Thanks to winter schedule of Air India, effective from November this year, all those traveling between Ahmedabad and Toronto(Canada) will be benefited by about eight hours shorter journey compare to current duration the journey takes. Presently Ahmedabad and Toronto are connected through Air India flight, that stops at two places: in Mumbai and London....
Bangkok-based global paint major TOA Group would be shelling out close to $100 million (around Rs 460 crore) to have its Indian operations up and running targeting a sales turnover of Rs 150 crore by 2013 with market share of 6% to 8%, and set a target of Rs 500 crore by 2015. The...
Living Media India Ltd, better known as the India Today Group may start Gujarati magazin again soon. The company had launched Gujarati edition of India Today in last decade. However the operation was discontinued after some years. The company has formed a new special business unit headed by Prabhu Chawla as designated Editor(languages) and...
Gujarat’s petrochemical industry is seen making smart growth as the Western State of India holds lion’s share in the total production of the country’s petroleum production. A recent report by the industry body, Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) & PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) noted that the State will witness a robust...
In a significant move to make the train numbering system of passenger carrying trains of Indian Railways more scientific, logical, uniform and computer-friendly, Ministry of Railways has decided to use ‘five’ – digits for numbering trains, in place of the existing ‘four’- digit numbering system. The new ‘five’- digit numbering system of trains will...
The Kandla Port Trust would construct three new berths through public private partnership (PPP) to meet the growing traffic demand. According to Deputy Chairman Kandla Port Trust M A Bhaskaracharya, three new berths (numbers 14, 15 and 16) having cargo handling capacity of two million tonnes each through PPP will be constructed through bid...
General Motors India on Wednesday inaugurated an LNG facility at its Halol plant in Gujarat for gas supply to its manufacturing plant. The new facility is a result of an agreement between General Motors India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and INOX India for the supply, re-gasification and final delivery of LNG at the...
Expanding its footprint in India, Duravit India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany-based luxury sanitaryware manufacturer Duravit AG, launched its factory at Anand district’s Tarapur, 120 km away from Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Wednesday. This is Duravit AG’s first factory in India and 10th globally. It spreads across 170,000 square metres of...
By Japan K Pathak I am back with yet another issue of series of articles that I am excited about. And this time, one more banner. This one is Jade Blue hoarding that serves public service message ‘Grow more trees’. Though this message is stereotyped, the way Jade Blue conveys it is innovative enough....
According to figures announced by Cellular Operator Association of India(COAI), Gujarat telecom circle registered witnessed highest percentage of addition of new mobile connections in August 2010, over previous month. Gujarat witnessed 5.17% growth, while Haryana at second place, registered 4.10% growth. The only Indian state to register negative growth is Jammu & Kashmir with...
By Japan K Pathak Only one flight that presently connects Ahmedabad and Europe directly will commence its last journey on 2nd November this year. Yes, we are talking about Ahmedabad-Frankfurt flight of Air India which will cease to exist in winter schedule starting from November this year. Air India made Frankfurt its only hub...
A leading American lawmaker Congressman Eni F H Faleomavaega while welcoming a high-power delegation from Gujarat, today lauded Gujarat’s contribution to India’s economic growth in the recent past. Congressman Eni F H Faleomavaega said Gujarat is one of the “most prominent states on the western coast of India and has contributed significantly to India’s...