Sikkim will get its first airport. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Pakyong airport, spread over 201 acres and located on top of a hill. It is situated around 60 km from the Indo-China border. The first commercial flight from Pakyong will start from October 4. SpiceJet will operate 78-seater Bombardier Q400 flights to and fro Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati under the UDAN scheme.

Hyderabad Metro will start services on 16 km Ameerpet-LB Nagar stretch today. With the operation on Ameerpet to LB Nagar line, the Metro will be 46 km, the second largest in the country, next only to Delhi. The concessionaire L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited is building the project across three corridors.

The BSE will move out eight companies -- Commex Technology, Oscar Investments, Tiaan Ayurvedic & Herbs, ACI Infocom, Kretto Syscon, Oasis Tradelink, Usher Agro, and VKJ Infradevelopers -- from the additional surveillance measure framework. Usher Agro will be excluded from the framework by the NSE too. Globus Spirits will be included in the ASM framework. 

Top trade negotiators of the US and Japan - Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer - will hold their second round of trade talks. The meet comes ahead of a proposed Abe-Tump summit meeting later this week. Trump has made clear he is unhappy with Japan's $69 billion trade surplus with the United States, nearly two-thirds from auto exports, and wants a two-way agreement to address it. The threat of trade friction between Tokyo and Washington has been present since Trump took office last year with a pledge to renegotiate trade deals he considers unfair to US companies and workers.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is in Shillong to review National Highway projects in north-eastern states. He will also inaugurate the 102-km Jowai-Ratacherra section of NH-6 in Meghalaya. The Rs 683-crore project is expected to foster economic growth in the Barak Valley and surrounding areas, open up employment opportunities and improve overall living conditions in the region.

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