IndiGo disruptions: Over 40,000 passengers hit at Mumbai airport since December 1; delays and cancellations pile up, says MIAL

More than 40,000 passengers were impacted by flight cancellations and another over 2.6 lakh faced long delays at Mumbai airport in the past week as IndiGo grappled with severe operational disruptions, Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said on Tuesday. According to MIAL, a total of 40,789 passengers were affected due to the cancellation of 905…

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US jobs pulse: Openings stay near 7.7 million in October; layoffs hit highest level since early 2023

US job openings showed little movement in October, signalling a cooling labour market at a time when the Federal Reserve is weighing another interest-rate cut amid mixed economic cues.Employers posted 7.67 million vacancies in October, almost unchanged from 7.66 million in September, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released by the…

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Europe’s auto market: Renault & Ford join hands to counter Chinese automakers; ‘in a fight for our lives’

Renault and Ford have announced a new partnership aimed at jointly developing small, low-cost electric vehicles and commercial vans for the European market, in an effort to reduce production costs and defend their market share against fast-growing Chinese automakers. Speaking to reporters in Paris on Monday ahead of the announcement, Ford CEO Jim Farley underlined…

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H-1B visa curbs: US reschedules December interviews to 2026; tighter social media checks slow processing

Hundreds of H-1B and H-4 visa appointments scheduled for mid- to late-December 2025 are being cancelled and pushed to March 2026 as US consulates overhaul screening procedures, according to immigration firm Fragomen, according to an ET report.Consular posts have cited a new mandatory online presence review for H-1B applicants and their dependents that comes into…

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Boost for Nvidia! Trump allows tech giant to ship H200 chips to China; but will Beijing look to reduce dependence?

Trump indicated he had discussed this decision with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AI image) US President Donald Trump has given the green signal to tech giant Nvidia to sell its H200 processors to China. The Trump administration has decided to permit exports of Nvidia’s H200 processors, their second-best AI chips, to China whilst implementing a…

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