Singapore Airlines will be the first carrier to fly the Airbus A380 to India, after the government lifted a ban on operating these very large aircraft to the world’s second-most populous country. “We have been keen to operate the Airbus A380 to India and are glad that the Air Services Agreement [ASA] between Singapore and India now allows us to do so,” says Singapore Airlines Senior Vice President-Marketing Planning, Lee Wen Fen.

NEW DELHI — A rocket carrying India’s second navigation satellite, IRNSS-1B, has lifted off successfully, taking the country closer to developing its own indigenous air navigation system.

NEW DELHI — The U.S. is reviewing a request from Pakistan to provide a variety of excess defense articles (EDA) from its worldwide military hardware pool.