Oil demand recovery will take a hit from a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccine roll-outs and stimulus measures help in the second half of the year, International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. “Border closures, social distancing measures and shutdowns…will continue to constrain fuel demand until vaccines are more widely distributed, most likely […]
Day: January 19, 2021
PFC Rs 5K cr bonds issue over-subscribed, closed 11 days ahead of schedule
State-run Power Finance Corporation’s Rs 5,000 crore taxable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) issue was subscribed close to nine times on Monday and closed for subscription 11 days ahead of the schedule, according to the BSE data. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has planned to raise Rs 10,000 crore through bonds in two tranches. The first tranche of […]
Kolkata: CBI questions IPS officer in illegal coal trade case
The CBI on Monday questioned senior IPS officer Tathagata Basu in connection with the illegal coal trading case the agency is investigating. Basu, who was the SP Hooghly earlier, was asked if he was privy to such rackets operating in the state. Basu, now a deputy commissioner at Chandannagar Police Commissionerate, arrived at the Nizam […]
Delhi airport evaluating ‘computer vision’ tech to track passengers, ensure social distancing: CEO
Delhi airport is evaluating “computer vision” technology to track passengers, reduce waiting time and ensure social distancing at its terminals, a top official of the facility’s operator said on Tuesday. Computer vision technology uses images to analyse and understand passenger density at the airport. It has already been installed at the GMR group-led Hyderabad airport. […]
IAF ferries 81 stranded passengers between J-K, Ladakh
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday ferried 81 stranded people between the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, a week after airlifting 286 passengers, an official said. “Eighty-one passengers were airlifted by AN-32, locally known as Kargil Courier. While 53 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Jammu, 28 others were ferried from […]
Speed up work on five heliports: CM
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today directed officers to speed up construction work of five heliports at Kangnidhar in Mandi district, SASE (Manali) in Kullu district, Baddi in Solan district and Shimla and Rampur in Shimla district so that the people could benefit at the earliest. Presiding over a meeting here, he said the government […]
Now, get power bill on cellphones
Now, Haryana consumers can get power bill on their mobile phones through a missed call. Under the ‘Missed Call Alert Service’, the consumers will get a link through a message on making a missed call from their registered mobile numbers. By clicking the link, consumer can download and pay his/ her electricity bill. While sharing […]
Chandigarh to axe 39 trees for road widening
The UT Administration will cut down at least 39 trees for the widening of the road from the Poultry Farm chowk to the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) workshop to the railway light point in the Industrial Area, Phase I. The road is being widened to decongest traffic at Tribune Chowk. Parallel to Purv Marg, the […]
Excise duty collection jump 48 per cent 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, […]
SBI, IndianOil launch co-branded contactless RuPay debit card
IndianOil has teamed up with SBI to launch the co-branded RuPay debit card. It was launched by SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara and IndianOil chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya at a virtual ceremony held recently.
R-Day flypast: Rafale aircraft, first woman fighter pilot to debut
NEW DELHI: Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will be a part of the Republic Day parade this year to become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the ceremonial event on January 26 “I had been watching the Republic Day Parade on television and now now I am going to be a part of […]
SC seeks replies on report of high-powered committee on Chardham project
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the parties to file their replies or objections, if any, on the report filed by the high-powered committee, monitoring the Chardham highway project on the widening of the roads up to Indo-China border in Uttarakhand. The strategic 900-km Chardham highway project aims to provide all-weather connectivity to […]