Airbus pitches A-400M transport aircraft for IAF’s Medium Transport Aircraft contest

Airbus pitches A-400M transport aircraft for IAF’s Medium Transport Aircraft contest

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has pitched its A-400M transport aircraft in response to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Request For Information (RFI) for a Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) with a carrying capacity of 18 to 30 tonnes. The submission deadline for the RFI issued in December 2022 was extended till March 31, and it has two … Read more

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more

Hyderabad police arrange green channel to transport live organs from airport 

Hyderabad police arrange green channel to transport live organs from airport 

The Hyderabad Traffic Police, along with its Cyberabad counterparts, on Friday arranged a green channel for the transport of live organs from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad to KIMS Hospital at Secunderabad. A distance of about 35 kms was covered in 23 mins by 2:35 p.m., via PVNR Expressway, Mehdipatnam, Lakdikapul, Tankbund and Ranigunj. … Read more

State govt. issues order hiking salary of Road Transport Corporation employees by 15%; unions unhappy

State govt. issues order hiking salary of Road Transport Corporation  employees by 15%; unions unhappy

All the four corporations (KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC, and KKRTC) have a workforce of 1.07 lakh employees. | Photo Credit: File photo A day after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made an announcement about increasing the basic salary of employees of the road transport corporations (RTCs) by 15%, the State government issued the order on Friday evening. The pay … Read more

Data | With 720 plane crash deaths in last thirty years, Nepal ranks 12 of 207 nations

Data | With 720 plane crash deaths in last thirty years, Nepal ranks 12 of 207 nations

Recovery effort: Rescuers pull out the body of a victim who was killed in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH MATHEMA At least 69 of the 72 passengers onboard Yeti Airlines flight 691 died when the plane crashed in Nepal on Sunday. This is the country’s third deadliest aviation … Read more

NIC making interim arrangement for Vahan data access: Transport Commissioner

NIC making interim arrangement for Vahan data access: Transport Commissioner

The National Informatics Centre(NIC) will make an interim arrangement to facilitate access to data related to transport/goods vehicles of Andhra Pradesh by those having authorised login for ‘VAHAN’ and ‘SARADHI’ system till the entire data migration process was completed. Reacting to the news item in these columns ‘Lorry Owners Suffer as vehicle details yet to … Read more

Call to activate Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority

Call to activate Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority

A memorandum has been submitted to the Chief Minister and Transport Minister in this regard A memorandum has been submitted to the Chief Minister and Transport Minister in this regard Steps should be taken to activate the Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA) immediately, K.N. Unnikrishnan, MLA, has said. A memorandum has been submitted to the … Read more

Taxi aggregators in Bengaluru continue auto services overlooking Transport Department order

Taxi aggregators in Bengaluru continue auto services overlooking Transport Department order

Taxi aggregators were asked to stop services with effect from Wednesday. Meanwhile, one of the aggregators is said to be approaching the High Court against the department’s dictum Taxi aggregators were asked to stop services with effect from Wednesday. Meanwhile, one of the aggregators is said to be approaching the High Court against the department’s … Read more

NHAI Investment Trust to raise ₹1,500 crore via bonds

NHAI Investment Trust to raise ₹1,500 crore via bonds

The National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT), the infrastructure investment trust of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will hit the market soon to raise ₹1,500 crore and another ₹5,000 crore by the end of this financial year. Officials told ET it will raise ₹1,500 crore via issuance of bonds carrying a coupon rate of … Read more