Indian airlines have been targeted with more than 100 hoax bomb threats in the last week, affecting the global aviation network both across the country and beyond its shores. The threats, mostly made via the social media platform X (formerly Twitter),

Bomb hoaxes come with a hefty price tag. Senior officials estimate that a single bomb threat can cost an airline more than Rs 3 crore.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousand