State-owned BHEL on Monday said it has signed agreement with CSIR for commercialisation and implementation of indigenously developed technologies. “BHEL signed an MoU with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research),” the engineering firm said in a statement. The first project will be for commercialisation of various water purification/ sewage disposal related technologies, it added. […]
Day: December 9, 2019
Flight operations at Srinagar airport remain suspended on day 3 due to heavy fog
Flight operations at the Srinagar airport remained suspended for the third consecutive day on Monday as all flights to and from the Kashmir Valley were cancelled due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog, officials said. “All flights at Srinagar airport were cancelled on Monday and no flight operations took place for the third straight […]
Amid falling demand, IL&FS power plant in Tamil Nadu an outlier
IL&FS’s Tamil Nadu Power Company (ITPCL) may see a turnaround in its finances. In October, the plant load factor (PLF) of its Cuddalore power unit touched a new peak even as India’s thermal power PLF was at an all time low. According to data available with Business Standard, the Cuddalore plant reported a record PLF […]
Renewable Energy: Some wind in solar auction sails
Notwithstanding investor sentiment taking a hit after the ratings downgrade by ICRA for 1.9 GW of installed capacity in the solar and wind power portfolio, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has scaled up the auction process for renewable energy (RE) projects, with 1.3 GW of solar projects being auctioned in October, an increase […]
Sterling and Wilson Solar begins construction of 200 MW solar project in Australia
Shapoorji Pallonji group firm Sterling and Wilson Solar Ltd (SWSL) on Monday said the company has begun construction of a 200 MW solar project in Australia. The turnkey solar EPC (engineering procurement and construction) project — Wellington Solar Farm — is being developed by Lightsource BP, an independent global leader in the funding, development, acquisition […]
UP cabinet okays Zurich Airport International plan to develop Jewar airport
Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to award the contract for construction and operation of the mega Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar, Greater Noida, to Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International (ZAI). Earlier, ZAI had emerged as the highest bidder, offering a per-passenger fee of nearly Rs 401, beating three other contenders, including GMR […]
Vistara passengers can now earn and burn frequent flier miles on Lufthansa
Vistara and Lufthansa today said that they have signed a codeshare agreement, further strengthening their existing interline partnership enabling frequent fliers of both airlines to earn miles/points when travelling on each other’s networks and other benefits. As part of the agreement, Lufthansa will add its ‘LH’ designator code to nearly 18 Vistara-operated flights, starting December […]
UP govt clears Rs 1,600 cr Ballia Link Expressway project
Uttar Pradesh cabinet today cleared the decks for the proposed Ballia Link Expressway project, which is estimated to cost Rs 1,600 crore. The project would link Ballia district on the UP-Bihar border with the under-construction Purvanchal Expressway, which is aimed at connecting the backward eastern UP region with central UP at Lucknow, and via Agra-Lucknow […]
Lack of reforms in pension scheme since 1998 push coal pensioners to go on protest
NEW DELHI: An employee association of state-owned CIL and SCCL on Sunday said it will go on a day-long protest in the national capital on Monday, over lack of pension reforms in the coal sector. “The All India Association of Coal Executives, under the banner of All India Coal Pensioners Association (AICPA), will be organising […]
Odisha’s Utkela Airstrip included in next round of UDAN
BHAWANIPATNA: The Utkela Airstrip in the district will be included in Central Government’s next round of ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ (UDAN) scheme. This has rekindled hopes of Kalahandi residents that the airport will become functional soon. The decision to include Utkela Airstrip in Centre’s next round of UDAN scheme (UDAN-4) was taken in a […]
After making headlines for massive bonus, SCCL struggling to pay staff
HYDERABAD: The ‘profit-making’ Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is in a difficult and paradoxical situation, as its management has been running from pillar to post to pay employees their salaries for the last 10 months. The SCCL clocked a net profit of Rs 1,765 crore in 2018-19, and recently gave its employees a massive bonus. […]
Coal supply norms relaxed
The Coal India board has taken two decisions aimed at boosting coal offtake of the non-regulated sector comprising steel, sponge iron, cement, captive power producers and independent power producers. Coal offtake of the non-regulated sector was 73 million tonnes in 2018-19 under the fuel supply agreement of 12 per cent of the total offtake of […]