North Central Railways (NCR) launched two portals namely ‘incident investigation reporting portal’ and ‘asset monitoring portal’ here recently. The incident investigation reporting portal has been developed for uploading incident investigation reports. In this portal, the users can upload investigation reports of cases and they can be seen by all the departments and immediate corrective action […]
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Shelling of Ukraine’s nuclear plant poses nuke accident risk, says Russia
Russia on Monday said that the shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant posed a nuclear accident threat as it accused Kyiv of the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The concerns have been sparked after the plant — located in southern Ukraine, just 500 km from Chernobyl (the site of the world’s worst […]
Power men boycott work for two hours, threaten to intensify stir in U.P.
Lucknow: Intensifying their ongoing agitation to push demands like time-bound pay scales, power engineers and employees on Monday resorted to a state-wide boycott of work for two hours. The agitating workers staged a demonstration. They also threatened an indefinite work boycott from November 28 if their demands are not met. On Monday, a protest meeting […]
U.P.: 31 pairs of NR train to remain cancelled from Dec till Feb due to fog
The northern railway (NR) of Lucknow division has decided that 31 pairs of trains will remain cancelled for three months from December 1, 2022 till February 28, 2023 due to fog during the said period. Senior divisional commercial manager, NR, Rekha Sharma gave this information in a press note on Monday. A total of 42 […]
Number Theory: Crude oil fuelled India’s Russian imports this year
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war in Europe has entered its tenth month now. One of the biggest economic fallouts of the war has been a spike in global energy prices. As a country that imports more than 80% of its energy requirements, India, too, has been affected by the crisis, with inflation staying above the 6% […]
Chandigarh: 6 years on, UT fails to convince residents to install solar panels
Six years after the UT administration issued notification for the installation of solar power plants for the residents of houses of one kanal area and above, the authorities concerned have failed to convince the residents as only 3,125 houses out of the total 7,200 have installed the solar power plants. Even the UT estate office […]
Electric meter tampering on rise in Pune
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) has reported a rise in meter tampering activities in the Pune division as 5,719 cases of electricity theft and 1,591 cases of unauthorised use of electricity have been reported in the last 6 months. Between April to October 2022, a stringent campaign against malpractices has been implemented and […]
Air India to introduce premium economy class in certain long haul flights next month: CEO and MD Campbell Wilson
Air India will be introducing premium economy class in some of its long haul international flights next month, its chief Campbell Wilson said on Saturday as the Tata group-owned airline works on ways to expand its market share as well as the global network. Addressing an event organised by JRD Tata Memorial Trust here, Wilson […]
Karnataka has highest grid-interactive renewable power capacity: RBI report
Karnataka came at the top position while comparing the total installed capacity of grid-interactive renewable power of all the states of the country. The state had a total installed capacity of 15,463 megawatts (mw), according to an RBI publication. Tamil Nadu, with 15,225 mw, came at the second; Gujarat, with 13,153 mw, was at third […]
UN atomic watchdog chief denounces ‘targeted strikes’ on Ukraine nuclear plant
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Sunday denounced the “targeted” strikes at Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, calling for a “stop to this madness”. Around a dozen strikes had targeted the plant, he said, and the situation was “very serious”, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French broadcaster BFMTV. It […]
Pilot leans out of plane’s window to get passenger’s forgotten phone from airport crew. Watch
A video of a pilot’s way of retrieving the phone of a passenger has left people amused. Shared on Facebook, the video shows the pilot leaning out of the cockpit’s window to take the phone from one of the crew members. Southwest Airlines took to Facebook to share the video. They also posted a detailed […]
Cente approves another metro corridor for Gurugram
: Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Friday said that the Public Investment Board of the Central government has cleared 28.5 kilometres long metro connectivity between HUDA City Centre to Cyber City in Gurugram. This will cover the entire city of Gurugram. Kaushal said that it would give efficient and environment friendly transport system to […]