Cooking oil powers Australia's Qantas aircraft

Cooking oil powers Australia's Qantas aircraft Melbourne: Australian airliner Qantas on Friday flew the country's first commercial biofuel flight between Sydney and Adelaide using a mix of conventional fuel and refined cooking oil. John Valastro of Qantas said the flight this morning was a commercial first in Australia, and would have produced far less carbon emissions than if conventional jet fuel were used. "We're talking about a 60 per cent reduction in the overall life cycle...
10:03 AM, Apr 13, 2012

Dia Mirza fined by Customs for duty evasion

Dia Mirza fined by Customs for duty evasion Mumbai: In the latest incident of duty evasions by the actors, the custom officials fined actor Dia Mirza a sum of Rs 1.25 lakh at the Mumbai International Airport on Saturday. The penalty was imposed on the actor for carrying undeclared goods while returning returning from Bangkok. She was let off after paying the fine. Mirza was carrying undeclared items worth Rs 2 lakh upon her arrival at Mumbai airport,...
10:30 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Patna siblings locked in for months rescued

Patna siblings locked in for months rescued

Neighbours informed the police when they saw the house locked for the last one month & noticed no activity. ...
03:45 PM, May 17, 2011

Davis Cup forfeit against India costs Australia $10K

Davis Cup forfeit against India costs Australia $10K Australia avoided a ban but were fined $10,000 by the world tennis body. ...
10:36 PM, May 22, 2009

ICICI fined Rs 55 lakh for using goons on customer

ICICI fined Rs 55 lakh for using goons on customer Court tells police to register FIRs against harassment by bank recovery agents. ...
09:12 PM, Nov 05, 2007

Surgeon fined for operating wrong ear

Surgeon fined for operating wrong ear Patient was left completely deaf as the operation was performed on his right ear instead of the defective one. ...
08:16 PM, Nov 14, 2006

Tata Motors fined for defective car

Tata Motors fined for defective car Tata Motors will pay Rs 7.65 lakh as compensation, (including the refund) to a person who was sold a defective car. ...
07:26 PM, Oct 05, 2006
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