India will reimpose limits on imported solar energy modules, after relaxing curbs for a year, in a relief to domestic manufacturers that had complained of cheaper shipments from overseas. The eased rules will end on March 31 and an approved list of domestic models and manufacturers will come back into effect the next day, the […]
Day: April 1, 2024
US mining uranium as prices soar and govt pushes for more nuclear power
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s. The work is unfolding as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administration and dozens of other countries have pledged […]
Healthy, tough competition in Indian aviation market: IndiGo CEO Elbers
There is healthy and tough competition in the Indian market, which is also price sensitive, the country’s largest airline IndiGo’s chief Pieter Elbers said and emphasised that there is an enormous demand for travel. At the helm of the airline having a domestic market share of little over 60 per cent and more than 360 […]
443 infrastructure projects hit by cost overrun of Rs 4.92 trillion in Feb
As many as 443 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or above, were hit by a cost overrun of more than Rs 4.92 trillion in February 2024, an official report stated. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), which monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above, […]
168 roads closed as fresh spell of snow, rains lash parts of Himachal
Higher reaches and tribal areas received fresh spell of snow while low and middle hills were lashed by intermittent hail and rains on Saturday as the local MeT office predicted wet spell in Himachal Pradesh till April 4. A Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus turned turtle near Maling in the Kinnaur district after skidding […]
Crews start removing first piece of steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge
Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crumpled into the Patapsco River this week after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its supports. Sparks could be seen flying from a section of bent […]
Baltimore bridge collapse: Crews continue removing twisted steel, concrete
As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site took time on Easter Sunday to reflect on the six workers presumed to have plunged to their deaths. As cranes periodically swung into place and workers […]
Baltimore bridge collapse an ‘economic catastrophe’, says Maryland Governor
Maryland Governor Wes Moore on Sunday said the collapse of Francis Scott Key bridge last week that has brought to a standstill the busy Baltimore port is a national economic catastrophe. The 2.6km-long, four-lane bridge over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, came crashing down after Dali, a 984-foot cargo ship, collided against it in the […]
LS polls: Over 60 groups demand ban on infra projects in Himalayas
More than 60 environmental and social organisations in the country have demanded a complete ban on all mega infrastructure projects, such as those related to the railways, dams, hydro projects and four-lane highways in the Himalayas, and have urged for referendums and public consultations to be made compulsory for all development projects. The organisations, jointly […]
India buys more oil from Russia, less from Iraq, Saudi Arabia in April
India in April imported more Russian oil but less from Iraq and Saudi Arabia than it did a month earlier, preliminary data from trade flow tracking agencies Kpler and LSEG shows. Refiners in India have been snapping up Russian oil since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted the West to shun it and […]
Air India extends suspension of flights to Tel Aviv in Israel till May 15
Air India on Tuesday said it has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv till May 15 amid tensions in the West Asia. On April 19, the airline said Tel Aviv flights will remain suspended till April 30. It operates four weekly flights between the national capital and the Israeli city. In […]