LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Saras makes maiden flight — Second prototype by next year
SARAS, the indigenous civilian light transport aircraft, made its first official inaugural flight on Sunday morning. Watching its smooth glide of 17 minutes at the HAL airport here, Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of State for Science & ...
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`IA provides better connectivity'
MANGALORE: Indian Airlines (IA) is providing better connectivity to remote places in India, according to the Area Marketing Manager of IA, Mangalore, Mr Nagesh Shetty. A press release by the Department of Business Administration of ...
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ISO certification awarded for Saj Flight Services
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Saj Flight Services has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand. Announcing this, a spokesman claimed that Saj had now become the only in-flight ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Lessons from the desert zones
The success of free zones offers valuable lessons to promoters of similar zones coming up in India.
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SHIPPING
Contentious issue of ammonia movement
THE termination of the contract with the Mumbai-based ABC & Sons Ltd by public sector FACT for transporting liquefied ammonia gas (LAG) by barges has taken a new turn, with the former initiating arbitration proceedings
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Seafarers' stir threat worries shipowners
The National Seafarers Union of India has served notice to ship-owners that its members will go on strike from August 31 if the Government does not initiate efforts to bail out the Seamen's Provident Fund.
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Sea and air transportation — Why India, China will be Asia's giants
AS one travels through the South-East Asian countries, one gets the impression that in both sea and air transportation India and China are going to lead the other nations in the region. Asia, according to one ...
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RAILWAYS
Rlys charts course to absorb diesel price hike
THE Railways has decided to absorb the recent hike in diesel prices. Instead of revising its fare upwards, the Ministry will take further measures to arrest expenditures and increase its earnings. "The August diesel price hike of Rs 1.45 per ...
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Vijayawada lays platform for Krishna fete
AS THE Krishna Pushkaram fete approaches, the Vijayawada division of the South Central Railway is gearing up for the 12-day river fete set to begin on August 28. The Vijayawada railway station is being upgraded for ...
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ROADWAYS
Truckers offer to end strike — Seek change in mode of collecting tax
`The problem is that 99 per cent of the trucking industry in the country are not organised educated class of people. Then, how are they going to comply with formalities of payment of service tax.'
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`Govt willing to explain legal position on tax'
The Government on Sunday said that the apprehensions of truck owners and transport operators on the issue of imposition of service tax were "totally misconceived". "The Government has reason to believe that the goods transport agents, to suit ...
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Poultry traders worried about truckers' stir — Feedstock supply, product despatch likely to be hit
THE truck operators' strike has sent worry lines on the Rs 1,000-crore poultry sector, especially in Tamil Nadu, which relies heavily on inter-State road transport for its two-way traffic — to despatch the harvested egg and poultry meat to ...
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Kerala Minister's assurance on truckers stir
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Mr G. Karthikeyan, has said that the strike launched by truckers in other States would not affect Kerala in any manner. An official quoted him as saying that there was no ...
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