Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated a Rs 377-crore pipeline to transport diesel from India to northern Bangladesh, cutting cost and reducing carbon footprint. The pipeline will start a new chapter in India-Bangladesh relations, Modi said at the inauguration. Currently, diesel is supplied to Bangladesh through a 512-km rail […]
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Mercedes set to invest billions in e-vehicles plants
Mercedes will invest billions of dollars to modernise its plants in China, Germany and Hungary over the coming years, magazine Automobilwoche reported, as the carmaker prepares to switch to electric vehicles and cut emissions. The European Union has set a goal to halve CO2 emissions per passenger car over their life cycle by the end […]
EU slips in bid to keep pace with US, China in clean-tech race
Europe’s efforts to foster the investment needed to build a sustainable economy and fend off challenges from the US and China are still in the very early stages. While the European Union has made an initial push to respond to a massive US green subsidies program, it’s only starting to wake up to the challenges […]
Snapped power cable kills mother, her two sons in Karnataka’s Chincholi
A mother and her two sons died as they came in contact with a live electric cable in the Dhanagar Galli of Karnataka’s Chincholi town on Sunday morning. The overhead power cable had snapped and had fallen on the ground due to heavy wind. The deceased are identified as Jharanamma Ambanna Basagond (45), Mahesh Ambanna […]
90% of high-tension wires now underground: Bescom
Bescom is nearing completion of its ambitious plan to lay high-tension wires across the city underground. Data from the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) shows that it has taken close to 6,600 kilometres of high-tension lines underground out of an estimated 7,033 kilometres. “We have had problems with completing the project only in a […]
UP: Power department employees end strike after talks with government
Uttar Pradesh electricity department employees on Sunday ended their 72-hour strike after several rounds of talks between their leaders and state energy minister A K Sharma. The protesting employees, who had started their strike at 10 pm on March 16, called it off at around 3 pm on Sunday. Announcing the withdrawal of strike, Shailendra […]
UP power minister warns striking electricity workers to join back or face dismissal
Uttar Pradesh’s energy minister AK Sharma on Saturday issued a stern warning to the striking electricity department employees to join their duties by 6.00 pm, or face dismissal. Services of 1,332 contractual employees have already been terminated, he said. Speaking to reporters here, Sharma said, “A decision has been taken to initiate action against 22 […]
India’s power consumption rises 10% in April-Feb to 1375 billion units
India’s power consumption surged 10 per cent to 1375.57 billion units (BU) during April-February this fiscal year and has already surpassed the level of electricity supplied in entire 2021-22. The government data showed that power consumption in April-February 2021-22 was 1245.54 BU. In entire fiscal year 2021-22, power consumption was 1374.02 BU, which is less […]
Man arrested at Bengaluru airport for smoking on IndiGo flight from Assam
A 20-year-old youth was arrested by Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) police. The youth, identified as Seheri Choudari, a resident of Govindapura PT3 village, Kachar district in Assam, was arrested after he was caught smoking in the lavatory of a flight by the cabin crew on Friday. The police arrested him after a complaint was filed […]
Indian carriers to operate fewer flights this summer than last
Indian carriers will operate a total of 22,907 weekly domestic flights during the summer schedule starting from March 26. While the number of flights is 4.4 per cent higher than the 21,941 weekly flights operated in the winter schedule, these numbers are lower compared to the previous summer. A report in The Economic Times pointed […]
Govt drops Intermediate Ring Road project
About 200 km of roads developed by various government agencies around Bengaluru will be called Intermediate Ring Road (IRR). Last week, the state government issued a notification that confirmed its intent of officially dropping a 2007 proposal to build an IRR around Bengaluru’s suburbs. The decision to rename the 200-km stretch that shares alignment with […]
NHAI will resolve rainwater stagnation issue in underpass of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the National Highway Authority of India will resolve the issue related to the stagnation of rainwater in the underpass of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Express Highway near Ramanagar. “It is natural to have minor issues due to rain,” he said. He was speaking to media persons at the helipad at Male […]