This investment is being made for drilling more than 220 oil and gas wells across the state, the company said.

The first flight 'SG 78' was flagged off by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.

India is a leading tobacco exporter with exports of leaf tobacco and tobacco products contributing Rs 6,000 crore annually.

Domestic passenger vehicle sales dropped by 17.07 per cent in April, the steepest fall since October 2011.