TOTAL France, a global energy major, will pick up a 20 per cent stake in Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the renewable power company of Adani Enterprises, by way of acquisition of shares held by the Adani Promoter Group (APG). This is the second partnership between TOTAL and an Adani group company. In 2018, TOTAL […]
Day: January 18, 2021
Petrol, diesel price rise again by 25p/ltr after three days pause
Petrol and diesel prices rose again by 25 paisa per litre each on Monday after oil marketing companies decided to break their three days pause on price revision in wake enlarging under recovery on sale of the two petroleum products. The increase in pump price of petrol and diesel came on a day when global […]
3 Adani Group-owned domestic airports accredited in ACI health accreditation programme
Three Adani Group-owned domestic airports in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru have been accredited in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) programme, a release said on Monday. The ACI programme enables airports to demonstrate to passengers, staff, regulators, and governments that they are prioritising health and safety in a measurable and established manner. […]
Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office: Report
President-elect Joe Biden may fulfill a pledge to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, CBC News reported, citing people it didn’t identify. The words “Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit” appeared on a transition briefing note for Jan. 20 — Inauguration Day — circulated by Biden’s transition […]
Cite rules under which look out circulars were issued against Mallya: CIC to CBI
The Central Information Commission has directed the CBI to cite rules under which two different look out circulars were issued against Vijay Mallya, accused in loan default of Rs 9,000 crore, in October and November 2015. The CBI had issued a fresh LOC against Mallya in the last week of November, 2015 asking airport authorities […]
Fuel prices hiked by 25 paise; petrol at new high in Delhi
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise in the national capital on Monday. With the latest hike, petrol price reached a fresh high of Rs 84.95 per litre in Delhi, while the diesel now costs Rs 75.13 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, the revised petrol and diesel prices […]
Fuel prices hiked by 25 paise; petrol at new high in Delhi
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25 paise in the national capital on Monday. With the latest hike, petrol price reached a fresh high of Rs 84.95 per litre in Delhi, while the diesel now costs Rs 75.13 per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, the revised petrol and diesel prices […]
Excise duty collection jump 48% this fiscal on record hike in taxes on petrol, diesel
While the pandemic pummelled tax collection across the board, excise duty mop-up jumped 48 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of a record increase in taxes on petrol and diesel, that more than made up for the below normal fuel sales. Excise duty collection during April-November 2020, was at Rs 1,96,342 crore, […]
Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to Australia’s three largest cities
Emirates is suspending flights to Australia’s three largest cities due to “operational reasons,” the world’s largest airline by international passengers announced. The last flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will be on Jan. 20 and customers for those cities will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin. Emirates did not say when […]
Power outage in parts of Bengaluru from Jan 18 to 22
Bengaluru’s southern areas of Konankunte and Puttenahalli will experience a disruption in electricity supply starting Monday, The News Minute reported quoting Bescom officials. According to the report, the power outage is expected to run between 10 am and 5.30 pm and last until Friday, January 22. Bescom officials said that areas likely to be affected […]
Power cut in Bengaluru’s HSR Layout between Jan 19 and 23
Residents of two sectors in HSR Layout have to brace themselves for power cuts between January 19 and 23 as Bescom will take up works on the conversion of 11 kV overhead electric lines to underground cables, LT OH line by LT UG/AB cable and the laying of optical fibre cable. Bescom had previously cut […]
Village in J&K’s Doda gets electricity for the first time
Ganouri-Tanta village in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir saw the light of an electric bulb for the first time on Sunday, ending the decades of darkness from the lives of the villagers. The electrification work of the village was taken up on the order of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, after a group […]