The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday granted regular bail to five persons, including Jindal Steel’s advisor Anand Goel, in a coal block allocation case against former Congress MP Naveen Jindal and others. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also granted bail to then JSPL’s Deputy Manager (Finance) Siddharth Madra, Deputy General Manager Rajeev […]
Day: May 25, 2017
Coal India wins tax-cut boost as environmentalists fret
State-run Coal India Ltd , saddled with millions of tonnes of unsold coal, is expected to be the biggest beneficiary of a controversial government decision to more than halve the sales tax on the fuel after a jump in local supplies. The world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitting country said last Friday it would lower the […]
Devendra Fadnavis’s chopper crash-lands in Latur; CM tweets ‘I’m safe’
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ helicopter crash landed at Nilanga in Latur district on Wednesday after it suffered a snag, but he escaped unhurt. “Our helicopter did meet with an accident in Latur but me and my team is absolutely safe and ok. Nothing to worry,” Fadnavis tweeted after the mishap. A senior official of […]
BHEL commissions 270 MW thermal unit in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
State-run power equipment maker BHEL today said it has commissioned a 270 megawatt (MW) thermal unit at Sinnar in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The newly commissioned unit is part of Rattan India Nasik Power Ltd’s 5×270 MW thermal power project. “This is the fourth unit to be commissioned at this project. Significantly, the milestone has […]
DGCA rules on no-fly list: Regulations need to balance passenger rights too
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation watchdog, recently issued a Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) regarding the handling of unruly and disruptive passengers. Issued under the Aircraft Rules, 1937, and framed in pursuance of the Indian Aircraft Act, 1934, the CAR acknowledges that unruly behaviour of any sort, on board an aircraft or […]
India reaffirms commitment to renewable energy
India on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to renewable energy with the promise to expand into all forms of energy that can reduce carbon footprint. “India is fully committed to renewable energy for our future development, as are the Pacific island countries,” Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said in his keynote address at […]
OPEC meets to extend oil output cut, fight global glut
OPEC and non-member oil producers began talks in Vienna on Thursday to extend output cuts, most likely by nine months, in an effort to clear a global stocks overhang and prop up crude prices. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is discussing whether to prolong an accord reached in December in which it and […]