The board of international flag carrier Air-India will take a final decision on April 9 on a multi-billion-dollar plan to buy up to 17 planes from either Boeing or Airbus, a spokesman said.
Here's a list of all the Padma award winners
Anjuli Bhargava discovers how the Buddha Fellowship is attracting India's brightest minds to solve its problems.
The list of the prestigious Padma Awards 2016 awardees is out and superstar Rajnikanth is set to be honoured with the nation's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
'This slender yet joyous film introduces so many fresh insanities and has such an endless stream of wisecracking that it takes on shades of a running ballad,' notes Sreehari Nair.
The industry players couldn't hide their disappointment.
Uttar Pradesh, last year, recorded the most 2,60,028 deaths attributable to air pollution, followed by Maharashtra at 1,08,038 and Bihar 96,967, it said.
The sudden resignation by Admiral D K Joshi as navy chief in the wake of a spate of mishaps has been treated by the government as "voluntary retirement, which will ensure that he will not be deprived of any retirement benefits.
The GST Council last year imposed a cess of 15 per cent on hybrid vehicles, in addition to the 28 per cent GST, leading to a total tax burden of 43 per cent against a previous tax rate of 28 per cent.
At face value of Rs 2,893 and interest payout of 2.5 per cent, sovereign gold bonds offer best route to invest in yellow metal, says Tinesh Bhasin
The Adhyayan Quality Standard engages schools in self-review to improve education standards, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Beside flying squads from RTOs at different points on highways, challans are imposed without any reason. The situation is especially difficult in states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh.
Did men and women of redoubtable experience and public service, upholders of the country's steel frame and paragons of corporate governance, never smell a rat?
Move could be aimed at integrating operations with Indian subsidiary.
Hindi news channel News Nation TV showed laboratories in the national capital offering commissions as high as 50 per cent to doctors who referred patients to their diagnostic centres.
The reforms proposed for the monster examinations, JEE and NEET, which take several students' lives every year don't go far enough.
The domestic car sales volume of the company is also growing at 15%
They are trying to better the country's education system.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
Gaurav Mehta, one of 100 'Young Global Leaders', is tapping entrepreneurs inside rural Indians.
For India Inc, latest GDP figures signal a turnaround.
It offers a lease of life to terminally ill patients since heart transplant still remains out of reach for most.
Making woollen garments empowers women in two Uttarakhand villages.
Most of the engines used by Suzuki's two-wheelers in India are manufactured by Maruti at its Manesar plant.
Two weeks' time given to CBI for filing a fresh status report.
The officials stated that 'pedestrianisation' could be promoted by declaring the middle and inner circular roads of CP vehicle free by providing effective 'park and ride' services
Maruti Suzuki signed a State Support Agreement with the Gujarat government in June 2012 for buying land and setting up a factory
One can see the scale of recalls going up as the market expands.
On December 16, 2015, the apex court ordered disclosure of the defaulters' list, and upheld a Central Information Commission order to this effect.
Opposition politicians on Wednesday stalled a last minute attempt by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to pass the Goods and Service Tax bill.
The Mr and Miss Wheelchair India (MMWI) 2015 is a unique pageant organised and performed by people on wheelchairs.
Not only will the move help keep out stray, disinterested walk-ins, but also help maintain our heritage better.
While one NBW was issued in a 2012 cheque bounce case following Mallya's non-appearance, another was in a case of allegedly evading summons in a FERA violation matter.
The total number of passenger vehicles (cars and utility vehicles) sold annually in the 1970s was 32,000 units - less than even one week's sales today.
In June, the new government led by Narendra Modi extended the excise duty concession by six months to December 31, which is not being further extended.
Anant National University in Ahmedabad aims to design a new future for India.
In the previous decade, the government, with Praful Patel as the civil aviation minister, saw the introduction of an irrational 5/20 policy.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
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