The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 21, 2002

AI set to turn the corner
AIR India is on course to report a profit of between Rs 20 crore and Rs 30 crore this financial even as it closed the previous financial year with a net loss of Rs 44.4 crore. The better performance this time round comes on the back of better ... More

SHIPPING

Chennai to be developed as mother port on east coast
THE Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday that the Government had no immediate plans to develop Vizag (Visakhapatnam) into a mother port as containerisation in the east coast has not been developed. Responding to the main question raised by the ... More

KMC can't raise dues claim: KoPT
THE Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has declined to entertain the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's bid to raise arrear claims on the revised valuation of KoPT's khas properties. Referring to the relevant act of 1890, the KoPT authorities have made it ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE

Motor insurance tariff hike deferred
THE Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) has deferred the proposed hike in motor insurance tariff, sources in the insurance industry told Business Line.The tariff hike was to take effect from April 1. The proposal to ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Concor launches new ICD at Jamshedpur
THE Container Corporation of India (Concor) has launched a new inland container depot (ICD) at Jamshedpur to facilitate rail movement of both domestic and international traffic to-and-from the steel city. With this, the number of ICDs owned and ... More

RAILWAYS

Ultrasonic, dual rail tester from Paras
A CITY-based company has developed an ultrasonic, dual rail tester, to inspect railway tracks and point out defects. The push trolley type tester can cover up to 4-5 km in about five hours. The Rs. 2.5-lakh device fabricated by Paras ... More

ROADWAYS

Rs 160-cr IDFC aid for Bengal highway project
INFRASTRUCTURE Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC) will provide about Rs 160 crore to Malaysia's Gamuda-WCT team for four-laning the highway stretch between Panagarh and Palsit on NH-2 in West Bengal on annuity basis. Banking sources said ... More

Ships in Ports

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