Part to encourage capital inflows when India macroeconomic indicators are not flashing red. Prudence enables economic growth. He weathered one scandal after another with Britain tuning in to watch every new episode, until finally his own party had had enough of all the rowdy theatre. It started with the resignations of senior cabinet ministers, then gathered swift momentum, pushing Boris Johnson to resign as the leader of the Conservatives yesterday. In due course his party will choose a successor, the transition of office will probably be full of drama, and on big issues the country can expect policy continuity. But given that Britain does move the world geopolitical needle, a leadership change there is interesting, but not terribly consequential. The interesting thing is a morality tale that has lessons for other democracies: How a leader who as recently as in December led his party to a landslide parliamentary majority, its biggest since squandered so much political capital so fast. The whiff of entitled elitism that in part helped usher him into office, began to smell bad. What the messy hair had wooed, Downing Street shambolisms repulsed. It bears underlining that as scandals tumbled out of the PM office with farcical regularity, elsewhere in Britain the cost of living crisis is as painful as among its erstwhile allies. Yes, Johnson did get Brexit done, but incomes are up and Britain is stronger. The lesson here is that even leaders with massive mandates need to be mindful of the fact that the office needs to command at least a measure of respect and authority. And that political parties must respond faster when they sense their leader is proving to be a liability. Johnson exit is no big deal for the world. But it is a reminder to the world elected leaders never to take the governed for granted. A spate of incidents over the past few weeks has left the Indian air traveller apprehensive about safety. Arum Kumar, the Director General of Civil Aviation, spoke to Sarah Sinhala about these midair snags: What is behind the recent spurt in midair.