NEW DELHI — India has added an indigenous stealth warship to its navy for use on the country’s east side, amid rising concerns about the Chinese naval presence in the region. INS Satpura, a state-of-the-art, multirole combat frigate, sports advanced features designed for dodging enemy radars. The frigate is the second of the three-ship Project-17 Shivalik Class. The warship, along with its first vessel in the series, INS Shivalik, will be deployed in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean region.

High sales taxes in India on air tickets are negatively affecting the country’s civil aviation industry, warn aviation experts. “While taxes provide a tangible short-term revenue boost to the government coffers, increased taxes in the long term can be outweighed by the cost to the underlying economy,” aviation finance expert Charles Tyler says.

Jet Airways, India’s largest airline by market share, plans to change its business model by increasing domestic, low-fare flights, responding to a trend already evident in the Indian market. The carrier is looking to increase its local low-fare capacity to 80-85% of total domestic flights from the current 72%, Chief Commercial Officer Sudheer Raghavan says.