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New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu Monday informed the Lok Sabha that thousands of flights have been cancelled by Indian and foreign airlines due to the ongoing tensions in West Asia. Speaking during the sixth day of the ongoing Parliamentary Budget...

New Delhi: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has announced a 'Sansad Gherao' protest Monday, alleging that the Centre’s recently announced trade agreement with the United States could adversely affect India’s economic interests. The protest will be led by IYC National President Uday Bhanu Chib and...

Thiruvananthapuram: Genrobotics, a deep-tech startup based in Thiruvananthapuram, has secured an infrastructure contract worth around Rs 80 crore from PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency after outperforming more than 600 companies in a global evaluation process. Under the agreement, the Kerala-based firm will deploy advanced robotic...

New Delhi/Pakisthan: Pakistan is running into increasing difficulty in meeting the conditions set by the IMF for extending loans, while the country’s rising trade deficit and increased cost of oil imports due to the Iran war are adding to the problem, according to a report....

Mumbai: Aviation safety watchdog DGCA has provided temporary relaxations in flight duty norms for Air India's long-haul flights as the airline is taking longer routes due to the airspace curbs amid the Middle East conflict, sources said Sunday. With Iranian and Iraqi airspace restrictions, Air...

New Delhi: The government Saturday said commercial LPG cylinder distribution has been resumed for some industries in various states, adding that no stockouts of LPG have been reported so far at retail outlets in the country. In a briefing on the current fuel situation, Sujata...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Friday said that India and the United States continue to remain engaged in discussions for a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, rejecting media reports that suggested a pause in negotiations. In a statement, the ministry clarified that...

New Delhi: IndiGo will start levying fuel charges ranging from Rs 425 to Rs 2,300 on domestic and international flight tickets from March 14 amid the steep surge in jet fuel prices due to the ongoing war between the US, Israel and Iran. The move...

New Delhi: The US waiver for buying seaborne Russian crude has immediately freed another 20-odd million barrels of oil on board ships, which is expected to cool runaway prices that have crossed the $100 per barrel mark in the global market amid the Iran war....

Washington: Amid rising oil prices, the Trump administration has announced a temporary authorisation to other countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea, as there were no immediate signs of an early end to the US war on Iran. The US had granted a...