Moscow’s Vnukovo airport resumed operations from 8 am local time (0500 GMT), Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya said on the Telegram messaging app, after a drone attack on the city on Tuesday. Landings and takeoffs at the airport were restricted on Tuesday morning “for technical reasons beyond the control of the airport”. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin […]
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Bengaluru: Tunnel road proposal discussed again
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday discussed the construction of tunnel roads to decongest some roads in Bengaluru. A detailed presentation concerning the project was made by representatives of AECOM, a private engineering firm. Former Infosys director Mohandas Pai and Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda were present at the meeting. Shivakumar, […]
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, exclusively own gas-rich maritime ‘divided area’
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait exclusively own natural wealth, including Durra gas field, in the Gulf’s maritime “Divided Area”, Saudi state news agency SPA said on Tuesday citing the foreign ministry. The Kingdom also renewed its call to Iran to start negotiations with Riyadh and Kuwait on the demarcation of the eastern border of the area, […]
India mulls bilateral deals for green hydrogen-linked carbon credits
ia is considering bilateral agreements with countries such as Japan to allow them to use carbon credits linked to green hydrogen production in India in exchange for investment and purchase deals, two government sources and one industry source told Reuters. New Delhi this year approved a Rs 17,490 crore ($2.13 billion) incentive plan to promote […]
Krishna Kumar Thakur joins BHEL board as director
Krishna Kumar Thakur, a 1998-batch officer of Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS), has been appointed as a director on the board of BHEL, an official statement said. Prior to joining BHEL, Thakur was heading the human resources and administration function of Central Railway as Chief Personnel Officer, state-owned BHEL said in a statement. “On his […]
Private sector investment not broad-based: BoB’s Sabnavis
Corporate investment has continued its revival in the April-June quarter (Q1FY24). However, much of this revival has been driven by aircraft purchases by airlines and is not broad-based, Bank of Baroda’s Chief Economist Madan Sabnavis said on Tuesday. This puts the onus of doing some more heavy lifting in terms of capital expenditure on the […]
HUDA City Centre metro station to be renamed as Gurugram City Centre: DMRC
The HUDA City Centre metro station on the Yellow Line of the DMRC network will be renamed as Gurugram City Centre, officials said on Monday. The station falls in Haryana’s Gurugram. A decision has been taken to rename the station as Gurugram City Centre, a senior official said. In a tweet, the Delhi Metro Rail […]
52 bodies of Balasore train accident victims await identification; Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation cremates two
Over 50 bodies of the Balasore triple train crash victims await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar while the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) cremated moral remains of two victims at the Satya Nagar crematorium here. Of the 81 bodies at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, 29 bodies were identified through DNA testing and out of that, 22 bodies have been […]
Railways’ probe report flags ‘human error’ behind Odisha train mishap, reveals reporting past red flags could’ve averted tragedy
A high-level inquiry has found “wrong signalling” to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged “lapses at multiple levels” in the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) department, but indicated the tragedy could have been averted if past red flags were reported. The independent inquiry report submitted by the Commission of Railway Safety […]
India’s coal output grows 8.40% to 222.93 MT
India’s total coal production rose 8.40 per cent to 222.93 million tonne (MT) in April-June 2023-24, an official statement said on Monday. The country’s overall coal output was 205.65 MT in the year-ago quarter, the Ministry of Coal said. Captive mines /others registered a growth of 4.74 per cent to 30.48 MT in Q1 FY24, […]
Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend oil cuts
Saudi Arabia said Monday that it would extend a cut in oil production of 1 million barrels a day that it announced in June through at least August, trying to push up what officials view as stubbornly weak oil prices. The Saudis were joined by Russia, whose deputy prime minister, Alexander Novak, said that Moscow […]
US blocks Indian draft resolution on biofuels at MEPC, demands further discussions
The US on Monday became the only country to halt the adoption of a draft MEPC resolution on biofuel put forward by India on Monday at the MEPC session here, demanding further discussions on the matter prior to recommending it to a working group on air pollution and energy efficiency to finalise the resolution/circular. Sources […]