s top digs, can arrange scuba diving and snorkeling, sailing on traditional dhow boats, guided 4x4 wildlife safaris, sandboarding on the dunes and other outdoor activities. Lamu’s best beaches are on the island’s windward side, around a 30–40-minute walk via Shela village. — and an ancient stone nilometer for measuring the river’s water level — reflect the island’s importance during pharaonic times.

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☆ How the Solar Eclipse Affected Eid Timing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Emily Schmall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For centuries, the sighting of a crescent moon has signaled the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fast and prayer for Muslims. This year, the sight was obscured in some parts of the world by the sun’s glare during the total solar eclipse, delaying some Islamic communities’ declaration of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of the fast. Although only a narrow band of North America experienced a total eclipse, the phenomenon reduced lunar visibility elsewhere, experts said. In Saudi Arabia, an authority on religious observances for many Muslims, the government called on all Muslims throughout the kingdom to look for the crescent moon on Monday. When it was not reported seen, the Supreme Court declared on Tuesday that Eid would be celebrated beginning on Wednesday.

Persons: Eid Organizations: North America, Supreme Locations: North, Kerala, India, New Delhi, Saudi Arabia

Editor’s note: Follow along with CNN’s live updates of the total solar eclipse. Special eclipse momentsWhile totality is considered to be the most exciting part of a total solar eclipse, there are other special phases to watch for before the big moment arrives. Amateur astronomers prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, on Monday. After the total solar eclipse ends, it’s a bit of a wait for the next such celestial sightings in the United States. Those living in Alaska will catch a glimpse of a total solar eclipse on March 30, 2033, and a partial solar eclipse will shine over most of the US during that event.

Persons: Ron Jenkins, Karen Siegel, ” Siegel, Michael Zeiler, Heinz, Peter Bader, Pons, Brooks, Fernando Llano, it’s, Don’t Organizations: CNN, NASA, Indianapolis, GPS, Reuters, JPL, Caltech, Amateur Locations: United States, North America, Texas, Maine, Kerrville , Texas, Cleveland, Newfoundland, Canada, Mazatlan, Coast, Fort Worth , Texas, Texas , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Missouri , Illinois , Kentucky , Indiana , Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York , Vermont , New Hampshire, Vermont, Missouri, Indiana, Lincoln , New Hampshire, Newton , Massachusetts, Barton , Vermont, Mexico, Alaska, North Dakota, Montana, California , Nevada , Utah , Colorado , Kansas , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

Although the heaviest snow has ended, several more inches of snow are expected across large swaths of Maine and New Hampshire, according to the National Weather Service. “Low pressure in the Gulf of Maine will continue to bring accumulating snow through this evening along with gusty northeast winds,” the National Weather Service said. “Winds will also remain gusty and may result in additional downed branches and limbs due to the weight of freshly fallen snow,” the weather service added. Winter storm warnings and advisories have been extended for parts of New England through Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. “Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing,” the weather service notes.

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☆ India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

People wait in a queue with cans to collect drinking water amid an ongoing water crisis in Bengaluru on March 14, 2024. She said it's the worst water crisis she has experienced in her 40 years in the neighborhood. Water levels are running desperately low, particularly in poorer areas, resulting in sky-high costs for water and a quickly dwindling supply. City and state government authorities are trying to get the situation under control with emergency measures such as nationalizing water tankers and putting a cap on water costs. The crisis was a long time coming, said Shashank Palur, a Bengaluru-based hydrologist with the think tank Water, Environment, Land and Livelihood Labs.

Persons: Bhavani Mani Muthuvel, Shashank Palur Organizations: Ambedkar Nagar, Livelihood Labs Locations: Bengaluru, Bengaluru's Whitefield, Muthuvel, India, City

☆ MH370 Disappeared a Decade Ago. Here’s What We Know Today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane. The reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. This week, officials suggested a renewed search operation might be undertaken.

Organizations: Malaysia Airlines, Boeing Locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Beijing, Malay

☆ Malaysia says MH370 search must go on, 10 years after plane vanished
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A woman walks past graffiti of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 6, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries approaches. Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries approaches. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. "The Malaysian government is committed to the search (for MH370) and the search must go on," Loke said at a remembrance event on Sunday.

Persons: Anthony Loke, Loke Organizations: Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Boeing, Malaysian, Ocean, Malaysian Transport Locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Beijing, Africa, U.S, China, Australia

☆ Burglars Hit Movie Director’s Home, Then Deliver a Cinematic Plot Twist
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Suhasini Raj | Mujib Mashal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When the thieves broke into the country home of a renowned film director in southern India, taking gold, silver and cash, they made a clean getaway. But days later, a small plastic bag appeared outside the house’s gates, stitched shut with thin sticks and containing something wrapped in a white handkerchief. Inside was a medal for a prestigious national award that the director, M. Manikandan, had won in 2021 for one of his films. With it was a brief note handwritten in Tamil, a regional language. “Sir, please forgive us,” the note read.

