The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 24, 2003

International airlines told to follow rules for detecting SARS
EVEN as international airlines are increasingly cancelling flights to countries affected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), India is taking no chances and has asked international airlines operating to the country to `strictly ... More

More SriLankan flights to Bangalore
THE national airlines of Sri Lanka, SriLankan, has increased the frequency of flights between Colombo and Bangalore from three to four- flights-a-week. In a statement, SriLankan has said that the airline will operate flights on Mondays, ... More

Fashion TV to design saris for IA staff
"Fashion TV's rationale behind associating with IA was to make it's viewers aware of the fact that not only was the channel serious about the business of fashion but is also very clued to Indian fashion in particular''. More

PETROLEUM

Kochi refinery sees savings with higher crude traffic
KOCHI Refineries Ltd (KRL), currently under Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), hopes to achieve some savings in the cost of transportation of crude now that it will be required to process more of imported crude than before. Till 2002-03, ... More

SHIPPING

Concern over drop in Vizag port revenue
THE cargo handled by Visakhapatnam Port Trust has been increasing since 1997, but there is no corresponding rise in revenue, the recognised Port Employees' Union has alleged. At a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr D.K Sarma, the general ... More

RAILWAY BUDGET

Parliament passes Railway Budget
THE Parliament on Wednesday approved the Railway Budget for 2003-04 with the Rajya Sabha returning the Railway Appropriation Bill, 2003 with a voice vote. Responding to concerns expressed by the members on railway safety, the Railway Minister, ... More

ROADWAYS

Transporters call off strike — No significant gains on main demands
CAPITULATING to pressure from their rank and file and from the goods vehicle owners and with no significant gains from the Government on three major demands, the All Indian Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) called-off their ten-day long strike ... More

Truckers need a broader treatment: Experts
THE lorry strike should make Governments, both at the national and State levels, sit up and devise short-term and long-term strategies for preventing the recurrence of a situation where collective defiance by organised players of an industrial ... More

Ships in Ports

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