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December 05, 2025

All Delhi departures cancelled today: IndiGo

IndiGo on Friday confirmed that all its domestic flights from Delhi Airport are cancelled until 11.59 pm on December 5, as the airline battles a severe pilot shortage and widespread operational disruptions.“We confirm that all IndiGo domestic flights departing from Delhi Airport on Dec 5, 2025, stand cancelled till 11.59 pm. We express our profound apologies to all our valued customers and stakeholders who have been significantly impacted by these unforeseen events,” the airline said in a statement.IndiGo said it is providing affected passengers with refreshments, alternative flight options, hotel accommodation, assistance with retrieving baggage, and full refunds where applicable. Travellers scheduled to fly from Delhi today have been advised to contact IndiGo staff at the airport or

December 05, 2025

Ambani and Tata inspire Africa's oil tycoon

A visit to Jamnagar may have inspired Alhaji Aliko Dangote to attempt his most audacious business decision of his career – a $20 billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex on 2500 hectares of swampland outside Lagos – the single largest of its kind in the world. But it was the business evolution of Tata Group that served as a model for the Nigerian billionaire, also the richest in the African continent, to fundamentally pivot his entrepreneurial journey to try and prove Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can also build and manufacture. This has made him a folk hero at home, one who is turbo-charging Nigeria’s industrial renaissance while weaning it away from an oil addiction. But along the way, the Dangote cult has become equally contentious. For many, the avuncular p

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