In first such attempt in the country to use drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for delivery of medicines and packaged material including food, a consortia led by ANRA technologies — a company having operations in the United States, the United Kingdom and India, will be conducting trials at two sites beginning Wednesday. One […]
Day: June 15, 2021
Flyers from Maharashtra no longer need negative RT-PCR report at Delhi airport
Air travellers from Maharashtra will no longer have to carry a negative RT-PCR test report when they land at the Delhi airport, officials said. For a while now, those arriving in Delhi from Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, were required to carry a recent RT-PCR report, showing zero Covid-19 infection. On Monday, the authorities did […]
Delhi’s IGI airport gets hoax bomb threat, caller held
Security agencies and Delhi Police personnel were seen scrambling at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after receiving a bomb threat call on Monday morning. Police finally found that the call was made by one of the passengers, who is said to be mentally unstable, from inside an aircraft. “We received a call at around 7.45 […]
To boost tourism in Ayodhya, Cabinet okays bus station and airport road expansion projects
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday decided to build a bus station of international standard for tourists in Ayodhya at a cost of Rs 400 crore, and expand the road leading to the proposed international airport near the temple town. The decisions were taken at the first physical meeting of the Cabinet since the second […]
Chandni Chowk to DND-Ashram: Deadlines for key projects revised
The deadlines of most ongoing infrastructure projects across Delhi have been revised by over two months owing to the Covid-induced lockdown that forced a pause in work as labourers began leaving for their hometowns. Although work has resumed, the pace remains sluggish. An official of the Public Works Department (PWD) said around 50% of labourers […]
Bengal: With Vivekananda flyover demolition on anvil, traffic diversions announced
Over a week after state minister Firhad Hakim said the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) would soon begin demolishing the incomplete Vivekananda flyover in the Girish Park neighbourhood, the Kolkata Traffic Police on Sunday announced a host of traffic route changes and diversions that would come into effect from Monday 11 pm. The flyover had […]
Coal India declares dividend of ₹3.5 as Q4 profits drops marginally
Coal India Limited’s board of directors on Monday recommended a final dividend of ₹3.5 per equity share of face value of ₹10 each for the financial year 2020-2021. The company also declared its Q4 profits on the same day. Coal India Ltd (CIL) in its filing to the BSE reported a marginal 1.1% decline in […]
Petrol reaches ₹100/ litre in Hyderabad, second Indian city to see hike
Hyderabad on Monday became the second metro city in the country to see petrol price crossing ₹100 per litre mark after fuel prices were raised yet again. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 30 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The hike — 24th in […]
Diesel nearing ₹95-mark in Mumbai, petrol priced at ₹102.58
Diesel prices are close to reaching the ₹95-mark in the city as fuel prices surged on Monday. At an all-time high, one litre of petrol was priced at ₹102.58, while diesel was available for ₹94.70 per litre after witnessing a surge of 28 and 31 paise, respectively. In neighbouring Thane, petrol was available for ₹102.70 […]
Chinese power operator says nuke station working fine after reports of leak
Top Chinese government-run nuclear power operator has said its operations at a station in south China meet safety regulations. This comes at a time when CNN had reported that the US government had spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) in Taishan in Guangdong province, […]
Bihar govt signs MoU for setting up state’s biggest hydroelectric plant
Moving ahead in its mission to generate green energy, the Bihar government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) for setting up the state’s biggest hydroelectric power generation plant, Dagmara multipurpose hydropower project, on Kosi river in Supaul district on Monday. The MoU was signed between Bihar State […]
SER to set up 201MW solar plant
South Eastern Railway (SER) has decided to set up 201MW solar power plant on 500 acres vacant land under its jurisdiction as part of its green energy initiatives, officials said on Monday. It has also started Head On Generation (HOG) technology in 38 trains, achieving saving of 4,256 litres of diesel per hour that translates […]