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Apr 2024
9m 31s

Vistara's Rocky Patch

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About this episode

In today's lineup, we're delving into Vistara's crisis, with pilots protesting, flight cancellations, and merger issues causing turbulence for the airline.

The are also looking at Moon getting a clock of its own. But why does the Moon need a standard time zone? Tune in to this episode of The Signal Daily to find out!

Episode credits:
The episode was researched, written, and produced by Shorbori and Manaswini

Edited by Venkat Ananth 

Mastered and mixed by Yash Hirave

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