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15 Jul

HON’BLE PM DEDICATES GSL BUILT 20M VARANSI FERRY TO THE NATION ON 15th JULY 2021

Varanasi: Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the River Cruise Passenger Ferry, built by Goa Shipyard Limited to Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN) at Varanasi on 15th July 2021 through video conference in the distinguished presence of dignitaries from Ministry of Defence and UP Govt. The Contract for building this Ferry was signed between Goa Shipyard and UPRNN on 14 Feb 2019 under the “PRASAD scheme” of the Government of India. This Ferry, designed and constructed for promoting tourism and a mode of transit between the Ghats, is planned to be deployed in River Ganga between Raj Ghat /…

28 Jun

GSAT-17 launch to augment India’s communication satellites fleet

Chennai: India on Thursday will augment its fleet of communication satellites with the launch of GSAT-17 through Ariane 5 rocket, said the European Space Agency Arianespace. The rocket is expected to blast off from the European spaceport in French Guinea with GSAT-17 and Hellas Sat 3-Immarsat S EAN. The total weight to be lifted by the rocket will be 10,177 kg or just over 10 tonne. "GSAT-17, to be deployed from Ariane 5's lower passenger position, was built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to strengthen its current fleet of 17 telecommunications satellites. The spacecraft's separation will occur approximately 41…

06 Jan

Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane faces hiccups, lands safely

New Delhi: A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight on Friday faced a technical hiccup but landed safely after following the emergency procedure, the airline said.All passenger and crew are safe, SpiceJet said in a statement. "SpiceJet flight SG 136, Bengaluru to Delhi, experienced, during cruise, partial hydraulic failure," the airline said. "The crew carried out the emergency procedure and landed safely in Delhi. The ATC (Air Traffic Control) was kept in the loop. It was an uneventful landing. All passengers and crew are safe." The flight landed on the Runway 10 at 8.45 a.m. with 176 passengers, including the crew, aboard, an airport…

23 Dec

CISF detects huge cash with foreign passenger at IGI

New Delhi: The CISF on Friday detected a foreign national carrying a huge amount of cash in new currency notes at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here on his way to Coimbatore, officials said. "We detected Rs 53.78 lakh in new currency and Rs 4.29 lakh in old currency with a Nigerian passenger named Tochukwo Chijioke," an official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which looks after the security at the IGI, told IANS. "We have informed the Airport Intelligence Unit (AIU) and the Custom department." "He was travelling by an Indigo flight," the official added. The AIU and…