India bars Turkish ground-handling firm à‡elebi over national security concerns

The government has withdrawn the security clearance of Turkish firm à‡elebi’s Indian airport services arm, citing national security risks and halting its operations at nine airports, including Delhi and Mumbai. In a statement on Thursday, the government said that the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has revoked with immediate effect security clearance of à‡elebi Airport Services, which provides ground handling services at Indian airports, putting a halt to its operations in the world’s fifth-largest economy. New Delhi’s decision comes days after the end of a military conflict between India and Pakistan, in which Ankara had openly sided with Islamabad,…