Sebi on Friday imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on Videocon Group Founder Venugopal Dhoot for not making disclosures about his interest in Supreme Energy as well as for not disclosing that Quality Techno Advisors Pvt Ltd (QTAPL) and Credential Finance Ltd (CFL) were related parties with respect to certain transactions. The order came after Sebi […]
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Singapore sees rare travel delays as tech problem hits immigration checkpoints
A technical glitch at entry points into Singapore led to rare delays at one of the world’s busiest airports on Friday, with snaking queues and disgruntled passengers for several hours as automated immigration lanes suffered problems. The city-state’s immigration authority said it had “resumed normalcy” at checkpoints by 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) and […]
HAL registers Rs 26,500 cr revenue for 2022-23
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Friday it has registered highest-ever revenue from operations of around Rs 26,500 crore (provisional and unaudited) for 2022-23 as against Rs 24,620 in the previous financial year, an eight per cent growth. HAL CMD, C B Ananthakrishnan said, “Despite the challenges of supply chain disruptions due to geo-political situations, the […]
Under-construction bridge collapses in Himachal’s Hamirpur, no casualties
An under-construction bridge in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district collapsed, officials said on Friday. However, there were no reports of injuries as the construction workers were not present at the site when the bridge collapsed on Thursday night, they said. The construction workers had laid three slabs of the bridge on the Kot-Jahoo Road. The bridge […]
Central Railway achieves benchmark in penalising offenders
In a record, the Mumbai-headquartered Central Railway (CR) has achieved a landmark in ticket checking performance with earnings of over Rs 300 crore by penalizing 46.32 lakh cases in financial year 2022-23. This is the first time that any Zonal Railway has achieved this milestone. In the last financial year also, Central Railway had earned […]
Russia announces deal to boost oil supplies to India
Russian energy giant Rosneft announced a deal on Wednesday to ramp up oil sales to India, as Moscow seeks new buyers in the wake of tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict. Rosneft said in a statement that its CEO Igor Sechin had travelled to India and brokered an agreement with the Indian Oil […]
Global energy transition off track: IRENA
The global energy transition is off track as the ripple effects of the pandemic and Ukraine crisis have compounded challenges while the pledges and transition plans fall well below the 1.5 degrees Celsius pathway, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said. In a preview of the forthcoming report ‘World Energy Transition Outlook 2023: 1.5 degrees […]
EU deal to nearly double renewable energy by 2030
The European Union Parliament and EU states reached a deal on Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc’s overall energy consumption by 2030. The provisional political agreement seeks to raise the share of renewable energy to 42.5 percent, from 22 percent today, according to a Council of the EU statement, […]
Nine dead after two US Army helicopters crash in Kentucky
Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission, killing nine soldiers, a military spokesman said Thursday. The helicopters belonged to the 101st Airborne Division, whose spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Hoefler said the nine soldiers had died. The crash occurred at around 10:00 pm (0300 GMT) Wednesday in Kentucky’s Trigg county, […]
Delhi airport sees 17 flight diversions due to bad weather
As many as 17 flights were diverted from the Delhi airport on Thursday evening due to bad weather in the national capital. These flights were diverted to Lucknow, Jaipur and Dehradun, an airport official said. Thunderstorms with light rains lashed parts of the national capital. The official said that out of the 17 flights diverted […]
17 passengers left behind at Vijayawada airport as flight to Kuwait leaves early
Seventeen passengers were left stranded at the Vijayawada international airport on Wednesday after an Air India Express flight to Kuwait took off three hours before the departure time mentioned on their tickets. The passengers were shocked when they reported at the airport at 11 a.m. but were told that the flight had left at 9.55 […]
Mumbai-Goa highway work will be completed by December, says Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work on the Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed by December this year, which would give a huge boost to development in Maharashtra’s Konkan region. He was speaking at the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony in Panvel of the concretisation of the Palaspe-Indupur national highway stretch and some other routes. […]