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Has also sought permission to share with Virgin Atlantic for new routes in Britain.
India's upbeat outlook contrasts with neighbouring China, where growth slipped to 6.7 in the first quarter
Sun Pharma dipped 2% to Rs 615 on the BSE, its lowest level since November 9, 2016
Bengaluru-based InMobi and Microsoft combine their powers to break the stranglehold of Google and Facebook in the digital advertising space.
India's two-wheeler giant, the Hero Group, has signed American golf legend Tiger Woods as its brand ambassador in a four-year deal that targets capturing new markets in North America and Europe.
According to the report, the demand for materials needed for infrastructure projects like metals, minerals, buildings and transport equipment is expected to increase as the country invests in building its civil infrastructure.
Monsoon is expected to be normal in June.
Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16
'The airline business is very dynamic. If you are unable to keep up and lead, you end up last.' 'This is what has happened to Jet.'
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China is expected to unveil its investments in India during President Xi Jinping's visit to New Delhi, scheduled for the third week of this month.
Seeking to strengthen Indo-UK economic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Britain on his first visit to the country during which he will have a hectic schedule that will start with talks with his British counterpart David Cameron.
'The most valuable personal sensitive information of present and future citizens has been made available to foreign data firms and governments and non-State actors for all time to come,' says Gopal Krishna.
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has pointed out that these firms pose a threat to domestic manufacturing and retailing as they do not pay relevant taxes such as GST, giving them a huge edge over local players.
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
Thomas Archer Bata says if the tax rate is kept above 20% it will be a very big hit.
An International Policy Network report in 2010 found that seven per cent of drugs bought from wholesale traders were substandard, and 3.6 per cent of the drugs from traders contained no active ingredient whatsoever.
Heavily armed police and soldiers patrolled key intersections in Belgium's capital on Saturday as the government warned of a threat of Paris-style attacks.
These trips can be as short as a month to 45 days.
The processes that create a seven per cent-plus GDP growth rate without a similar growth in jobs are far from fully understood, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The UK has responded to PM Modi's call to 'Make in India' by launching great collaborations in January 2015.
JNPT, the country's largest container port at Navi Mumbai, and Kandla in Gujarat's Kutch, the largest port by total cargo, will come together to form a Special Purpose Vehicle to operate the terminal at Chabahar, under a revenue-share agreement with the Port and Maritime Organisation, Iran.
Indian 'Vedas' have since thousands of years considered sun as at soul of the universe and a nourisher of life, the PM said.
Airbus recently bagged large orders from Indian airlines such as Indigo and Go Air.
A factor which would be key to Scotch consumers is the new currency an independent Scotland would go for .
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.5% each
The majority of global equity trading and a significant proportion of trading in bonds, currencies, commodities and derivatives, is done on electronic platforms
The defence ministry on Friday scrapped a scam-tainted tender worth over Rs 6,000 crore to procure 197 light helicopters from foreign vendors and decided to allow indigenous players to manufacture these choppers for the armed forces.
Whether you're a kid, accompanying one or neither of the two, there are still lots of reasons to catch Despicable Me 3, says Sukanya Verma.
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The government wants to generate 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022.
The pint-sized i-Road has two front wheels that move up and down independently of each other.
'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
In contrast to the bare-bones price of $115 million for each Rafale fighter, the F-35A cost $94.6 million, reports Ajai Shukla.
Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
Together with Jet Airways we will have 61 flights to Amsterdam and Paris during the winter season. That also makes us the second largest airline group after Lufthansa, which has 67 weekly flights, and we are catching up to become the first, says KLM CEO Pieter Elbers.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
The question really is whether the US can be persuaded to embark on a path of calibrated and stronger sanctions on Pakistan.
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