Chennai: Seeking to promote electric vehicles, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced its policy for the sector offering a slew of sops, including investment subsidy and waiver of various taxes and duties. Chief Minister K Palaniswami released the Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy 2019 which offered a number of incentives for the manufacturers to […]
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4 dead after major fire breaks out at Uran ONGC plant in Navi Mumbai
Mumbai: Four people were killed and three others were injured in a fire that broke out at the cold storage unit of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s Uran plant in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday morning. Fire-fighting operations are still on. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained. ONGC tweeted that the […]
LPG blast kills 1, hurts 4 in Malad
Mumbai: One person was killed while four others sustained grievous injuries after an LPG cylinder exploded at MHB colony at Malwani in Malad on Sunday. The injured were rushed to Kandivali Shatabdi Hospital. Out of four injured, one is said to have received 80 per cent burn injuries. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) […]
Computer glitch in France delays hundreds of flights beyond
A computer breakdown briefly disrupted all air traffic in France and caused a cascade of delayed flights in multiple countries on Sunday, the last day of European summer holidays. A spokesman for French civil aviation authority DGAC said the cause of the morning breakdown was still being investigated, hundreds of flights were delayed at airports […]
IndiGo second on international routes, we are still market leader: Air India
New Delhi: Air India on Monday said it is still a market leader among Indian airlines when it comes to flying on international routes as its capacity deployment on such routes is currently almost double than that of the number-two position holder IndiGo. The national carrier’s response came after a consultancy firm, Centre for Asia […]
IAF to induct first Rafale jet on Sept 19, Rajnath Singh likely to visit France
New Delhi: France will formally hand over first Rafale jet to Indian Air Force on September 19, officials said on Tuesday. The formal induction ceremony will be held at Merignac in France and will be attended by IAF chief BS Dhanoa. Defence minister Rajnath Singh is also likely to travel to France for the ceremony. […]
SpiceJet pilot suspended over runway incursion at Mumbai airport: report
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended a first officer of SpiceJet for three months for mishearing an Air Traffic Control clearance, due to which he gave incorrect direction to the pilot-in-command (PIC), causing runway incursion at Mumbai airport, said a source. “DGCA probe found that Atul Yadav, who was first officer on Surat-Mumbai […]
Air Canada ordered to pay 6-figure fine for violating couple’s ‘language rights’
Montreal: A judge has ordered Air Canada to pay a six-figure fine to a French-speaking couple who claim the airline “violated their linguistic rights,” breaching the country’s bilingualism laws. The federal court in Ottawa found in favor of Michel and Lynda Thibodeau, an Ontario couple who filed 22 complaints in 2016, with 14 still outstanding. […]
Govt is determined to privatise Air India: Union Civil Aviation Minister
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said that the government is determined to privatise Air India and people are interested in buying it. “The government’s determination to privatise Air India is a given. We have to get the best possible deal and get it in the shortest time available. People […]
Oil set for biggest weekly gain since July on trade dispute hopes
Tokyo: Oil prices on Friday were set for their biggest weekly gains since early July, boosted by a decline in US inventories and a looming hurricane in Florida, while new signs of trade talks between the United States and China emerged. Brent crude was up 8 cents, or 0.1 per cent, at USD 61.16 a […]
ATF price cut by 1 pc, LPG rate up by Rs 15.5
New Delhi: Jet fuel price on Sunday was cut by about 1 per cent to a four-month low on softening international oil prices, according to state-owned fuel retailers. Market-priced or non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) price was however raised by Rs 15.5 per cylinder, oil firms said in a price notification. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price […]
Thousands of travellers delayed at US airports by computer outage
Washington: Thousands of travellers at US airports faced delays late on Friday because of a nationwide outage of US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) processing systems, officials said. CBP said in a statement the outage was temporary and “officers continue to process international travellers using alternative procedures until systems are back online. Travellers at some […]