New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Air India and Air India Express are scheduled to operate a total of 80 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from the West Asia region on Saturday, amid the ongoing US-Israel and Iran war.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) As global supply chains face recurring disruptions from geopolitical tensions and shifting trade routes, resilient infrastructure and logistics networks will be critical to sustaining economic growth, said Karan Adani, Managing Director (MD), Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), and Director, Adani Cement, at the annual leadership summit of a media group here on Friday.
Kathmandu, March 13 (IANS) The door has opened for Nepal to import up to 350 MW of electricity from neighbouring Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, after a new deal was reached between officials of the two countries during a two-day meeting of a bilateral mechanism which concluded in the western Pokhara city of Nepal on Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, on Friday, indicated that Indian ships could soon get safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, which has brought transit through the crucial waterway to a standstill.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India’s largest airline IndiGo on Friday announced that it will introduce a fuel surcharge on both domestic and international flight tickets starting March 14, following a sharp rise in aviation turbine fuel prices linked to tensions in the Middle East.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday said that India and the United States continue to remain engaged in discussions for a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, rejecting media reports that suggested a pause in negotiations.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The outlook for India’s sugar sector remains stable with comfortable domestic demand–supply dynamics even as global sugar prices have declined sharply due to surplus supply from Brazil, a report said on Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the first export consignment of 25 metric tonnes of GI-tagged Joha rice from Assam to the United Kingdom and Italy, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The government has stepped up food safety enforcement across the country, with more than 56,000 risk-based inspections conducted in the last three years -- more than 100 per cent growth in the last three years -- to ensure compliance with food safety standards, the Parliament was informed on Friday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) While Pakistan has enacted important legal protections for women in the workplace, the real challenge is enforcing those laws, with many organisations failing to establish functional inquiry committees or treating them as formalities, a new report has said.
