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EU approves 2035 ban on new fossil fuel car sales
EU approves 2035 ban on new fossil fuel car sales
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The European Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with a view to getting them off the continent's roads by mid-century. In practice, in the final legislation, this means a halt to sales of new petrol and diesel cars, light commercial vehicles and hybrids in the bloc by that date, in favour of all-electric vehicles.

Air India to buy 250 Airbus planes in 'historic' deal
Air India to buy 250 Airbus planes in 'historic' deal
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Air India will buy 250 Airbus planes in a deal aimed at transforming the former national carrier, it said Tuesday, after decades as a monumental burden on the public purse. But by the end of the century, the venture was struggling to compete with Gulf carriers and no-frills airlines, starved of investment and racking up billions of dollars in losses that dragged on the public purse.