Citing high resettlement and rehabilitation costs, China is planning to make an exit from 750-megawatt West Seti hydropower project in Nepal, reported the South China Morning Post quoting sources in Kathmandu. A high-level delegation from CWE Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation that had undertaken to execute the project in a memorandum […]
Day: August 31, 2018
India invites Pak experts to visit 2 hydropower projects on Chenab: Pakistani officials
India has invited Pakistani experts to visit the sites of its two hydropower projects on the Chenab river next month to address its concerns, but hinted at continuation of the work on them despite Islamabad’s objections, a senior Pakistani official has said. After the conclusion of the two-day high-level bilateral talks on the Indus Waters […]
Airlines asked to pay Rs 35 lakh as compensation for deboarding three of family
The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission here has ordered two airlines to jointly pay a compensation of Rs 35 lakh to a woman and her two minor children for the “mental agony, tension, harassment” suffered by them after being asked to deboard a Toronto-bound flight at Delhi airport last year. Minali Mittal along with […]
AAI has a plan to quicken your boarding process at IGI and Mumbai airport
The Airport Authority of India (AIA) is planning to chuck out the small and slow-moving turboprops with an eye on optimising the capacity of large airports like Delhi and Mumbai. Turboprop aircrafts are smaller in size and are often considered as a cross between a piston prop airplane and a turbine engine jet. Turboprops are […]
Oil slips as trade war worries outweigh Iran sanctions
Oil prices slipped on Friday as concerns over the impact of a global trade war depressed sentiment, although impending U.S. sanctions on Iran and falling Venezuelan output limited losses. Benchmark Brent crude oil was down 40 cents a barrel at $77.37 by 0840 GMT. U.S. light crude was 30 cents lower at $69.95. U.S. President […]
RInfra bags Rs 19-bn contract for package 7 of Nagpur-Mumbai e-way
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Friday said it has bagged a contract worth Rs 19.07 billion from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) for package-7 of Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway project. The contract involves the development of package-7 from 296 km to 347 km, which is a part of Maharashtra government’s flagship Rs 460-billion […]