Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India’s first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga river in his parliamentary constituency here and received the country’s first container cargo transported on inland waterways from Kolkata. The first consignment containing food and beverage had set sail from...

Food and beverages major PepsiCo India on Monday said it has become the first company to use the country’s inland waterways for container movement by transporting products from its plant in Kolkata to Varanasi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first multi-modal terminal on...

To increase rail safety levels and to cut down on train delays, Indian Railways will soon start beaming the location of trains on a real-time basis. At present, a train’s location is updated every eight minutes. The routes on which the real-time location will...

The national permit vehicles can now ply without two drivers, the government said on Saturday. Besides, there is also no requirement of having dark brown body colour for such vehicles, as was mandatory earlier with amendment in Central Motor Vehicles Rules. “The Ministry of...

Indian economy class and other air travellers can look forward to spending some time in what is being called the world's first economy class lounge when they travel through the newly inaugurated Muscat International Airport. The airport has ten economy class lounges spread over...

Up to Rs 65,000 crore has been approved for a host of rail infrastructure projects on the suburban network in Mumbai and its surrounding areas, said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Sunday. These projects, investment for which were proposed in this year’s Union budget, include...

HAL’s basic trainer aircraft HTT 40 began the challenging ‘spin test’ by successfully doing two-turn spins and recovering with appropriate controls. Two test pilots undertook the first spin entry testing on Friday. The aircraft was piloted by Gp Capt (Retd) KK Venugopal, DGM-Test Pilot...

  Air India Express, the low-cost international arm of national carrier Air India, has reported an 11 per cent dip in the net profit at Rs 262 crore in fiscal 2018, impacted by high fuel cost and sluggish growth in the Gulf economies, but...

The Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) has been granted an exemption from the mandatory local sourcing clause while procuring steel rails. The exemption was given after it was found that Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) cannot meet the full requirements of the company....

At a time when large banks are shying away from the infrastructure sector, private-sector lender RBL Bank is eyeing highway projects with plans to make selective financing. “We are just about beginning to take baby steps into some selective project financing. So, we are...