The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

Indian officials discussed China’s rare earth restrictions during talks with that country’s vice foreign minister this week, people familiar with the matter said, as automakers continue to warn of a looming shortage that may disrupt output in the South Asian nation.

Bomb threat on Air India flight: An Air India flight to New Delhi on Friday was forced to return to Phuket and make an emergency landing after receiving a bomb threat, according to airport authorities quoted by news agency Reuters.

India shares cordial ties with both Israel and Iran, which appear on the brink of an all-out war. New Delhi has enhanced relations with Tel Aviv in recent years, while trade and connectivity links it to Tehran.

India has asked state-run miner IREL to suspend a 13-year-old agreement on rare earth exports to Japan and to safeguard supplies for domestic needs, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters,

As predicted by IMD, Northern India is currently facing extreme heatwave conditions. The weather unit has issued red alerts across Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan.

An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India's city of Ahmedabad. Authorities fear no survivors.

NEW DELHI – Negotiators from India and the United States made headway in their latest round of bilateral trade discussions in New Delhi on June 10. The talks concentrated on thorny issues like market access for industrial and some agricultural goods, potential tariff reductions, and non-tariff barriers, Indian government sources told Reuters.