Afternoon briefing: Minister to probe Delhi airport roof collapse incident; FATF clears India during mutual evaluation
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Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Friday visited the Terminal-1 of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and inspected the area, where a portion of the roof collapsed in the early hours of Friday, resulting in the death of at least one person and leaving six others injured. The union minister inspected the incident site and said that the structure at the Delhi airport and other airports with such structures across the country will be thoroughly inspected. The technical reasons and other aspects of the incident will be known after the investigation, he told the reporters. Naidu further announced that a compensation of ₹20 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased and ₹3 lakh to those injured in the tragic incident. Dig deeper
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), in its plenary currently being held in Singapore, is learnt to have adopted the mutual evaluation report on India while finding it “compliant” on money laundering and terror funding measures, people familiar with the development said on Friday. “The intergovernmental organisation, that sets international anti-money laundering standards and counter-terrorist financing measures, has not found any red flags in India’s processes,” said an officer, who didn’t want to be named. The decision comes after a year-long process, during which a FATF team had visited New Delhi for an on site evaluation of the country’s measures and met senior officials. As reported by HT, an Indian delegation also visited Singapore in April to apprise the FATF about steps taken to counter money laundering and terror financing over the past decade. Dig deeper
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As Delhi woke up to heavy rain and wind which led to a portion of the roof at the Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 1 (T1) to collapse, killing one and injuring at least five others, all flight departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended. Passengers of affected flights took to X to check with airlines about the status of their flights. X user Rahul Tavar shared a video of hundreds of passengers waiting. Interacting with IndiGo's social media account, he said that his PNR was shown as “ineligible” for being given alternate flight options or a full refund. “Provide some serious resolution, don't kid with us. There are hell of a lot of people here. All frustrated,” he said. Dig deeper
That’s all we have at this hour in our afternoon briefing. Catch you in the evening.