NEW DELHI: Electric vehicle market is likely to attract investments of Rs 94,000 crore over the next five years and is expected to generate business opportunities in the real estate sector, according to a joint report by Colliers India and Indospace. The report ‘Electric Mobility in Full Gear’ mentioned that the electric vehicle (EV) industry […]
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Mumbai: Postal dept suspends US deliveries on flight issues
Mumbai: The postal department has halted the delivery of mail and parcels to the US owing to flight disruptions caused by the new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus. The department of posts headquartered in New Delhi dispatched a circular on December 8 to all postal circles nationwide, requesting them to publicise the decision. “In […]
19 new aircraft stands at Delhi airport Terminal 1
NEW DELHI: To make the Delhi airport “future-ready”, 19 new aircraft stands have been made operational under the first phase of the expansion work at Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 1 apron, the area where planes are parked. “The apron or tarmac area is being built in three phases. In the first phase, 19 out […]
Flight with 148 passengers suffers ‘bird strike’ in Delhi air, aircraft grounded in Lucknow
LUCKNOW: An afternoon flight with 148 passengers heading Lucknow suffered “bird strike” while taking off from New Delhi airport on Tuesday. After 47 minutes long flight, the aircraft landed safely at Chaudhary Charan Singh international airport, but hours later it was grounded by aircraft engineers following close inspection. On anonymity, Lucknow airport official sources said, […]
IIT-Delhi pact with IAF for projects on defence
NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi on Monday said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force for various developmental projects. Senior officials said that the aim behind the partnership was to accelerate the IAF’s indigenisation efforts for achieving self-reliance. “Under the ambit of the MoU, the IAF […]
Why power cuts in power-surplus state, Bengaluru citizens ask Bescom
BENGALURU: From disruptions in online classes and work presentations to electrical appliances getting damaged — frequent power cuts and fluctuations have become pain points for Bengalureans. Manoj Joshi, a resident of Shantinagar, south Bengaluru, says attending online classes under flickering lights or in complete darkness has become routine for his eight-year-old son. “Just a drizzle […]
Kolkata: Soil testing for Joka Metro starts in Maidan
KOLKATA: The ground work ahead of soil testing for the much-awaited Joka-Esplanade Metro has started in the Maidan area. This is a milestone for the Metro corridor that has been saddled with several missed deadlines even as it was chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s pet project. Banerjee had flagged off the project in July 2011 and […]
AI Bangkok flight gets extension till March 2022
Kolkata: Air India’s flights between Kolkata and Bangkok that had been initially announced till December 29, 2021, have now been extended till March 23, 2022. The flights will continue to operate two times a week — on Wednesdays and Sundays. The first two flights that have operated had around 95% bookings. But there have been […]
Kolkata Metro turnaround signals return to normalcy
KOLKATA: Metro Railway is gradually emerging from the pandemic’s shadow, having grossed Rs 48.5 crore revenue in the first seven months of the current fiscal, against the meagre Rs 42.6 crore it had earned in 2020-21. Between April and October this year, Metro has clocked 3 crore passenger journeys against 2.6 crore passengers ferried last […]
Power cut on Dec 16 for maintenance work
Chennai: Power supply will be suspended in areas in and around Thirumangalam in West Chennai and Tondiarpet and areas surrounding the locality in the northern parts of the city from 9 AM to 5 PM for maintenance works.According to a press release issued here, the entire Anna Nagar West and West Extension area, W-Block, Metrozone […]
Reliance eyes first oil cargo from UAE trade arm in December: Sources
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: Reliance Industries, operator of the world’s biggest refining complex at Jamnagar, aims to get the first cargo of oil from its new Abu Dhabi-based trading unit in December, a source familiar with the matter said. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance group in October announced plans to set up Reliance International to trade in crude […]
Why Delhi is on track to emerging as the EV capital of India
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has termed Delhi as the “EV (electric vehicle) capital of India” as electric vehicles accounted for the second-most bought type of vehicles in the capital in the September-November quarter. The Transport Department said EV sales were six times higher in Delhi than in the rest of the country. The share of […]