A massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID-19 was set in process on Tuesday with more than 56 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine flown to 13 cities across India from Pune and taken to designated national and state-level stores amid tight security.
'It is only natural that in such a national crisis, we should lend a helping hand to the less privileged members of our communities.'
Only asymptomatic passengers with confirmed e-tickets will be allowed in these trains and they will have to report at the station at least 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled departure.
While onion prices in the wholesale markets of Mumbai declined 48.6 per cent, the steepest among the four metros, compared to October, prices fell only 27.3 per cent in Mumbai's retail markets.
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The training involving 100 Indian officers will lay emphasis on onsite training covering operational and maintenance facilities, monitoring systems and traffic controls.
Singapore Airlines is planning to augment its operations in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore and tapping certain secondary markets in India.
Close to 20 regional stock exchanges, including the big exchanges of Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru, have voluntarily exited in the face of SEBI's stringent regulations. Namrata Acharya finds out what makes CSE continue to fight its lone battle.
Crackers carried by passengers led to the fire in the Tamil Nadu Express that claimed 32 lives in July, according to an inquiry by Commissioner Railway Safety which absolved the railway staff.
The feasibility study of Delhi-Chennai corridor is being done in cooperation with Chinese Railways.
'The social distancing vaccine.' 'And the mask vaccine.' 'If you adhere to these two vaccines and go and meet people in a well-ventilated room -- not in an enclosed, non-ventilated, room -- you are probably going to be okay.'
He will travel to Kolkata, Ranchi, Nagpur, New Delhi, Chennai, Vellore, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram during the visit at the invitation of the Communion of Churches in India, a statement by the British High Commission said in Kolkata on Friday.
Airline pares capacity on routes like Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-Bengaluru on weekends, uses freed up slot at Mumbai to fly Amritsar, Patna, Varanasi
The fare war triggered by the entry of AirAsia into the domestic market continues as the budget carrier IndiGo has launched another round of promotional fares, starting at Rs 1,724 (all inclusive) for a limited period.
Joining the low-fare war triggered by its rival airline, AirAsia, Malaysia's flag air-carrier, Malaysia Airlines on Monday announced all-inclusive fares as low as Rs 5,742 for one-way travel to Kuala Lumpur as a part of its special monsoon fares.
Continuing its focus on low cost model of operations, private carrier Jet Airways will shift 45 flights to its no-frill service brand Jet Airways Konnect by October.
The improved job scenario in industries like oil and gas, auto, construction, pharma and insurance, pushed up hiring in seven cities of Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Baroda and Jaipur, according to the report. On the other hand, Mumbai witnessed a decline in hiring activity by 5 per cent from January.
Among the metros, people in Delhi are the happiest while those in Mumbai are the least happy.
Rise in commodity prices, which has impacted the common man in the country, has surprisingly not hit the expatriates living here and their cost of living in Indian cities has actually become cheaper, a latest survey says.Seven Indian cities - Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Bangalore - all witnessed a fall in their global ranks making them cheaper to live in for expatriates.
These will be business and mid-market hotels that will sport brands such as Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton (a long stay product). India is the second most important market for Hilton in Asia-Pacific after China, and accounts for 17 per cent of the 300-odd new hotels it plans to add in the region by 2017. It also expects India to account for 15-20 per cent of its revenues in the Asia-Pacific region by 2015.
After Singapore Airlines and Emirates, German carrier Lufthansa on Saturday launched daily services of its super jumbo Airbus A-380s between Delhi and Frankfurt.
If you compare current fares with those the same time last year you will think they have been schizophrenic.
The projects include commissioning of new lines, gauge conversion and doubling of existing tracks in certain busy stretches.
Retail is big in India today. Liberalisation of economy in the 90s and the entry of large players has brought the retail industry into spotlight. Big players and national retail chains are changing the rules of the game today and organised retail, though still in an embryonic stage, has huge potential.
Seven Indian cities - Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Bangalore have all moved up by 14-21 ranks in the survey titled 'Worldwide Cost of Living Ranking 2007' prepared by Hong Kong-based solution provider for international HR professionals ECA International.
Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.
Jet Airways and Lufthansa Airlines have entered into a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement.
Soaring real estate prices are leaving a big hole in expatriates' pockets too, with Mumbai being ranked as the costliest city in India for them.
To start with, the air freight service will be introduced connecting all four metros-- Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata -- taking Nagpur as a hub of operations in the first phase. This will happen as soon as the Air India could provide an aircraft on wet lease to India Post.
Nissan rolled out its second vehicle in India on Thursday -- the luxury sedan Teana -- to tap the growing high-end car market in the country.
Deals from online travel portals, in partnership with credit cards, are good.
What: Lufthansa German Airlines is recruiting male and female flight attendants for their routes from Germany to Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata
Feasibility study is being sought for high-speed rail corridors.
Domestic carriers, including newly-launched AirAsia India and regional airline Costa too have lowered their fares through these offers
Indian said in Chennai on Friday some city-bound flights would be 'temporarily' withdrawn from May 1 to May 31 due to operational reasons.
They had also sought to be allowed to charge consumers for use of own-bank ATMs.
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