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Mumbai port’s vehicle exports grow 11% in FY18

The Times of India 19 Jun 2018

Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has bucked the national trend of a decline in exports of passenger vehicles (in units) and registered an increase of about 11% in the last fiscal 2017-18 ... Statistics provided by MbPT show that 95% of exports were cars, and remaining in the other vehicles category including transport vehicles with carrying capacity of seven and more persons....

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Building capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region

Live Mint 19 Jun 2018

India is developing robust military partnerships across the Indo-Pacific, from getting access to military facilities to bilateral, trilateral and multilateral military exercises to training and capacity building of the militaries of friendly countries. India has secured access to Duqm port in Oman for military use and develop the Agalega Island in Mauritius ... China was quick to warn India against militarization of the port....

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NPC establishes a Research Chair at University of Ghana

Peace FM Online 19 Jun 2018

The project, which would strengthen Petroleum Geoscience research and education capacity, would also support the optimal exploration, delineation and development of Ghana’s hydrocarbon resources. The major objective of the Chair would be to facilitate the sustainable development of Ghana’s hydrocarbon deposits, while providing a reference point for developing similar technical capacity in Africa....

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American Airlines agrees to pay $45 million to settle antitrust lawsuit filed by passengers

The Los Angeles Times 19 Jun 2018

American Airlines has agreed to pay $45 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that claimed several airlines colluded to keep capacity low ... American Airlines, the world’s largest carrier, has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit filed by passengers who accused the nation’s biggest airlines of colluding to limit capacity and keep airfares high....

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UN says over 25,000 people fled Yemen fighting at Hodeida

Midland Daily News 19 Jun 2018

Security Council again reiterated its call for the rebel-held ports of Hodeida and Salif "to be kept open and operating safely" in a press statement issued after closed door briefings by U.N ... ambassador, Dmitry Polyansky, whose country holds the rotating Security Council presidency this month, told reporters that Griffiths confirmed the ports continue to operate....

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Libyan airstrikes target group attacking oil ports

Arabnews 19 Jun 2018

Libyan forces carried out airstrikes against a militia attacking key oil ports in the east, a spokesman said as Libya’s national oil firm warned on Monday of further damage to oil infrastructure as well as environmental contamination in the north African country ... It advised two tankers scheduled to arrive at the ports to remain at sea until the situation was under control....

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Nurses, doctors do not manufacture beds

Joy Online 19 Jun 2018

It is not for a joke that every hospital has a bed capacity, this is to ensure the quality of care in our institutions. If the government has a capacity or limit to recruit and pay salaries of health professionals, why can’t health facilities have limits or capacity for the number of patients they can cater for at a time....

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6-day fighting devastates Yemen port, coalition seeks Houthis' pullback

Yahoo Daily News 19 Jun 2018

Sanaa, June 19 (IANS) Arab coalition forces on Monday continued air, sea and ground bombardment on Iranian-allied Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah ... The whole port city of around 600,000 people is still under the control of Houthi fighters, according to Bishr ... Houthi media reported that they have dispatched 4,000 fighters in pick-up vehicles for defending the port city....

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Burj Capital seeks wind power generation licence

The News International 19 Jun 2018

Ltd for its projects in the country.Pakistan’s huge energy crisis is jeopardising its economic progress and social development.The major reasons for the energy crisis are lack of investment in power sector, non-development ofrenewable energy sector and the depleting hydrocarbon reserves.Government has tasked the Alternative ......

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German disties report 7% y-o-y Q1 growth

Eweekly 19 Jun 2018

“Although the economic indicators for the German electronics industry remain strong,” adds Steinberger, “and the capacity for innovation is high, economic policy tensions between the USA, Europe and China may very well act as a brake on growth.”....

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Dream bridges to link Visayas islands

Inquirer 19 Jun 2018

(First of two parts) Two years ago, Janine Reserva and other frisbee players of a Cebu club missed their boat ride home at a port in Maasin City, Southern Leyte, where they had just competed in a tournament. They were forced to go to another port and found a boat that was scheduled to depart for Cebu City at midnight. It turned out to be an ordeal during the eight-hour trip, however ... ....

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St. Clair County graduates earn scholarships

The Voice 19 Jun 2018

Local high school graduates Caitlyn Lyon and John Richardson recently earned $1,000 scholarships to the college of their choice through McLaren Port Huron and RadioFirst's Grads Giving Back contest....

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Arab coalition bombs Houthis around Hodeidah airport, urges them to withdraw

Arabnews 19 Jun 2018

The Houthis’ Al-Masira television reported six coalition air strikes on the Duraihmi district in the vicinity of the port ... and that it would focus on capturing the airport and port and avoid street fighting ... This would intensify the suffering of civilians who have already endured devastating air strikes, port blockades, hunger and a cholera epidemic....

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