(PTI) Global energy super major BP plc and Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday announced the start of their fuel retailing joint venture under the brand ‘Jio-bp’. BP had last year bought 49 per cent stake in the 1,400-odd petrol pumps and 31 aviation turbine fuel (ATF) stations owned by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for USD 1 billion. The joint venture, where RIL holds the remaining 51 per cent, has now commenced operations. “Following initial agreements in 2019, bp and RIL teams have worked closely over the past few months in a challenging environment to complete the transaction as planned,” the companies said in a joint statement,…
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(BS) Jet fuel or ATF price was hiked by 7.5 per cent, the third increase in a month, while petrol and diesel rates were unchanged for the second day in a row. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was hiked by Rs 2,922.94 per kilolitre (kl), or 7.48 per cent, to Rs 41,992.81 per kl in the national capital, according to a price notification by state-owned oil marketing companies. This is the third straight increase in ATF prices in a month. Rates were hiked by a record 56.6 per cent (Rs 12,126.75 per kl) on June 1, followed by Rs 5,494.5 per kl (16.3 per…
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) /Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has successfully rolled Vanadium alloyed special grade Rails, R 260 grade, for the Indian Railways and the first rake was flagged off on 30th June, 2020 by Shri Anirban Dasgupta, Director (P&BP) with additional charge of CEO, BSP. The program was witnessed by the dignitaries including Shri Vishwesh Chaube, Member Engineering, Railway Board, Smt Rasika Chaube, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel and Shri Puneet Kansal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel were connected through online platform along with Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, SAIL and other senior officials of Indian Railways. Shri…
(Zee News) Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level meeting to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the country. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, DG ICMR Balaram Bhargava, Dr VK Paul, and Union Home Secretary also attended this meeting. The Home Minister reviewed the rising number of corona cases in Delhi and discussed the situation in Delhi’s containment zones. Amit Shah also discussed with the team of doctors about steps being taken for the door to door testing in the containment areas. The Home Minister also chaired a GoM (Group of Ministers) at North Block, in which FM Nirmala Sitaraman, Agriculture…
(DJ) डीएम राजेश कुमार की अध्यक्षता में कलेक्ट्रेट सभागार में उत्तर प्रदेश कामगार व श्रमिक (सेवायोजन एवं रोजगार) आयोग के जिला स्तरीय कमेटी के साथ बैठक हुई। इस दौरान प्रवासी श्रमिकों को रोजगार उपलब्ध कराए जाने पर विस्तृत चर्चा की गई। जिला रोजगार सहायता अधिकारी मनिराम यादव ने बताया कि सेवायोजन पोर्टल पर 33,218 कुशल श्रमिक एवं 1,44,200 अकुशल श्रमिकों का डाटा है जिसमें कार्यदायी संस्था कुशल श्रमिकों के योग्यता के अनुसार रोजगार उपलब्ध कराते हुए डाटा को मार्क करेगी। डीएम ने निर्देश दिए कि प्रवासी श्रमिकों को रोजगार उपलब्ध कराने के संबंध में जिन डाटा को मार्क किया जा…
(PTI) Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Finance Ministry has been requested to implement the proposed Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) to provide local manufacturers a level-playing field. The proposed BAT would be imposed on imported goods in addition to customs duty to bring the imported product at par with locally-made products. The Indian industry has been complaining to the government about domestic taxes like electricity duty, duties on fuel, clean energy cess, mandi tax, royalties, biodiversity fees that get charged on domestically produced goods as these duties get embedded into the product. But many imported goods do not get loaded with…
(ET) Coal India (CIL) chairman Pramod Agarwal confirmed that there should be no cause of concern as there was no proposal to give away any coal block of the PSU giant for commercial mining. The Maharatna company has sufficient number of coal blocks with abundant resource capacity to continue as a commercially viable entity even in the competition era, he said. CIL has 447 coal blocks, mostly explored, under its disposal. In addition to these, 16 more blocks were allocated to CIL — 10 under the Coal Mines (Special Provision) Act and six under Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act — making it the largest holder…
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(ET) Bar Council of India has urged CJI SA Bobde to resume physical courts with appropriate social distancing norms from June 1, saying practical constraints such as lack of technology and infrastructure were hampering work in virtual courts. In a letter to the CJI, Bar Council of India chairman MK Mishra pointed out that 80% of court work in the Indian judicial system relates to trial courts while the rest comprise appeals, revisions and writ petitions. Among this, only 10% of the matters were ‘urgent’ and only these were qualified to be listed before the virtual courts, which are functioning currently,…
(AU) हिमाचल में बुधवार को 26 और कोरोना पॉजिटिव मामले सामने आए हैं। इनमें सबसे ज्यादा जिला हमीरपुर में 15, बिलासपुर में 7, तीन कांगड़ा जिले में और एक ऊना का मरीज शामिल है। प्रदेश में कांगड़ा के कुल्थी और शीला के दो मरीज स्वस्थ भी हो गए, जिन्हें गुरुवार को डिस्चार्ज किया जाएगा। हमीरपुर के 15 मरीजों में बड़सर के पांच, नादौन से तीन, छह हमीरपुर और एक भोरंज का रहने वाला है। इनमें से ज्यादातर मुंबई से लौटे हैं। इसके अलावा बिलासपुर में सात नए मरीज सामने आए हैं। तीन लोग स्वारघाट में संस्थागत, तीन जोल प्लासी कुठेड़ा…