A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal CID was formed here on Friday to probe into the multi-crore coal scam, a source in the state agency said. A team of the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited a few places in the Asansol-Raniganj coal belt during the day in connection with the probe, […]
Day: February 6, 2021
ONGC cuts carbon intensity by over 12% in 5 years: Chairman
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC) has cut carbon emission intensity of its operations by over 12 per cent in the last five years as part of making its operations more sustainable, chairman and managing director Shashi Shanker said. Shanker, speaking at the 15th National Convention of Global Compact Network India (GCNI), called […]
Odisha: OERC begins public hearing on power tariff hike
The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Friday started public hearing via online mode on the pleas of power companies on electricity tariff revision for the year of 2021-22. Odisha Hydropower Corporation (OHPC) and Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) have presented their view before the commission on the first day of the hearing. OHPC presented […]
Jharkhand: RMC to ink MoU with GAIL to set up waste-to-energy plant
The decks have been cleared for a waste-to-energy plant at the Jhiri dumping yard here, after the state cabinet gave its approval to rope in the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to set up the 300-metric-tonne-capacity unit. According to sources at the urban development department, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and GAIL will be […]
Delhi govt floats tender to set up 500 EV charging points at 100 locations
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday announced that the government has floated a tender to set up 500 EV charging points at 100 locations. “Delhi government has floated nation’s biggest tender for EV (electric vehicle) charging today, with provision for 500 charging points at 100 locations in Delhi so that EVs can be charged […]
After India’s protest, OPEC leaves oil price for March shipments to Asia
OPEC has left the price for oil for March shipments to Asia, which has four of the world’s top five oil consumers, including India, but raised the rates for the US and Europe. Oil prices promptly jumped to a year’s high on Friday, closing in on $60 a barrel-mark. At pumps across the country, petrol […]
Tejas done, focus on three other fighter jets: two for IAF, one Navy
WITH THE largest-ever deal for domestic defence manufacture signed on Wednesday – for 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A and 10 LCA Mk-1 versions – it was the culmination of a project that kicked off in 1983. However, officials of the agency that designed and developed the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) say now that the core technology […]
Jolly Grant airport: Centre asks U’khand to revisit proposal regarding non-forestry use of forest land
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked the Uttarakhand government to revisit its proposal regarding non-forestry use of 87 hectares (ha) of forest land in Dehradun for the expansion of Jolly Grant airport. The move comes in the wake of Uttarakhand High Court’s observations pertaining to conservation of wildlife and fragmentation of […]
Govt eyes Rs 30k cr private investment in highway projects
The Centre has drawn up a Rs 2.02-lakh crore investment plan to build highways in the next financial year and Rs 30,000 crore of this sum is expected to come from the private sector, a senior official said Friday. The latter amount will be raised through hybrid annuity model (HAM) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects. The […]
Airfare bands not permanent; will be done away with once normal flight operations resume: Civil Aviation Sec
Airfare bands are not going to be permanent and will be done away with as soon as normal flight operations resume, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Thursday. His comments come against the backdrop of restrictions in place on domestic fares that can be charged by airlines since flight services restarted in May […]
Profitable, loss making airports may be clubbed together and offered
The government is expected to offer 6-10 airports in the next round of privatisation, for which the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is exploring a new model wherein a profitable airport and a non-profitable airport will be clubbed together before being brought to the table. In an interaction with reporters Thursday, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep […]
To fund its infra, GAIL split plan put on hold
The government has put its plan to split GAIL’s natural gas and pipeline operating business on hold, with a view to protect the state-owned utility’s financial stability, as it undertakes major infrastructure projects to augment the country’s natural gas pipeline network, according to a senior government official. The Centre had earlier indicated that it would […]