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Parliament adjourned for the day over Pegasus protests

Parliament adjourned for the day over Pegasus protests

Rediff.com29 Jul 2021

Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two bills before the proceedings were adjourned for the day amid continuous protests by opposition members over the Pegasus spying row and farmers' issue.

Will Khona's return as CEO give GoAir its second wind?

Will Khona's return as CEO give GoAir its second wind?

Rediff.com29 Aug 2020

Kaushik Khona's second innings at GoAir will be more challenging than the first. Globally, the aviation industry is in deep distress because of the pandemic, reports Aneesh Phadnis.

India may import 15 mn barrels of cheap Russian oil

India may import 15 mn barrels of cheap Russian oil

Rediff.com24 Mar 2022

Taking advantage of a Russian offer to sell its crude oil cheap and bear the cost of insurance and transportation, India may import as much as 2 million tonnes (mt), or roughly 15 million barrels of crude, from the sanctioned nation in 2022, Business Standard has learnt. This comes after reports that Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) bought 3 million barrels of Russian Urals from trader Vitol for May delivery. This will be on cost, insurance and freight (CIF) model, where the seller incurs the costs and pays the freight, including insurance charges.

Modi govt plans to develop terminals at major ports to boost tourism

Modi govt plans to develop terminals at major ports to boost tourism

Rediff.com31 May 2018

In the next 25 years, the Mumbai port will need five terminals because the current passenger traffic of 200,000 is expected to climb to 4 million.

Why US-based New Orleans Port is so keen to do biz with India

Why US-based New Orleans Port is so keen to do biz with India

Rediff.com27 Mar 2014

New Orleans port has reached an agreement with India's Samsara Shipping to represent the Port in India.

1 dead, 4 missing as barge sinks off Mumbai coast

1 dead, 4 missing as barge sinks off Mumbai coast

Rediff.com7 Jun 2008

The Mumbai police have recovered the body of a sailor after the barge in which he was sailing sunk near Mumbai coast. "Identification of the body is in progress," the Directorate General of Shipping said.

India rushes warship to the Gulf of Aden

India rushes warship to the Gulf of Aden

Rediff.com18 Oct 2008

"The Navy has already re-deployed a warship to the Gulf of Aden. The ship, which was in the region, was asked to rush to the Gulf of Aden following the government orders," a naval officer said in New Delhi.

In PHOTOS: Wisdom stranded at Juhu beach

In PHOTOS: Wisdom stranded at Juhu beach

Rediff.com13 Jun 2011

MV wisdom, a 145-metre long cargo vessel bound for Alang ship-breaking yard from Colombo, sparked a major scare on Saturday afternoon after it broke free from its tug and drifted towards the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai.

Chinese ferry carrying 745 on fire

Chinese ferry carrying 745 on fire

Rediff.com2 May 2005

The boat named 'Baohua' has 698 passengers and 47 crew members, Xinhua news agency said.

Do we really need a port at Colachel?

Do we really need a port at Colachel?

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

India's strategy to beat Colombo port is flawed as there are likely to be too many domestic ports competing among themselves instead of targeting the competition, says Michael Pinto.

Merchant navy: A career on the high seas

Merchant navy: A career on the high seas

Rediff.com18 Mar 2008

All you need to know about careers in the Merchant Navy.

Debris of Myanmar military plane with 116 on board found

Debris of Myanmar military plane with 116 on board found

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

The plane went missing between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon.

Dubai: Hope for stranded Indian sailors

Dubai: Hope for stranded Indian sailors

Rediff.com27 Dec 2007

Sixteen Indian sailors, who have been living on a ship in Ajman port in Dubai for the past five months without salaries, can now hope to go back home.

Stunning IMAGES show how humble cycle pedals economy

Stunning IMAGES show how humble cycle pedals economy

Rediff.com5 Feb 2013

Let's take a look at the role the bicycle is playing in chugging the economy along all across the country.

PM meets Suu Kyi, voices concern over violence in Rakhine

PM meets Suu Kyi, voices concern over violence in Rakhine

Rediff.com6 Sep 2017

This is Modi's first bilateral visit to Myanmar.

