January
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Car sales down 1.25 %, passenger vehicles up 7.57% in January
•Vehicle sales across categories registered 30.71 percent growth to 21,17,746 units, from 16,20,179 units in January 2017
Rains stay away from north India, making it driest January since 1901; prolonged dry spell may impact Rabi crop
Fp Staff •This month is set to become the driest January in over a century, with just 2.2 millimetres of rain being recorded across the entire country in the first 30 days of the month, as against the normal average of 45.5 millimetres
In Afghanistan, 1 January marks the birthday of a generation who don't know when they were born
•1 January is Samad Alawi's birthday. It's also the birthday of his wife, his two sons, 32 of his friends and thousands of other Afghans — a date chosen for convenience by a generation who do not know when they were born.
India's choked airports: Why the govt needs to speed up aviation infra development
Sindhub •The government should better wake up, lest airport capacity could become an unresolvable mess pretty soon if India's air traffic boom continues.
Almost 30% flights delayed: India's airports are choked as traffic continues to climb
Sindhu •In January at least one in four flights into or from the country’s four busiest airports – Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore – was delayed.
Indirect tax revenue grows 24% in Apr-Jan; direct tax up 10.79%
•Belying fears of slowdown due to demonetisation, indirect tax collection grew at a decent 16.9 percent in January buoyed mainly by excise, reflecting an uptick in manufacturing.
Amazon reports significant growth in Tier 3 cities during Great India Sale
Fp Archives •E-commerce major Amazon India saw significant growth in new customer additions in tier III cities like Virudhunagar, Sambalpur and Kolhapur during its 3-day sale that ended today.
Huawei Honor 6X with dual camera setup and 4GB RAM set to launch in India by the end of January
Tech2 News Staff •Huawei has announced that it will launch Honor 6X in India by the end of January as part of the global launch announced at CES 2017
Bye 2016, welcome 2017: There are many good reasons not to have a new year blast
Bikram Vohra •You’ll have to suffer stupid comments, several versions of stupid ‘see you next year’ jokes accompanied by false laughter and the music will drown out any chance of conversation.
OnePlus 3T Soft Gold variant launch scheduled on 5 January
Tech2 News Staff •OnePlus India has announced that the company will launch the 'Soft Gold' variant of OnePlus 3T in the Indian market in January.