Air cargo operations supported by state-of-the-art facilities began Tuesday from Ojhar Airport near the industrial city of Nasik in India’s western state of Maharashtra. The first services are being offered by a joint venture between Halcon—a joint working group of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and Container Corp. of India—and Clarion Solutions, which is part of shipping and logistics conglomerate Transworld Group.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked for government approval to spend 200 billion rupees ($4.12 billion) in the next five years to modernize and stimulate traffic at airports across the country.

NEW DELHI — India and the U.K. have signed a letter of arrangement (LOA) to help pursue collaboration and cooperation in the field of defense research and development.