The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 25, 2005

Toyota, TERI to set up model to study urban pollution
TOYOTA Motor Corporation, on Wednesday, announced its commitment to India as a partner not only in its core business of automobile manufacturing but also in contributing its share in the improvement of environment. Toyota will contribute Rs 70 ... More

AIRLINES

India, Singapore agree to increase flights
INDIA and Singapore have agreed to allow more flights between the two nations. The agreement, that was reached at the conclusion of an air services agreement between India and Singapore here, gives the airlines from Singapore permission to ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Concor's Guwahati ICD starts eco-friendly drive — Uses bamboo pallets for packaging
IN what may be called a major environment-friendly drive, the Amingaon (Guwahati) inland container depot (ICD) of the Container Corporation of India (Concor) has started handling, for the first time, bamboo pallets (in place of wooden pallets) in ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Airports revamp: Transaction document to bidders next week
THE Government is to provide the transaction document to bidders participating in the modernisation and development of Delhi and Mumbai airports next week and hopes to receive the bids by the middle of next month, the Union Minister for Civil ... More

Pipeline project: 3 in race for financial consultant
The consultant would be required to suggest project models for the execution of the project. More

SHIPPING

Failure to get DG-S' nod for deal with Klaveness — Mercator closes charter deal through Singapore subsidiary
In India, Mercator would have had to pay tonnage tax or even corporate tax under the present tax regime. More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Gateway Distriparks on expansion mode
GATEWAY Distriparks Ltd (GDL), a provider of port-related logistics services, is planning to expand its business canvas by foraying into port terminal operations, supply chain management and cold chain transportation. The company, promoted by ... More

RAILWAYS

Tenders invited for Rs 6,366-cr MRTS project
THE State Government has announced that it has floated tenders for the first phase of the Rs 6,366-crore ambitious Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) covering a distance of 59 km on three dense traffic corridors of the twin cities of Hyderabad and ... More

House panel asks Rly Ministry to formulate wagon requirement plan
The share of wagon manufacturing PSUs in the new orders has declined to 4,057.5 in 2004-05 from 8,760 in 2003-04. More

Facelift for rail link at Vallarpadam
GIVEN the importance of the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vallarpadam island, Southern Railway is giving top priority to the new rail alignment from Edappally to Vallarpadam, Mr Thomas Varghese, General Manager, ... More

ROADWAYS

Mayhem on the road
Traffic chaos has become a daily routine in Hyderabad. Even ambulances carrying patients are caught in the traffic jam. No amount of blowing the siren is of any help as there seems to be no one to regulate the ... More

Ships in Ports

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