Can India enforce its environmental laws?
India has no shortage of environmental laws, but enforcement remains a major challenge with shrinking forests, polluted water bodies and disappearing wetlands.
On this edition of the Market Closing Show, the focus is on the ongoing Indigo flight crisis, with over 500 flights cancelled today. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu warns that 'No airline, however large, will be permitted to cause such hardship to passengers through planning failures.' Indigo CEO Peter Elbers issues an apology, stating operations are stabilising as of December 9. The programme also tracks the stock market's cautious mood ahead of the US Fed meeting, with the Sensex falling over 400 points and the Nifty slipping below 25,900. Additionally, the show covers the Indian rupee's record low against the dollar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for governance reforms to ease citizens' lives.
India has no shortage of environmental laws, but enforcement remains a major challenge with shrinking forests, polluted water bodies and disappearing wetlands.
In an exclusive chat with Bhavna Agarwal, Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes open up about becoming He-Man and Teela, overcoming self-doubt, redefining masculinity, and why a future sequel should be shot in India with only one condition: a Bollywood dance number.
Three generations of the Aggarwal family were wiped out in the devastating Delhi fire.
A major crisis has erupted within the Karnataka Congress after senior minister Ramalinga Reddy resigned just two days after being sworn in.