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'Saras' plane by Oct.: Joshi

HYDERABAD, JAN. 21. ``Saras'', the first civilian aircraft being indigenously developed by Indian scientists, would be ready by October 2001, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Science and Technology, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi said today.

Addressing presspersons after the two-day CSIR directors' meeting here, Mr. Joshi said the 14-seater aircraft, when it takes off later this year, would open new horizons in Indian aviation industry.

- PTI

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