State-run oil firms setting up PSA oxygen plants across India, says oil minister

NEW DELHI : New Delhi: As part of India’ strategy to be ready for any possibility of a third wave of coronavirus pandemic, Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants are being set up across the country, steel and petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday. State-owned oil and gas companies […]

BPCL’s Bina refinery sets up 200- bed covid hospital; to set up oxygen bottling and refilling plant

Mumbai: State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL) has set up a 200-bed covid care hospital in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, the company said today. The company will also set up an oxygen bottling and refilling plant adjacent to the refinery. The plant will have the capacity to bottle about 25 […]

Bitcoin jumps after Elon Musk says Tesla may use the crypto in future

Bitcoin jumped above $39,000 after Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. would resume transactions with the cryptocurrency when mining is done with more clean energy. The electric-car maker will allow Bitcoin transactions again “when there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend,” Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer, said in a […]

Discoms’ outstanding dues to gencos fall 11.2% to ₹81,628 cr in April

New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution utilities or discoms to power producers fell 11.2 per cent to ₹81,628 crore in April 2021 from a year ago. Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total ₹91,915 crore to power generation firms in April 2020, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis […]

GoAir to complete inoculating covid-19 first dose to employees by June-end

NEW DELHI : GoAir, recently rebranded as Go First, will complete inoculating the first dose of covid-19 vaccine to its workforce by June-end, the Wadia Group-controlled carrier said in a statement. The airline, which rolled out its vaccination program in May, have completed the first covid-19 jabs for 2,506 employees. 33 of the airline’s employees […]