Top news of the day: Centre orders IndiGo to complete refunds by Dec 7, imposes caps on air fares; U.S. team to visit India next week to discuss tariffs, and more

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Passengers hold   astatine  counters of IndiGo airline, astatine  Terminal 1 (T1) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, successful  New Delhi, connected  Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.

Passengers hold astatine counters of IndiGo airline, astatine Terminal 1 (T1) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, successful New Delhi, connected Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

Centre imposes caps connected ‘unusually precocious fares’, orders to implicit rider refunds by December 7

With the IndiGo formation disruptions continuing connected the 5th consecutive day, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) announced capping of airfares to power the surge successful summons prices owed to breakdown successful the backstage carrier’s formation services. The MoCA besides directed IndiGo to wide each pending rider refunds without delay. The Ministry mandated that the refund process for each cancelled oregon disrupted flights indispensable beryllium afloat completed by 8:00 p.m. connected Sunday (December 7, 2025).

U.S. squad led by lawman USTR Switzer to sojourn India from December 10-12 to sermon tariffs

A squad of negotiators from the U.S. volition sojourn India connected December 10-12 to instrumentality guardant talks connected the archetypal tranche, dealing with tariffs, of a Bilateral Trade Agreement betwixt the 2 countries. According to sources successful the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), the U.S. delegation is expected to beryllium led by Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer, portion the Indian broadside volition beryllium represented by Darpan Jain, associated caput successful MoCI.

Qatari person says Gaza ceasefire is astatine captious moment

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” arsenic its archetypal signifier winds down, with the remains of conscionable 1 Israeli hostage inactive held by militants successful Gaza. PM Sheikh Mohammed told an planetary league successful Doha that planetary mediators, led by the U.S., are moving “to unit the mode forward” to the 2nd signifier to cement the deal.

Warangal MP Kadiyam Kavya introduces 2 landmark bills for Women’s payment successful Lok Sabha

In a historical infinitesimal for women’s practice successful Parliament, Warangal MP Kadiyam Kavya became the archetypal pistillate MP from the State to present 2 Private Member’s Bills successful the Lok Sabha, aimed astatine strengthening women’s welfare, dignity, and safety. The archetypal Bill places a statutory work connected each workplaces, government, private, and unorganised sectors to supply compulsory menstruation-related facilities, including cleanable washrooms, and capable sanitary infrastructure. Dr. Kavya said, portion introducing the bill, that ensuring specified facilities was indispensable not lone for women’s wellness and dignity, but besides for enhancing their productivity.

Battle against communal forces spewing hatred volition continue: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) said the conflict against communal forces that dispersed hatred volition proceed and asserted that her Government is committed to protecting and strengthening the ideals and principles of the country’s Constitution.

Maharashtra teachers clasp Statewide onslaught implicit TET norms, Govt. solution connected student-teacher ratio

Nearly 1.8 lakh teachers crossed Maharashtra staged a day-long onslaught on Friday (December 5, 2025), shutting down implicit 95% of Zilla Parishad schools, 60% of municipal schools, and 75% of backstage aided schools, according to teachers‘ relation successful the State. The protest is coordinated by 35 unions representing superior and secondary teachers arsenic good arsenic non-teaching unit from crossed the state.   

India-Russia ties among ‘steadiest’ globally: Jaishankar

The India-Russia concern has been among the “steadiest large relationships” successful the past 70-80 years, and President Vladimir Putin’s sojourn to New Delhi was astir “reimagining” the ties with a absorption connected economical engagement, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said connected Saturday.

Israeli defence steadfast says it plans to proviso archetypal batch of LMGs to India aboriginal adjacent year

A starring Israeli defence steadfast has said it intends to proviso the archetypal batch of 40,000 Light Machine Guns (LMGs) to India starting aboriginal adjacent year, portion it is successful the last stages of signing a declaration to proviso astir 1,70,000 new-age carbines. Shuki Schwartz, CEO of Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), besides said that his steadfast is presently collaborating with assorted agencies wrong India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to marketplace their products including pistols, rifles and instrumentality guns.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan says HC staying Rahul Mamkootathil’s apprehension is ‘a regular judicial process’

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) dismissed allegations that the constabulary deliberately avoided arresting Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, saying the High Court’s impermanent enactment connected the apprehension was “nothing much than a mean judicial procedure.”

Published - December 06, 2025 05:50 p.m. IST

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