During the first two months (April-May) of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21, Indian major ports handled 92.82 mt of traffic, as compared to 119.24 mt in the corresponding period of 2019-20, registering a decline of […]
The prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) have been revised upwards, following the global trend. The new prices are in effect from June 1, 2020. The price of a kilolitre of ATF will cost Rs […]
Airport ground services company Air India-SATS is grappling with lower revenues and higher costs due to reduced airline operations combined with new rules for passengers, baggage and aircraft cleaning. The firm plans to pass on […]
Private entities including SpiceJet and Reliance-backed drone start-up Asteria Aerospace are among 13 consortiums that have received approvals from the government to test-fly drones beyond visual line of sight. SpiceXpress, the air cargo division of […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has deferred the date of signing of the concession agreement for Jewar airport due to the ongoing pandemic. The decision was taken by the state cabinet at a recent meeting held […]
Bengaluru airport will introduce the air cargo community system (ACS) to streamline air logistics. Bengaluru International Airport Limited has signed an e-agreement with Kale Logistics Solutions, an IT solutions provider, to develop the ACS platform, […]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is extending its contracts with concessionaires at six airports until March 2021. The Adani Group has sought time to take over three of these six airports, and cabinet approval […]
The upper limit for airfares has been set to prevent airlines from charging exorbitantly high prices on resumption of flights. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has released a fare structure setting the minimum […]
After nearly two months of being shut down, flight operations resumed in a calibrated manner on May 25, 2020. However, uncertainty and chaos was witnessed at airports as airlines, following last-minute instructions from the government, […]
When Dr Ashvini Kumar joined The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as senior director, renewable energy technologies division, in 2017, he brought with him decades of experience. After a master’s in physics from Meerut University, […]
India and China share deep economic ties. There are high trade volumes between the two countries, with a mammoth imbalance in China’s favour. Following a border clash in which several soldiers on both sides were […]
Metering is an important aspect of water management. The absence of meters has been a root cause of several issues such as high non-revenue water, unchecked leakages and overflows, and unauthorised and reckless water consumption. […]
At a time when global investors are losing their appetite and are wary of writing new cheques to fledgling tech companies, Jio Platforms, a three-and-a-half-year-old tech firm, has roped in one global investor after another. Reliance […]
Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi, director, technical, THDC India, is a hydro expert with over 33 years of experience in the design, engineering and construction of project structures. He started his career as an engineer with THDC […]
Discussions around India’s uptake, deployment and preparedness for 5G have been going on for quite some time now. What is new in the 5G context is how a certain segment of the industry has now […]
July Issue 2020
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