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Navy to operate UAVs from air station at Uchipuli (The Hindu)
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Indian Navy, which commissioned its first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron at Kochi two and half years ago, plans to operate UAVs from the Naval Air Station at Uchipuli near here. Read More
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Indian airline operators set to ground 165 flights (rediff.com)
Falling demand compels domestic carriers to slash capacity by 10 per cent. Read More
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First-quarter direct tax kitty swells (The Telegraph)
New Delhi, July 4: The country’s corporate and personal tax collections grew at the rate of 32.65 per cent and 48.84 per cent, respectively, in the first quarter of this fiscal. Read More
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Direct tax receipts up 39% in Q1 (The Economic Times)
Direct tax collections have gone up by 38.6% in the first quarter this fiscal at Rs 57,373 crore compared to Rs 41,391 crore in the year-ago period. These are collections net of refunds. Read More
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Navy to operate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle from Uchipuli air station (The Hindu)
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Indian Navy, which commissioned its first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron at Kochi two and half years ago, plans to operate UAVs from the Naval Air Station at Uchipuli near here. This is expected to enhance ... Read More
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Shanil, Manju claim honours (The Hindu)
KOCHI: As a little girl, A.B. Manju was a good sprinter. She even won medals at State-level inter-school athletics meets. One day, when she was 13, a gym opened near her home in Thiruvananthapuram. The trainers there persuaded the young girl ... Read More
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National rally championship runs into trouble (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) The Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), that is already running on a near-empty tank, received a further blow with the postponement, a euphemism for cancellation, of the second round of the 2008 series scheduled for July 16-18 at Nashik. Read More
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The Hindu Business Line : Direct tax collections up 38.6% in Apr-June (The Hindu)
New Delhi, July 4 Aided by sharp growth in tax deduction at source (TDS) collections, the Centre’s net direct tax collections grew 38.61 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal to Rs 57,373 crore compared with Rs 41,391 crore in the corresponding period last year. Read More
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Markets (July 04) (The Hindu)
TAMIL NADU Nilgiri planters to go by wage agreement Coonoor, July 4 The Nilgiri Planters’ Association (NPA) has announced that its member estates will continue to pay their workmen as per the terms of the bilaterally negotiated wage settlement dated March 6, and not as recently notified ... Read More
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Markets (July 04) (The Hindu)
STRATEGY Tata Chemicals bullish on Okhai venture Ahmedabad, July 4 Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development targets sales of Rs 50 lakh from the first year of its retail venture Okhai, a women’s wear and home furnishings outlet of 350 sq ft. Tata Group started it as a handicrafts ... Read More
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Soccer Memories - Local
I grew up in a Kerala which used to love soccer way above any other game. I myself played the game quite ardently as a schooler - and continued playing it long after I came to realize I wasn t physically up to it. 1. Some of my earliest memories were listening to radio commentaries (in my native Malayalam) of Santosh Trophy, India s inter-state f...
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project : The Reality check.
What is Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project ? Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping channel through the shallow sea sometimes called Setu Samudram, and through the island chain of Rama s Bridge, also known as Adam s Bridge. This would provide a...
Soccer Memories - Local
I grew up in Kerala which used to love soccer way above any other game. I myself played the game quite ardently as a schooler - and continued playing it long after I came to realize I wasn t physically up to it. 1. Some of my earliest memories were listening to radio commentaries of Santosh Trophy, India s inter-state tournament. Basheer has just...
After Army, Navy too wants new air wing
NEW DELHI: After the Army s plan to build its own tactical air force left IAF fuming, Navy too is going full steam ahead to bolster its ageing air power. The Navy is in the hunt for more supersonic fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, multi-role and anti-submarine warfare helicopters, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and AJTs (advanced jet trainer...
MetroMela launches SMS search
metromela MetroMela has launched sms service enabling users to search via sms as well as receive deal alerts. MetroMe’la’s claimed difference is that they take care of common spelling mistakes in queries and can handle complex queries too , i.e. not just store names or category names, but more generic words. Using sms alert service, you can set...
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