Persons: Manikandan Locations: India

☆ My family of 4 spent a night on a private houseboat in India for $300 — it was a unique, luxurious way to see such a beautiful place
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Asia London Palomba | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My family paid $300 for a night on a private two-bedroom houseboat in southern India. We spent the day sailing the backwaters of the river city of Alleppey, and were served three meals. We've spent the holidays hiking volcanoes in Indonesia, traveling by train through Vietnam, and swimming in the Indian Ocean in Madagascar. This past Christmas, my family and I spent two weeks traveling through the southern Indian region of Kerala. The highlight of our trip was spending Christmas on a private houseboat for 25,000 rupees, or about $300.

Persons: —, We've Organizations: Service Locations: India, Alleppey, Asia, Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Kerala

☆ Cleaning Latrines by Hand: ‘How Could Any Human Do That?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Suhasini Raj | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When he came to fully realize exactly what his parents and older brother did for a living, and what it likely meant for his own future, Bezwada Wilson says he was so angry he contemplated suicide. His family members, and his broader community, were manual scavengers, tasked with cleaning by hand human excrement from dry latrines at a government-run gold mine in southern India. “In my growing up years, I was made to feel different from the rest in school. I was not allowed to laugh at jokes, and caste slurs were thrown at me,” Mr. Bezwada said in an interview on a recent evening in Delhi. “All I wanted to know then was why was my community different, and how could I make them equal to the others?”

Persons: Bezwada Wilson, Bezwada, ” Mr, ” Locations: India, Delhi

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug charges, police said. The 37-year-old former guard was initially stopped for a traffic violation in Jackson County, police said in a news release. The four-time All-Star was taken to the Jackson County Jail where he immediately posted bond and was released. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesRondo was prohibited from carrying a firearm because of a non-contact court order that was issued in August. The initial one came in 2022 when a Louisville woman said Rondo became enraged and threatened her life, according to the protective order.

Persons: Rajon Rondo, Tesla, Rondo, “, ___ Organizations: — Indiana State Police, Court, Associated Press, Rondo, Kentucky Wildcats, Phoenix Suns, NBA, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers Locations: LOUISVILLE, Ky, Indiana, Jackson County, Indianapolis, Louisville, Jackson

☆ Religious Spectacle to Mark Opening of Ram Temple by India's Modi
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

It is also being seen as the virtual launch of the deeply religious strongman Modi’s re-election campaign for general elections due by May. India's majority Hindus say the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram, and was holy to them long before Muslim Mughals razed a temple at the spot and built the Babri Masjid or mosque there in 1528. Some of India’s top business leaders, movie actors and sportspersons have also been invited for the consecration, organisers said. The inauguration has also sparked a political controversy with major opposition parties, including the main opposition Congress, declining invitations to attend saying it had been converted into a political, Modi event. “The construction of the temple is going on as per the direction of the Supreme Court, so we welcome it.

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Rajesh AYODHYA, Lord Ram, Narendra Modi, Modi’s, Modi, ” Modi, “, ”, Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Zufar Ahmad Faruqi, Shivam Patel, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Supreme Court, Krea University, Islamic, Foundation, YP Locations: India, Ayodhya

☆ Akasa Air: Boeing gets some good news as Indian airline orders 150 737 Max jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

India’s newest airline is purchasing 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the first major order the troubled planemaker has announced since the dramatic Alaska Airlines incident in which part of the fuselage of a 737 Max 9 fell off mid-flight. Akasa Air has ordered the 737 Max 10 and 737 Max 8-200 aircraft to be delivered through 2032, the airline said at an event in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. On Wednesday, the US Federal Aviation Administration said it was expanding its probe to include Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), which builds the fuselage of the 737 Max 9. Akasa Air, which was launched in 2022, is not the only Indian carrier that is buying a lot of Boeing planes. Last year, Air India said it would buy 220 Boeing planes.

Persons: planemaker, Max, ” Stephanie Pope, Ethopia, Antony Blinken, Vinay Dube, ”, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Boeing, Max, Akasa, Alaska Airlines, US Federal Aviation Administration, Economic, Air, Indian Locations: New Delhi, Alaska, Indian, Hyderabad, Portland , Oregon, Indonesia, Wells, Washington, Davos, Switzerland, India, Air India

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — India’s newest airline will buy 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the first major announced sale for the manufacturer since a panel blew out of another Max model in midflight earlier this month, the airline announced Thursday. Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube announced the order of the Boeing 737 Max 10 and 737 Max 8-200 planes at an airshow in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. It currently operates a fleet of 22 Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 8-200 planes. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“This milestone demonstrates the strength of our partnership with Akasa Air," Boeing Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Pope said in a statement. Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara, Air India Express and Akasa Air are among India's main airlines.

Persons: Vinay Dube, Max, Dube, Stephanie Pope Organizations: Boeing, Max, Akasa, Alaska Airlines Boeing, Air, Air India Express Locations: HYDERABAD, India, Indian, Hyderabad, Portland , Oregon, South Asia, Air India, Vistara

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