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The warships will be armed with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles which can reach targets 295 km away.
After the Chennai floods, insurance companies had got 50,000 claims worth Rs 4,800 crore.
Older workers are headed for the VRS exit in larger-than-expected numbers even as unrest stirs over unrevised wage settlements.
The Kerala government's budget for 2010-11 also proposed to extend the ambit of welfare schemes like employment guarantee and food subsidy, reduce taxes on tourism, beer and wine and impose fresh ones on direct to home services and jewellery shop owners.
In a departure from its stand, the government has decided to go ahead with the privatisation of the four airports.
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More than 1,30,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in 116 countries and territories, killing at least 4,900 people.
The seven government-owned special economic zones across the country are likely to be given autonomy, resulting in greater financial flexibility for these tax-free enclaves. The move will help these zones compete with the private sector SEZs, which are attracting investment from companies.
The offer is a part of the budget carrier's summer bonanza to air passengers and is applicable for travel across Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Cochin and Bangalore sectors, the company said. Air India recently slashed its fares by 70 per cent on select routes. Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways has also announced 10-and-20-days apex fares on select routes.
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The deployment seems to be more than what is needed.
Over three kg of gold, worth Rs 91 lakh, was seized on Sunday in two separate cases at Chennai and Kochi airports.
Scheduled to be launched by Defence Minister A K Antony's wife Elizabeth Antony, the carrier will be named after Vikrant, India's first aircraft carrier, Naval Staff vice chief Vice-Admiral R K Dhowan said.
Outward shipments from the government-owned SEZ in Kandla, Santacruz, Noida, Madras, Cochin, Falta and Vishakhapatnam grew by 16 per cent to Rs 45,777 crore (Rs 457.77 billion) in the last fiscal from Rs 39,275 crore (Rs 392.75 billion) in the previous year, the outcome Budget of the ministry of commerce said.
The 80-odd projects completed till now are already valued at Rs 14,000 crore.
Nearly 55,000 officers of 14 public sector oil companies have decided to strike work indefinitely from January 7 to seek higher wages, Association of Scientific & Technical Officer's vice president P K Sharma said in New Delhi on Tuesday
The move will lead to augmentation of water infrastructure in the country
As part of strengthening its presence in India, software major Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday said it would open offices in six cities in the country.
Currently, India recycles around 300 of the 1,000 ships which are demolished per annum globally. However, countries like Japan, Europe and the US were not sending their ships for recycling to India in the absence of ratification of a global convention. That scenario is set to change with the Recycling of Ships Act, 2019.
The Dubai-based airline will commence six-times weekly non-stop services to Ahmedabad from October 28, providing a first direct link between India's sixth largest city and Dubai.
National carrier Air India, which will soon be merged with Indian Airlines, may partner Cochin International Airport for setting up an airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul facility near the Kochi airport, Kerala.
Singapore's budget airline Tiger Airways announced on Tuesday that it had bagged approval to fly between Singapore and six Indian cities. Consequently the airlines will soon start flights to Chennai, Cochin, Goa, Trivandrum, Kolkata and Kozikhode.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav exhorted students to keep three points in mind- honesty, dedication to the organisation and a vision for the future - to ensure that India takes its rightful place in the world .
The government is likely to list four or five more of state-owned companies, which include Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, Manganese Ore India Ltd and Cochin Shipyard, by March next year. A senior government official said the government plans to dilute up to 10 per cent in these companies.
Four persons were killed on the outskirts of Bangalore on Saturday when the private aircraft they were traveling in crashed into a coconut tree.
Ahab Ibrahim, a second year diploma student of Acharya College of Technology Polytechnic in Bangalore, passed away at a hospital in Kochi late on Monday night, his relatives said. He hails from Thrissur district.
Based in the Cochin Special Economic Zone, Nikasu has managed to become the largest supplier of spring rolls and samosas to the US where it retails under the popular Laxmi brand (belonging to distributor House of Spices). In the UK, its products are sold as 'Taj' by Solanki Foods and are available at the supermarket chain Tesco. Another young but doughty exporter, Aakriti Foods, that makes Indian curries is also keen to launch its brand Mom's Pride in India.
Over 20,000 passengers returning from mainland China and Hong Kong underwent thermal screenings at the seven international airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin
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A total of 11 special economic zones had been sanctioned in Kerala, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan informed the state assembly on Friday.
Sources said gunmen of VIP guests are normally not allowed into the area.
GoAir on Monday said it plans expansion and has ordered 20 A320 aircraft .
India had failed to build world-class educational institutions due to government regulation in the higher education system giving limited opportunities to colleges and universities to adapt and change, says the Infosys boss.
The aircraft had earlier received an all clear in Doha, barely an hour before landing in Bahrain.
