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AIRLINES
Qantas to resume flights to India
QANTAS Airways will be restarting their operations to India in September, according to Ms Sonia Grinceri, Regional Director Western Australian Trade Office in India. The airline withdrew services to India in March 2002 after the drop in air ...
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SHIPPING
Kochi port to raise free period to 7 days for loaded export containers
THE Kochi Port has agreed to raise the free period for loaded containers meant for exports from five to seven days following the request from shippers. A decision in this regard was announced by the port Chairman, Dr Jacob Thomas, at an ...
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L&T disqualified for Kandla port project — `Request for proposal' document norms not met
LARSEN & Toubro, which has been trying to foray into full-fledged port terminal operations, appears to have lost one more chance. Being one of the five companies which had bid for the Rs 200-crore container terminal project at the Kandla port, ..
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IOC plans to raise crude imports thru Haldia dock
INDIAN Oil Corporation (IOC) proposes to step up its import of crude through Haldia dock in the current fiscal as compared to last fiscal. IOC is likely to import an estimated 11.5 to 12 mt of crude through the dock this year. In 2003-04, the ...
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Plea to exempt ship repair from tax net
THE Shipping Ministry has urged the Finance Ministry to keep the ship repair business out of the ambit of the service tax net. With effect from July 1, 2003, ship repair business was brought under the purview of service tax as per Section 65 of ...
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SOFTWARE
Railways developing computerised system to evaluate safety skills
AS part of its safety efforts, the Railways is developing a computerised competence evaluation system for various categories of staff on safety-related knowledge and skill. The new system will put in place a periodical evaluation of knowledge ...
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ROADWAYS
Insurance companies seek tougher norms for drivers
THE spectre of a detariffed automobile insurance scenario is galvanising general insurance companies into lobbying with various State Governments across the country, insisting on tougher licensing norms for new drivers. With detariffing norms ...
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