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SVPIA sets a national record in runway work
Ahmedabad : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), managed by the Adani Group, has completed the recarpeting work on its 3.5 - kilometre-long runway in a record time of 75 days. This duration is an all-time best among…
India supplies 11,000 MT of rice to Sri Lanka ahead of national new year
Colombo : Awaiting to usher the National New Year, crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Tuesday welcomed a consignment of 11,000 MT of rice received under the concessional Indian Credit Facility of $1 billion.Having delivered 5000 MT over the last…
Coal bearing land can now be used for coal, energy infra development
New Delhi : With the objective of utilising mined out/practically unsuitable lands and increasing investment and job creation in coal sector, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the policy for…
Highest fuel prices in Europe recorded in Netherlands, Denmark, Germany
Berlin : Prices for gasoline and diesel in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are higher than in any other European country, Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has said. In early March, prices for standard E10 fuel and diesel…
Sri Lanka temporarily suspends foreign debt payments
Colombo : Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry on Tuesday said the government has decided to suspend normal debt servicing of all affected debts for an interim period till it puts together an orderly and consensual restructuring program supported…
As governments fail to establish a common cause in the face of economic disaster, Sri Lankans are…
New Delhi : 19 Sri Lankans arrived in Tamil Nadu on Sunday as the country's economic crisis worsened. The number of Sri Lankan economic refugees in India has risen to 39 as a result of this migration. The most recent refugees to arrive in…
Ice on lunar surface likely preserved by ancient magnetic fields
New York : Ice on the surface of the Moon, known so far to be dry and airless, is likely protected by ancient magnetic fields, according to a new study.Sunlight does not reach the polar craters on the Moon because of the Moon's small tilt…
Astronomers find rapid, unexpected changes in Neptune’s temperatures
London : Neptune, a very cold planet with average temperature reaching around minus 220 degrees Celsius, has seen rapid and unexpected temperature variations in the last two decades, scientists have found.Using ground-based telescopes,…
China’s military modernisation & its implications for India: Part I
New Delhi : In 2015, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the most extensive set of reforms for the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in its history. These reforms sought to consolidate President Xi Jinping's hold over the Army and bring…
Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue in Lahore restored to golden shine
Lahore : The life-size sculpture of Maharaja Ranjit Singh - the ruler of the Sikh empire during the 19th century - has been restored to its golden shine and is expected to be reinstalled at a safer place at Lahore Fort, media reports…