Ferry fire leaves 40 dead, 150 injured in Bangladesh

Ferry fire leaves 40 dead, 150 injured in Bangladesh

Rediff.com24 Dec 2021

At least 40 people died and nearly 150 others were injured on Friday after a packed three-storey ferry carrying around 500 passengers caught fire on the Sugandha River in southern Bangladesh, officials said.

Govt plans to sell Air India's iconic Mumbai building to JNPT

Govt plans to sell Air India's iconic Mumbai building to JNPT

Rediff.com27 Jun 2018

The proposal to sell the building to state-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust also comes after the government's efforts of Air India strategic disinvestment failed to take off.

Cairn going all out to make Indian govt pay $1.2 bn arbitration award

Cairn going all out to make Indian govt pay $1.2 bn arbitration award

Rediff.com28 Mar 2021

UK's Cairn Energy Plc plans to bring lawsuits in the US and other countries to pierce the corporate veil between the Indian government and its owned companies such as in oil and gas, shipping, airline and banking sectors, to seize their overseas assets to recover $1.2 billion ordered by an international arbitration tribunal. The firm has moved courts in the US, UK, Canada, France, Singapore, the Netherlands and three other countries to register the December 2020 arbitration tribunal ruling that overturned the Indian government's Rs 10,247 crore demand in back taxes and ordered New Delhi to return $1.2 billion in value of shares it had sold, dividends seized and tax refunds withheld to recover the tax demand. With the government so far refusing to honour the arbitration award and instead choosing to challenge it, Cairn is looking to enforce it by seizing overseas Indian assets, Dennis Hranitzky, head of the sovereign litigation practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a law firm representing the company, told PTI.

Govt plans to convert 101 rivers into waterways: Gadkari

Govt plans to convert 101 rivers into waterways: Gadkari

Rediff.com18 Jan 2015

Transport minister says they are cheaper mode of transport than road and rail; so far only 5 river stretches have been declared waterways

US nearly runs out of COVID-19 medical supplies: Reports

US nearly runs out of COVID-19 medical supplies: Reports

Rediff.com2 Apr 2020

According to a report in the Daily quoting a senior administration official, there was a "tiny slice" of personal protective equipment left over.

Faulty logistics,transportation affect India's GDP

Faulty logistics,transportation affect India's GDP

Rediff.com24 Sep 2010

Logistics and transportation bottlenecks are impacting the country's economic growth by about two per cent, industry body Assocham said on Friday.

Somali pirates seize Italian freighter with 7 Indians

Somali pirates seize Italian freighter with 7 Indians

Rediff.com27 Dec 2011

Suspected Somali pirates on Tuesday hijacked an Italian cargo vessel with 18 crew, including seven Indian seafarers, off the coast of Oman.

With eye on China, Rajnath stresses on maritime security in IOR

With eye on China, Rajnath stresses on maritime security in IOR

Rediff.com4 Feb 2021

Maritime resources will be key to sustained growth and development of nations across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) in the ongoing century, he said delivering his keynote address at the IOR Defence Ministers' Conclave held on the margins of Aero India-2021, India's premier defence and aerospace show.

21 Indians taken hostage off Oman coast

21 Indians taken hostage off Oman coast

Rediff.com20 Aug 2011

An oil tanker with 21 Indian crew members on board was hijacked on Saturday off the coast of Oman, Directorate General of Shipping said in Mumbai.

Security heightened at Guj ports after terror threat

Security heightened at Guj ports after terror threat

Rediff.com29 Aug 2019

The move comes days after the Indian Navy also warned of a possible terror attack from the sea side.

Surging prices threaten to spoil India's coming-of-age gas party

Surging prices threaten to spoil India's coming-of-age gas party

Rediff.com17 Dec 2021

Around 15 years ago, when Reliance Industries (RIL) struck natural gas in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin off the east coast, the government made plans to supply that fuel cheaply to scores of generators that sprang up in India triggered by the discovery. Most of the plants, which account for 6 per cent of India's total generation capacity, operate sparsely after the KG-D6 area first failed to meet production targets, and then finally shut shop. Affordable domestic gas was why those thermal plants came up and the rate of the fuel today is why those generators hardly operate. Record liquefied natural gas (LNG) rates may yet again unravel India's ambitions to expand use of gas in industries, households and vehicles. Rates, while volatile, may stay strong this decade as developed nations with higher purchasing power embrace gas as the transition fuel.

