A major airline has been hit with a record fine for firing staff during the pandemic.

Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report, and we're live from the BBC World Service.

I'm Leanna Byrne. Good morning.

So let's start down under, where a court in Australia has handed National Airline Qantas a record fine,

just under $59 million US dollars,

for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff during the COVID pandemic.

The BBC's Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.

The decision to dismiss hundreds of baggage handlers and ground staff

has cost Qantas a small fortune.

The $58 million fine imposed by Australia's federal

court comes on top of $78 million the airline must pay in compensation to workers. The company

had apologised for the mass sackings during the pandemic, but a judge said he didn't believe its contrition

was genuine. Lawyers who represented Australia's Transport Workers' Union said the multi-million

dollar fine was the darkest day in Qantas' 105-year history.

Bill Mercer reporting, to India now where the government is rolling out a series of tax reforms to boost the economy

as it grapples with the fallout from President Trump's trade war.

The BBC's Divina Gupta is in Delhi.

Hi, Davina.

Hi, Leanna.

How are you?

Good.

Devena, tell us what are these tax reforms that are going to be coming in?

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