Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully renovated and modernised one unit of the 3×60 MW Baira Siul Hydro Power in Himachal Pradesh. Notably, Baira Siul is the first hydro station of NHPC Ltd to have been taken up for comprehensive Renovation & Modernisation (R& M). Significantly, BHEL won the order for R& M of […]
Day: December 28, 2019
Jakhar: White elephants of Akalis responsible for hike in power tariff
Coming to the defence of his party’s Government on the issue of power tariff hike, Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Friday categorically said that the ‘white elephants’ of Akali Dal were responsible for the enhancement of power rates in the State. Jakhar, interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of investiture ceremony of […]
AAP to ‘gherao’ Punjab CM on high power tariff issue
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced to ‘gherao’ Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s official residence in Chandigarh on January 7 to protest against the government’s dictatorial decision to hike electricity tariff in the State, pressing for a roll back on the decision. AAP Sunam MLA Aman Arora and Barnala MLA Meet Hayer (Gurmeet Singh) […]
Quake strikes near Iran nuclear power plant
An earthquake struck Iran on Friday less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the country’s only nuclear power plant, monitors said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. The US Geological Survey said the 5.1 magnitude quake struck 44 kilometres (27 miles) from the southwestern city of Borazjan and at a depth […]
Air India pays November allowances to around 1,600 pilots after employees demand payment
MUMBAI: Cash-strapped Air India on Friday paid flying allowance for October to its around 1,600 pilots, a source said days after a section of them sought immediate payment of the pending amounts. Flying allowance, which constitutes between 50-80 per cent of a pilots’ salary, is generally paid in the first week of a succeeding month. […]
Four flights diverted due to fog at Delhi airport
Due to heavy fog on Saturday morning, four flights have been diverted from Delhi airport, said an airport official. The official said that the flights are operating at the airport under CAT III B conditions, which means that the runway visual range (RVR) is between 50 metre and 175 metre. “Four flights have been diverted […]
Delay in aircraft deliveries led to disruption in network: GoAir
GoAir, which has come under fire from passengers for cancelling dozens of flights abruptly earlier this week, on Thursday attributed the disruption in network to delay in aircraft deliveries and non-availability of engines. In a clarification issued on Thursday, the budget carrier also sought to defend its choice of Pratt & Whitney engines for its […]
Vistara partners with Nelco for inflight data services
Vistara has partnered with Tata group company Nelco for inflight data services, which are expected to be rolled by the full service carrier shortly, according to a senior government official. Nearly five years after starting operations, Vistara — a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines — is also likely to be the first domestic […]
Govt agencies owing over Rs 10L to AI denied tickets
Debt-laden Air India has stopped issuing tickets on credit to officials of various Government agencies such as the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, which owe it more than Rs 10 lakh each, a senior official of the national carrier said on Thursday. While disinvestment-bound Air India’s net loss in 2018-19 was around Rs 8,556 crore, […]
Air India employees to stall privatisation via NCLT or strike
Fed up with the uncertainty over their own future tagged with the fate of Air India, airline employees are in the process to deciding to either take the NCLT route to recover their dues or declare a general strike to put pressure on the Government from privatising the national carrier. The two options were arrived […]
CM addresses town hall meet, says uncloging roads will be key agenda
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener has said that decongesting roads from heavy traffic jams will be one of the main agendas among others in the next five years, if it will manage to regain the power for the next term. The Chief Minister was addressing the second town […]
Solar service for a sustainable future
CHENNAI: Concerned about the climate crisis, two youngsters Praveen Sridharan and Mohamed Aaqib Quraishi decided to talk about it through their Instagram page Sunny Side Up, a year ago. With time, they realised that if there was nobody to provide solutions for the problems addressed then the initiative would go pointless. Small steps Four months […]