What You Must Know About Vizhinjam Port

The shipping business is like the heaving sea -- it's up and down, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Police officers stand guard near the barricades during a protest by supporters of the proposed......

Heavy rains, strong winds batter Mumbai; signage atop BSE damaged

Incessant heavy rains and strong winds battered Mumbai and adjoining areas on Wednesday, disrupting traffic and damaging the signage atop the iconic Bombay Stock Exchange building. Gusty winds led......

Why Mumbai's mayor has become a nurse again

'It is time to give back to this city that has given me so much.' IMAGE: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar in her nursing uniform. The mayor will serve as a frontline worker at Mumbai's B Y L Nair......

Coronavirus: 16k passengers holed up in ships at Indian ports

As many as 16,076 crew members and passengers onboard ships from China or having travelled to coronavirus-hit countries have been scanned and not allowed to disembark at Indian ports as a......

India eyes 60% share of global ship recycling biz

Currently, India recycles around 300 of the 1,000 ships which are demolished per annum globally. However, countries like Japan, Europe and the US were not sending their ships for recycling to India......

Onion prices are likely to come down soon

Last week, the Union Cabinet decided to import 1.2 lakh tonnes of onions to improve the domestic supply and control prices, which touched Rs 100 per kg earlier this month. Public sector trading......

LIC, GIC show interest in buying Air India's Mumbai building

With over Rs 55,000 crore debt, Air India management has been trying to pare burden by monetising non-core real estate properties. Even as the government is yet to take a call on putting the......

Air India Mumbai building sale hits hurdle

It is also felt that under the current market conditions, the building is unlikely to garner the kind of funds expected from a prime real estate at Nariman Point Union Shipping Minister Nitin......