For Civil Aviation Ministr Chand Mahal Ibrahim, it has been baptism by fire. Four-and-a-half months after taking over, he finds himself in the middle of the third biggest disaster in aviation history. Ibrahim initially indicated that he would quit bu
As Director General of Civil Aviation, H.S. Khola’s main task is to oversee the functioning of all private and foreign airliners. After the crash, his department is in the eye of the storm. He spoke to Outlook:
Like vultures circling the skies scavenging for the dead, the first portents of famine are visible in this arid land. Death is in the air as the drought conditions in the districts of Kalahandi, Nawapada and Bolangir intensify. Hunger has already cla
