LOGISTICS
ACCIDENTS
Govt suspends airline licence of Agni Aviation
IN the aftermath of the Cessna aircraft crash in Bangalore on Saturday, which killed film actress Soundarya and three others, the Government has suspended the non-scheduled airline licence of Agni Aviation, the company to which the ill-fated ...
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AIRLINES
Airfares from India up in Jan-March, says study
AIR fares from India, especially in first and business class, to different parts of the world have increased by 8.9 per cent and 7.7 per cent, respectively during the first three months of the current calendar year. This has been indicated in ...
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Domestic airlines may get on to IATA's Bill gateway
JET Airways and Air Sahara have initiated steps to integrate their revenue collection from domestic ticket sales with the Bill Settlement Plan (BSP) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). While a Jet Airways pilot project in ...
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HAL eyes light combat copter
HINDUSTAN Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has now set its sights on the light combat helicopter (LCH). It is working with the IAF on a project report on the LCH and hopes to get the project approved when a new government is in place at the Centre, ...
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SHIPPING
Kolkata Port defers general tariff revision by another year
The scale of rates of KOPT with respect to cargo and vessel-related charges was due for revision in April 2003 since this was last revised in April 2001, which was valid for a two-year period.
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SCI board clears purchase of two LR 1 tankers
SHIPPING Corporation of India (SCI) has secured board approval to buy two new Long Range 1 (LR 1) tankers of 60,000 dead weight tonnes (dwt) each. At current prices, the acquisition is estimated to cost $64 million, Government sources ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Trained truck drivers in shortage
WITH more and more trucks plying on Indian roads and no meaningful driver training programmes, shortage of well-trained drivers is an emerging problem. Unless remedial measures are taken up urgently, the situation could become serious, say ...
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RAILWAYS
SE Rly freight earnings up by Rs 190 crore
THE South Eastern Railway (SER), the blue-chip outfit of the Indian Railways, has achieved an increase of Rs 190.15 crore in its originating freight earnings for 2003-04 at Rs 2,663.85 crore, against the budget estimate of Rs 2,473.60 crore. ...
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Kalindee keen on joint venture with DMRC for metro projects
DELHI-based Kalindee Rail Nirman Ltd, which is executing a Rs 50-crore underground railway track-laying contract for the Delhi metro rail project, is exploring the possibility of forming a joint venture with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ...
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EC Rly stops sulphur loading at Vizag port
THE East Coast Railway has stopped loading of sulphur into Box-N wagons at Visakhapatnam port. The ban has hit hard the Bhilai Steel Plant. Visakhapatnam port is the gateway port for BSP. The argument of the Railway is that the detention of ...
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