New Delhi: Even as India is dispatching two Air India evacuation flights wholly at the government’s expense to the Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday night — one each from Delhi and Mumbai- — for evacuating Indian nationals stuck in Ukraine, all eyes are on whether India will once again abstain during voting on a crucial […]
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Russia bans UK flights over its airspace after sanctions
Moscow: Russia’s civil aviation authority has banned U.K. flights to and over Russia in retaliation to the British ban on Aeroflot flights. Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the U.K. carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday. It said the measure was taken in response to the unfriendly decisions by […]
Moody’s ups India’s growth forecast to 9.5% for 2022; flags high oil prices
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday raised India’s growth forecast to 9.5 per cent for the calendar year 2022 and to 8.4 per cent for the coming fiscal beginning April 1, even as it flagged high oil prices and supply distortions as a drag on growth. Stating that the economic recovery from the first […]
Ukrainian airspace closed; Air India plane returns to Delhi
New Delhi: An Air India plane that took off for Kyiv in Ukraine on Thursday morning to bring back Indians from the eastern European nation is returning to Delhi due to the closure of Ukrainian airspace amid the Russian military offensive. After the Air India flight had departed from Delhi on Thursday morning, the Ukrainian […]
Omega Seiki to make EV motors
PUNE: Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) and EVR Motors, an Israeli start-up designing a new and patented motor topology, have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture electric motors in India. The association will see the introduction of a new lightweight, compact trapezoidal stator radial flux (TSRF) motor, which can be adapted to a wide range of […]
Government trying for more flights to airlift Indians from Ukraine
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday urged Indian students in Ukraine “to maintain calm” and not panic if they are not able to get flight tickets to return home, adding that the government was in touch with several airlines to expand the number of flights between India and Ukraine. Control rooms have also been set […]
Vistara gradually restoring certain services to pre-Covid levels
Mumbai: Full-service carrier Vistara on Wednesday said it is gradually resuming certain services that were suspended temporarily due to the pandemic. The airline also plans to improve its inflight entertainment offerings across its domestic and international network by introducing a wider variety of content, Vistara said in a statement. Since the start of the pandemic, […]
HPCL shares fall 1.1% as Nifty gains
Shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. traded 1.1 per cent down at Rs 322.6 on Tuesday at around 12:54PM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 155.47 points to 60551.1. As many as 34,680 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 1.12 crore. The stock quoted a 52-week high price […]
Coal units in 10 states asked to install anti-emission gear
The government has asked 79 coal-based power plants totalling 20,500-MW near million plus cities in 10 states including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and UP to install equipment to curb emission of poisonous sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide gases, by this month end, while 517 others have been given timeline relaxations. According to the revised […]
Congress leaders hold protest, demand VAT be reduced on petrol, diesel in Delhi
New Delhi: City Congress leaders and workers staged a protest near the Delhi Secretariat at ITO on Tuesday demanding that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reduce value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said Kejriwal should learn from Punjab and bring down VAT on fuel. “People are deeply troubled due […]
BJP, Congress trade barbs on Rafale graft claims
New Delhi: War of words broke out between the BJP and the Congress over the Rafale deal on Tuesday after a French media report claimed that commissions were paid between 2007 and 2012 for securing the deal with India. The ruling BJP alleged that corruption marked the deal during the Congress-led UPA government, and the […]
Indian National Cong should be renamed ‘I Need Commission’: BJP on new Rafale report
New Delhi: Seizing on a French media report that commissions were paid between 2007 and 2012 for securing the Rafale deal with India, the BJP on Tuesday said the INC (Indian National Congress) should be renamed as “I Need Commission” and alleged that the Congress’ dissatisfaction with the cut on offer was behind the failed […]