The most significant growth was recorded by carriers in the Asia-Pacific and West Asian regions at 5.9 per cent and 12.9 per cent respectively. Carriers in these regions captured the vast majority of the global increase (93 per cent).
Titan will become the latest Indian brand to ride on the back of the global e-retail major
Indian Oil Corporation is keen on acquiring stake in three refineries in Nigeria and is eyeing refinery turnaround jobs in African and West Asian countries.
Besides launching 50 products with a refreshed logo, Britannia to issue bonus debentures of Rs 720 crore
India imports about 25 million tonnes of oil from Iraq each year.
The minister's visit will also give India an opportunity to have first-hand assessment of evolving security situation in that region.
India-Israel relations are at a crossroads. Simply chanting old hackneyed mantras on terrorism, secularism, democracy, et al, won't suffice. There is danger of stagnation setting in, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Currently, the West Asian banking group has three branches - in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kochi.
In prior elections, not only have opinion poll forecasts been very different from the results, the error margin has increased over time. One need only look at the charts that show the Sensex half a year before and after the results day for the last six elections. The markets did not change direction in any, says Neelkanth Mishra.
Naresh Goyal, after being ousted with his wife from the board last week, and with his shareholding halved to 25 per cent, can still make a comeback by partnering a new investor and win back majority control.
Army, paramilitary and police forces continue going into harm's way with outdated bulletproof jackets (BPJs), and helmets designed for motorcycle riding, not for the impact of a nine-millimetre bullet.
Cooperation in key areas of defence, security and counter-terrorism will be an important aspect of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's discussions during his visit to three West Asian countries -- Palestine, the United Arab Emirates and Oman -- starting Friday.
India is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude, after China.
'The US has been closely monitoring all ships originating from North Korea to detect missile shipments bound for the Gulf region, lest some of these missiles find their way into the arsenal of Saddam Hussein, or Pakistan,' says B Raman.
Artificially intelligent smartphones will be able to offer solutions and suggestions based on user behaviour.
'Instead of isolation, India should respond militarily to every act of terrorism assessed to have come from across the border, unilaterally declare Pakistan a State that supports terrorism and cease all economic dealings with it.'
India's majoritarian regime is now making a dangerously fast-paced move towards theocracy, like its western counterpart did a few decades ago, warns Mohammad Sajjad.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is looking to increase air seat entitlement to Dubai by 20%.
Talks gain ground of strategic stake sale to foreign investor.
'Mr Trump is too capricious to be trusted,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Vistara is keen to take to global skies.
Meetings to break the deadlock have been planned.
'Indian diplomacy in West Asia under the present government has been a success story -- and with Saudi Arabia in particular,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Why should India buy olives from Europe when it could do so from the world's largest producers?
Given the concerns around trade wars that threaten to jeopardise global capital flows as well, attracting foreign capital needs to be a policy priority, says Neelkanth Mishra.
India became more dependent on Iraqi oil recently after it cut supplies from the sanctions-hit Iran.
Brexit is, in the parlance of the financial community, a 'risk-on' development.
Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16
Watchdogs of the economy have not been barking and it is high time we noticed it, says Shreekant Sambrani.
The two countries agreed to intensify coordination to deal with terrorism as Swaraj met top Israeli leadership and discussed a wide-range of bilateral and regional issues.
The Rs 3-trillion West Coast or Nanar refinery has all the potential to become India's flagship petrochemicals project, with the planet's largest oil producer Saudi Aramco as its biggest shareholder. Yet the locals don't see the plant as a harbinger of better times.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said resumption of talks with Pakistan was to "try and turn the course of history" and to bring an end to terrorism, but made it clear that the neighbouring country would be judged by its commitment on terrorism.
The hour-long meeting, also attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and senior home ministry officials, apprised the Muslim clerics about activities of the West Asian terrorist group and its efforts to attract Indian youth to its fold.
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