New Delhi, July 24 -- The government has begun holding direct meetings with Air India management amid mounting safety incidents, ordering the carrier to maintain the highest safety standards while setting a month-long timeline for reassessing its operations. The first such meeting was held on Wednesday, in the midst of week in which an Air India aircraft caught fire at Delhi airport after landing from Hong Kong, a Kolkata-bound flight aborted takeoff due to technical issues, and a Kochi-Mumbai flight veered off the runway during landing in heavy rain. According to one of these people, the discussions "were held based on the incidents being reported by Air India and Air India Express. It will review the airline's operations after a month." P...