Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its construction arm has won contracts worth Rs 1,454 crore including one in Egypt. The Smart World & Communications Business Unit secured an order worth Rs 864 crore for implementation of 5 million Smart Meters across 16 cities of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the company said in […]
Month: January 2018
Clean energy crosses 62 GW mark; solar over 16W, wind 32.7GW
The country’s renewable energy capacity stood at 62.05 GW by November 2017, which includes 32.75 GW of wind energy and 16.61GW of solar power, Parliament was informed today. “A total of 62.05 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed as on November 30, 2017 which includes 32.75 GW from wind, 16.61 GW from solar, […]
TPREL commissions 50 MW DCR solar plant in Karnataka
Renewable energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), today announced the commissioning of its 50 MW DCR solar plant at Pavagada Solar Park in the state. The project was won by the company on April 4, 2016 under the National Solar Mission Phase-II Batch-II Tranche-I State Specific Bundling Scheme, the company said in a […]
Fog disrupts flight schedule at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport
Six flights were cancelled and over 60 delayed due to fog at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here this morning. Nearly 40 domestic and 26 international flights were among those delayed. According to the Indian Meteorological department, general visibility improved to 200 metres at IGI as compared to zero metres the past two days. The […]
Electricity to all: India racing to connect thousands of villages with power
Seventy years after independence, India is racing to connect thousands of villages with electricity as it looks to accelerate growth whose dividend are distributed to all. The new year will see the government accelerate efforts to achieve the mammoth task of reaching power to more than a quarter of a billion people who lack access […]
Delhi fog: Flight operations resume at IGI airport as visibility improves
Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) Delhi resumed after remaining suspended for a few hours in the wake of a dense fog canopying the whole national capital region on the morning of Day One of 2018 and the visibility dropping below 50 metres. Many flights, however, continue to be delayed at the time […]
Perform or perish: New Air India chief’s New Year message to employees
Terming “professional and productive work culture” as the key to the airline’s turnaround, Air India chief Pradeep Singh Kharola has said in a message to employees that “we have to perform if we do not want to perish”. Kharola, who took over as chairman and managing director of the disinvestment-bound national carrier earlier this month, […]
Gayatri Projects hits 52-week high on order win of Rs 583 crore from NHAI
Gayatri Projects hits 52-week high of Rs 235, up 4% on the BSE, after the company announced it has bagged a new order of Rs 583 crore contract from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The order is for rehabilitation and uprgadation of Cuttack-Angul Section of NH-42 (NEW NH-55) to 4-lane (km. 0+400 to k.m.60+200) […]