Cairn to target assets of state-owned firms to recover dues worth $1.2 billion

Cairn to target assets of state-owned firms to recover dues worth $1.2 billion

Rediff.com27 Jun 2021

After Air India, Britain's Cairn Energy PLC plans to target assets of state-owned firms and banks in countries from the US to Singapore as it looks to ramp up efforts to recover the amount due from the Indian government after winning an arbitration against levy of retrospective taxes. A lawyer representing the company said Cairn will bring lawsuits in several countries to make state-owned firms liable to pay the $1.2 billion plus interest and penalties that are due from the Indian government. Last month, Cairn brought a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York pleading that Air India is controlled by the Indian government so much that they are 'alter egos' and the airline should be held liable for the arbitration award.

ED seizes $1.97 lakh being sent through MoneyGram

ED seizes $1.97 lakh being sent through MoneyGram

Rediff.com28 Aug 2009

The directorate said money was hidden inside books and greeting cards and could not have been easily detected by X-ray machines. The incident came to light after ED officials, acting on a tip-off, searched the regional office of the courier service in Naraina in Delhi.

RIL refinery first to produce Euro-IV auto fuel

RIL refinery first to produce Euro-IV auto fuel

Rediff.com25 Jan 2010

The first cargo of 25,000 tonnes of Euro-IV grade diesel from RIL's refinery at Jamnagar was shipped by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd on Friday, said an informed source. This is also the first coastal supply of Euro-IV diesel for the Indian market.

New port to boost Andhra Pradesh's economy

New port to boost Andhra Pradesh's economy

Rediff.com20 Nov 2013

The Central government plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) to develop Dugarajapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore District.

11 killed after giant crane collapses at Visakhapatnam shipyard

11 killed after giant crane collapses at Visakhapatnam shipyard

Rediff.com1 Aug 2020

TV visuals showed the giant crane falling on the ground with a loud thud.

2 inches taller and 8.6 milliseconds younger in 340 days

2 inches taller and 8.6 milliseconds younger in 340 days

Rediff.com4 Mar 2016

We take a look at the amazing things that Scott Kelly experienced as he hovered 400 kilometres above the earth zipping around it at 17 thousand miles per hour for nearly an year.

INS Sardar Patel commissioned in Porbandar

INS Sardar Patel commissioned in Porbandar

Rediff.com9 May 2015

Indian Navy on Saturday commissioned a new base, INS Sardar Patel, in Porbandar, Gujarat.

Why did Iran eject India from port, oil field deals?

Why did Iran eject India from port, oil field deals?

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

Iran's growing proximity to China may have also played a part.

Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!

Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!

Rediff.com20 Jun 2007

Once one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems crashed with the dotcoms, but it kept pouring money into R&D. Now there are signs of a revival.

Will Vizhinjam port fulfill India's maritime dream?

Will Vizhinjam port fulfill India's maritime dream?

Rediff.com14 Dec 2015

The success story of Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat, in terms of efficiency, technology and management, should be replicated at Vizhinjam to ensure that this ambitious project does not fail, say Shehzad Poonawalla and Riya Sinha.

BPCL stake sale: An acid test for Modi govt

BPCL stake sale: An acid test for Modi govt

Rediff.com26 Dec 2019

Though the NDA government had been trying to privatise 20 companies, a decision for which was taken in 2017, and included national carrier Air India, the investor community evinced little enthusiasm for any of them. Now, with an in-principle approval for privatisation of BPCL, CCI and SCI, the government has taken the plunge again.

Air India: Will JRD Tata's Legend Return?

Air India: Will JRD Tata's Legend Return?

Rediff.com14 Oct 2021

J R D Tata and Air India... Mrigank Warrier explores one of India's eternal love stories.

The beauty that lies below the water!

The beauty that lies below the water!

Rediff.com11 Feb 2021

The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest.

Yemen: Intense shelling force Indian crew to seek shelter in village

Yemen: Intense shelling force Indian crew to seek shelter in village

Rediff.com13 Sep 2015

Around 70 crew members had to abandon abandoned their ship in search of safety and are now scattered in nearby villages. Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com spoke to one of the Indian crew member from Kutch Mandvi.