Mosquitoes are not strong flyers and hence keeping the air circulated with the use of a fan is a good way to avoid getting bitten and also makes it difficult for them to fly close to you.
On these routes, the train speed would also be increased to above 160 kmph over the next four or five years by revamping the entire signaling, tracks and fencing.
There were 294 passengers on-board when the aircraft made the emergency landing, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) official said, adding that, all passengers were safe. "Full emergency was declared on Iran Air flight, IR-811, after one of its engine caught fire. The incident happened when the aircraft had flown some 90 nautical miles from Mumbai," an official said.
Rediff.com takes a look at the major aviation disasters of recent times.
The University of Lucknow, invites applications for admission to its various MBA programmes.
The US slowdown coupled with rupee appreciation, talent crunch and rising salaries, and the 2010 sunset clause on tax holiday for IT firms, is putting knowledge process outsourcing firms in a bind.
While we complain about comfort in coaches, rarely do we think about the comfort of engine drivers.
The POCO X2 is a gaming phone that offers good photographic capabilities at a budget price, says Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com.
Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, invites applications for XAT, its admission test, and admissions to the academic programmes at XLRI and 35 other management institutes.
Kingfisher Airlines is recruiting Trainee Co-Pilots, Guest Service Agents and Guest Relations Executive (female).
Indian Railways has plans to decongest network and become more self dependent.
A 50-year-old man was mauled to death by two Royal Bengal Tigers in Guwahati Zoo on Wednesday while he was trying to take photographs of the two animals close to their cage, a zoo official said.
The maintenance of track is increasingly becoming mechanised and capital-intensive.
Six of the top 10 newspapers showed a decline in readership, according to the IRS 2007 Round 2. The four newspapers that showed an increase were Danik Bhaskar, Rajasthan Patrika, The Times of India and Ananda Bazar Patrika. However, Dainik Jagran continues to be the top of the heap with an average issue readership of 1.65 crore
With traffic growth slowing despite the economy doing well, and the minister saying he won't hike passenger fares, things don't look as good.
India is likely to sign a $145 billion deal by June to import natural gas from Iran through the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline after Tehran lowered the sale price by 30 per cent.
Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has been slammed on social media for sledging a couple of New Zealand batsmen while sending them back to the pavilion following their dismissal during their World Cup win over Brendon McCullum's men on Sunday.
CBI have registered a disproportionate assets case against Meena, an IRS officer of 1977 batch, and claimed to have recovered so far cash of Rs 16 lakh from his possession, sources said.
The Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) has shown the potential for mapping the stress field of the earth's crust that will help to predict areas where powerful earthquakes are most likely.
Arvind Kejriwal, engineer, civil servant and Delhi's man with a development agenda, is the David who slayed the government's Goliath.
Initial 3,500 tickets for female fans were quickly sold out in about one hour and as a result, an additional 1,100 tickets were released for the match at the national Azadi Stadium.
Targeting the Aam Admi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused Arvind Kejriwal of becoming an expert of "dumping issues half-way" and running away from answering questions.
Why Ashish Narsale is looking forward to its launch.
Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.
Meet Jasmeet Singh Sandhu who ranked third in the Union Public Service Commission exam this year.
The United States Agency for International Development will provide a $10 million technical aid for development of Indian insurance sector over the next four years.\n\n\n\n
The two major railway unions have proposed to the government an unprecedented alternative to privatisation or inviting foreign investment, to help raise funds and improve revenue.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is carrying 1360-kg satellite 'Resourcesat -I'.
Its officers would wear black bands on Monday, which is also Martyrs day, the IRS Association (Customs and Central Excise) has said.
The station with the most annual revenue is CST Mumbai, followed by Dadar.
Prominent Dalit leader Udit Raj joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday which said it believed in inclusive growth and the welfare of the last man in the queue and accused Congress of causing disparity in the society during its rule.
The Sony HT-S700RF home theatre ticks all the right boxes for a music fanatic says Aparna Banerjea.
CBI sources said a crack team raided a place where Perumal Swamy alias Babu was accepting a bribe of Rs 400,000 from an IRS official Anurag Vardhan.
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