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Home Biz travel biggest reason for passengers to travel: Vistara survey
Business travel has emerged as the biggest reason for passengers to travel, showed a survey conducted by full-service carrier Vistara.According to the survey, 35 per cent of the respondents indicated that business related trips have emerged as the biggest reason for them to travel.Besides, 25 per cent of the respondents are expected to travel to visit their friends and relatives.
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Home NBCC's Q4 consolidated net profit falls 41% to Rs 84 cr
State-run construction major NBCC (India) Ltd on Monday reported a 41 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit for the January-March quarter at Rs 83.77 crore.During the quarter ended March of the financial year 2018-19, the company had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 142.45 crore.Its net sales during the period under review fell 16.8 per cent to Rs 2,568.73 crore, the company...
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Home DGTR begins hearing on safeguard duty on solar equipment imports
In what may substantially increase duty on solar equipment imports, largely from countries such as China, the domestic industry has recommended continuation of 15 per cent safeguard duty (SGD) for another four years with marginal reduction of 0.05 per cent annually.In their submission to the Director General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) during the course of an oral hearing for...
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Home Frontrunner for Air India ops director under fire
A frontrunner for Air India's Director Operations post has come under criticism from certain sections of the airline for his past record of siding with unions against the national carrier.According to sources, the current Executive Director for Operations Captain R.S. Sandhu has in the past allegedly been hand-in-glove with a particular pilots' union.
- 18 hrs ago
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Home Diesel extends gain over petrol in Delhi after 7-day pause
Diesel has extended its gain over petrol in Delhi as oil marketing companies raised its price in the city by 25 paisa a litre on Tuesday after keeping auto fuel prices hanged for the last seven days.With the increase, diesel is priced at Rs 80.78 a litre in the National Capital, up from Rs 80.53 a litre on Monday. The oil companies, however, kept petrol prices unchanged across the...
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Home World Bank provides $400 mn to enhance support for Namami Gange
The Indian government and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a loan agreement to enhance support for the Namami Gange programme that seeks to rejuvenate the Ganga.The Second National Ganga River Basin Project will help stem pollution in the iconic river and strengthen the management of the river basin which is home to more than 500 million people.
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Home Digital payments in India saw 23% jump in last 30 days: Report
Digital payment transactions in India have rebounded by 23 per cent in the last 30 days, full-stack financial solutions company Razorpay said in a report on Monday.The overall digital transactions declined by 12 per cent in the last 101 days, compared to a 30 per cent drop in the first 30 days of lockdown, said the report titled "101 Days of Covid-19 Era: Impact On Digital...
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Home Maharashtra hotels to reopen, 50% may shut for good
With hotels and restaurants preparing to reopen after nearly four months, the prospects of around 50 per cent of them shutting permanently also loom large, top players warn.The Centre has indicated July 8 as the target date for the hospitality industry to throw open its doors to guests and patrons.
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Home Covid-19 fails to affect kharif sowing in Karnataka
There seems no impact of Covid-19 on kharif crop sowing in Karnataka with the current year actually being ahead of previous years, according to an official here on Monday."In agriculture, as far as sowing is concerned, there is no impact of Covid-19," Agriculture Commissioner Brijesh Kumar Dikshit told IANS. One of the reasons, according to Dikshit, is that people in rural areas are...
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Home Country needs another green revolution: Tomar
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said the country needs another green revolution to increase the production of foodgrains.At the virtual inauguration from New Delhi of the newly-built building of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, Tomar said the government was committed to...
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