Morning Digest | J&K govt. posts Pandit teachers to ‘safer zones’ within valley; Price rise keeps consumers off entry-level cars, and more

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Centre yet to pay airlines for Operation Ganga evacuation flights

Officials aware of the pending payments said that the process for clearing the disbursal is still under way. Given the large amounts under consideration, an official said that the matter would be resolved in a matter of time, indicating that only a few months had elapsed since the completion of Operation Ganga.

Price rise keeps consumers off entry-level cars

The market for entry-level hatchbacks in India has shrunk significantly over the past few years as rising prices have combined with relative economic distress to deter consumers in the ‘low-cost vehicle’ buying segment, while at the same time the market share of higher-priced cars has continued to climb on the back of ‘resilient incomes’ and lower sensitivity to price increases among ‘affluent buyers’, according to industry officials and automobile sector analysts.

J&K govt. posts Pandit teachers to ‘safer zones’ within valley

The Jammu & Kashmir administration has started posting Kashmiri Pandit teachers in government schools to “safer zones” in a bid to discourage their desire to leave the Kashmir valley following a string of targeted attacks by militants on members of the minority community that left nine people dead in the past one month.

DCW issues a notice to I&B Ministry and Delhi Police over offensive advertisement