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Cargo handled by major ports in April-October almost stagnant at 405 MT: Industry body IPA

The cargo handled by country's top 12 major ports in April-October period of the current financial year was almost stagnant at 405.39 million tonnes (MT), according to ports' apex body IPA

US keen to invest in India's infra, port, solar sector development, says Donald Trump govt's development finance institution

The US government's development finance institution OPIC is keen to invest in the development of India's infrastructure, port and solar energy sectors, a top US official said Tuesday.

Remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the poet: Former prime minister's verses explored matters of the nation and self

A large fraction of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's verse is layered with calls to national unity, social emblems, and harmony between the two. But as he avowedly once declared, his poetry ‘was a declaration of war’ and not of defeat.

Mumbai: Fire detected on Air India flight to Ahmedabad, no casualties after pilot aborts takeoff

A fire was detected aboard an Air India Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight just as it was preparing for takeoff, official sources said on Sunday.

Export drops 1.12% to $23 bn in Oct; trade deficit balloons as imports grow 7.6% to $37.11 bn

Trade deficit widened to $14 billion during the month under review as against $11.13 billion in October 2016

India to get six new mega ports under Ministry of Shipping's Sagarmala project

At least six new mega ports have been cleared to be built under the ambitious Sagarmala Project, taken up by the Ministry of Shipping.

Sagarmala, India's port modernisation project, can save up to Rs 40,000 cr in logistics, says govt study

The Ministry of Shipping's ambitious Sagarmala project that aims to modernise India's ports is estimated to save up to Rs 40,000 crore per year spent on logistics by key industries, says a study done by the ministry.

17 killed, 400 injured in Tianjin port explosion: See video footage

SHANGHAI Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring around 400, official Chinese media reported. President Xi Jinping demanded that authorities quickly extinguish the fire caused by the blasts and "make full effort to rescue and treat the injured and ensure the safety of people and their property", China Central Television (CCTV) said on its official microblog.

Bihar to get roads worth Rs 50,000, port link to Kolkata: Nitin Gadkari

In a big-ticket pre-poll announcement aimed at wooing voters in Bihar, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced that the state will get roads worth Rs 50,000 crore and the work will be started in 2015 itself.

Boat carrying medical aid arrives in Yemen's port of Aden

International humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders says the first boat carrying medical aid to Yemen since a Saudi-led bombing campaign against rebels began last month has arrived in the southern port city of Aden.