Mumbai: Adani Group‘s defence and aerospace unit is considering an acquisition of Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC), India’s leading non-captive pilot training firm, people familiar with the matter said. If the deal goes through, it will mark the group’s entry into the aviation training business and ramp up its M&A portfolio.Established in 2012, FSTC has…
Ayodhya: The temple town is all set to witness the grand flag hoisting ceremony on Tuesday, a historic milestone which would mark the completion of the Ram temple construction.The event, being described as historic and spiritually significant, will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoist the sacred flag atop the temple’s ‘shikhar’ (spire) — the ritual…
US F-16 pilot Taylor Hiester expressed shock that the Dubai Air Show continued even after Tejas crash. Captain Taylor Hiester, a pilot of the US F-16 team who was at the Dubai Air Show where a Tejas fighter jet crashed, killing Wing Commander Namansh Syal, expressed his disbelief and shock that the show was not…
Arvind Panagariya, chairman of the 16th Finance Commission (PTI file photo) Arvind Panagariya, chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, spoke to TOI after submitting the panel’s report. He speaks on a range of issues from growth prospects for the economy to reforms that need to be pushed. Excerpts:How do you see India’s growth prospects in…
NEW DELHI: Magicbricks has released the rental Index for the July-Sept quarter, highlighting that the rental market is resetting after three quarters of strong activity. The report showed that average rents continued to strengthen, rising 4.4% quarter-on-quarter and 18.1% year-on-year, even as key metros displayed differing levels of tenant activity during this period.National rental demand…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: French navy has rubbished the claim in Pakistani media that one of its officers acknowledged the superiority of the Pakistani air force in Operation Sindo-or as “extensive misinformation and disinformation”.BJP cited the official reaction from the French navy on X to hit out at Pakistan. “When official institutions…
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry is considering an earlier proposal to merge the three state-owned general insurance companies into a single entity, following their improved financial health, to achieve better efficiency and scale.Government infused Rs 17,450 crore between 2019-20 and 2021-22 in three PSU general insurance companies, namely Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India…
TOI correspondent from UK: Lakshmi Mittal has voted with his feet. The 75-year-old steel magnate has walked away from Britain — and straight into Switzerland — joining a rush of the ultra-rich escaping Labour govt’s tax squeeze targeting high-net-worth residents.Mittal, one of Britain’s richest men and a long-time Labour donor, has left the UK just…
PM Narendra Modi participated in the IBSA Leaders’ Meeting on G20 margins, stressing that UNSC reform is imperative, and said that there should be no room for double standards while fighting terrorism. PM Modi joined the trilateral mechanism meet hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and attended also by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula…
As 2025 inches to a close and AI theme continues to buzz across the world, higher education institutions such as Bennett University continuing to set agenda with their research initiatives. BU organised a three-day Global AI Summit 2025 that brought together leading experts, researchers and industry pioneers from across the world to discuss and present…