Tamil Nadu has cancelled an auction it held in Jan-Feb 2017 to allot 500 MW of solar projects, because Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Co (Tangedco) found the winning bid of Rs 4.40 per unit too high. The discom sent letters to the successful bidders asking them to take back the bank guarantee they had […]
Challenging High Court’s order, MP Power Management Company Ltd, the Madhya Pradesh state owned discom, has appealed to the Supreme Court to quash PPA signed for 51 MW solar power project developed by ReNew Clean Energy Pvt Ltd. The discom had cancelled the ReNew’s PPA due to delay in the procurement of land for the […]
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), under the administration of power ministry, will procure 10,000 electric vehicles from Tata Motors Ltd. The company was selected through an international competitive bidding. Tata Motors will now supply the Electric Vehicles (EVs) in two phases.
The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has issued new rules to deal with on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by passengers which will help in the formation of a national ‘No Fly List’ of unruly passengers. DGCA has revised the relevant sections of the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) to bring in a deterrent for passengers […]
Generations of Indians have grown up without electricity, many meritorious students still study by the light of kerosene lamps. And the road to total electrification in India always seemed an unending journey, up until this time. As targets are being fulfilled, new ones are being devised. On August 15, 2015, the government had set a […]
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation has reported its September quarter net profit at Rs 3,696 crore. The company said in the BSE filing that September quarter revenue from operations increased 10 per cent and was at Rs 1.11 lakh crore versus Rs 1 lakh crore last year. The average gross refining margin was at $6.08 per […]
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today launched the railways’ first set of solar plants with a total capacity of 5 megawatt peak (MWp), an ambitious project aimed at reducing the national transporter’s carbon footprint. The project is part of the government’s National Solar Mission in which Indian Railways plans to commission 1,000 MWp solar plants across […]
Despite assurances from the authorities, there will be no relief from overcrowding at IGI’s domestic terminal, nor will the airport’s flight frequency go up this winter. The infra crunch at India’s busiest airport was supposed to have eased in the upcoming season, with its three runways handling six more flights every hour and the jam-packed […]
State-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd hopes its 3 million tonne per annum coker unit at southern India refinery will start full-scale operations in about three weeks, its head of refinery said on Wednesday. “There is some issue with one of the heaters linked to the coker…. We hope this will be fixed in 20 […]
Brent oil rose 1 percent on Tuesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia said it was determined to end a supply glut, while prices also drew support from forecasts of a further drop in U.S. crude inventories as well as nervousness over tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan. In post settlement trade, prices briefly pared gains before steadying, […]
The Meghalaya High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the National Highway Authority of India over its failure to repair a kilometre stretch of road at Umsning town in Ri-Bhoi district and directed the NHAI to complete the maintenance work at the earliest. “Having examined the affidavit and the attached report and photographs and having heard […]
BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra’s appointment as an independent director on the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd has been challenged in the Delhi High Court by an NGO. The NGO, in its plea, also sought cancellation of the appointment of Shashi Shanker as ONGC Chairman and Managing Director. The public interest […]
