(Hindustan) देश में पेट्रोल और डीजल की कीमतें आसमान छूती जा रही है। हर दिन कीमतों में बढ़ोत्तरी से अब हालात ये हो गए हैं कि पेट्रोल की कीमत 80 रुपये प्रति लीटर को भी पार कर गई है। जबकि डीजल के दाम भी 67 रुपये प्रति लीटर तक पहुंच गए हैं। हालांकि ये वृद्धि अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर कच्चे तेल की कीमतों में लगातार आ रही बढ़ोतरी की वजह से है। अगर देश की राजधानी दिल्ली की बात करें तो यहां डीजल की कीमत नये रिकार्ड पर है। यहां पेट्रोल 72.33 प्रति लीटर तो डीजल 63.01 प्रति लीटर है। वहीं…
Author: Amit Bhanot
(Hindustan) समावेशी वृद्धि सूचकांक में भारत उभरती अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में 62वें स्थान पर है। इस मामले में भारत चीन (26वां) और पाकिस्तान (47वां) से भी पीछे है। विश्व आर्थिक मंच (WEF) ने अपनी सालाना शिखर बैठक शुरू होने से पहले यह सूची जारी की। नॉर्वे दुनिया की सबसे समावेशी आधुनिक विकसित अर्थव्यवस्था बना हुआ है। वहीं लिथुआनिया उभरती अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में शीर्ष पर है। डब्ल्यूईएफ की वार्षिक शिखर बैठक में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप सहित दुनिया के कई शीर्ष नेता भाग ले रहे हैं। डब्ल्यूईएफ ने कहा कि इस सूचकांक में रहन सहन का स्तर, पर्यावरण की दृष्टि से टिकाऊपन…
(PTI) Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government is working towards encouraging petrol, diesel and gas production from biomass and called for encouraging bamboo cultivation to boost farmer income. He said since bamboo is now listed under the category of a grass and the forest department’s permission is not required to grow and cut it for commercial purposes, bio-ethanol could be produced from it. “We need to encourage bamboo cultivation in this region in order to ensure financial stability of farmers,” the transport minister said. Yavatmal is located in Vidarbha, a region known for farmer suicides. He was speaking…
As a part of confidence building measure, Mr. V P Mahawar, Director (Onshore) visited NQ Production Platform and Rig. Mr Mahawar was accompanied by Mr. Rajesh Kakkar, Director (Offshore) designate, Mr. N R Gantayat, OSD (T&FS) and Mr. Badal Roy, Head Offshore Safety. The visit as desired by Mr. Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC was aimed at boosting the morale of the Offshore Employees and also to review all safety related issues of Offshore. The Team has also interacted, besides employees with all Unions regarding the Offshore Safety issues. Mr. Mahawar said that the entire Executive Committee Members led by CMD…
PM Narendra Modi flagged off work commencement of HPCL Rajasthan Refinery (HRRL) on January 16 at Pachpadra in Barmer, Rajasthan. Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan were present on the occasion. On the occasion PM Modi addressed a huge gathering and commended many development initiatives taken up by Government of Rajasthan. He said that projects worth several crore have been undertaken by the state government to build infrastructure, provide better healthcare, education facilities and many other facilities. He lauds efforts of HPCL for setting up of this state-of-the-art Rajasthan Refinery along with Rajasthan…
(PTI) India’s gold imports rose 53 per cent to 846 tonnes last year on strong domestic demand and lower global prices, according to MMTC-PAMP India. The world’s second largest gold consumer had imported 550 tonnes of the metal in 2016. “There has been a significant jump in the gold imports in 2017. Imports touched 846 tonnes,” MMTC-PAMP India President (Marketing) Vipin Raina told PTI. In December 2017 alone, gold imports rose to 70 tonnes from 49 tonnes in the year-ago period, he said. Raina said a strong festival and wedding season demand coupled with attractive global price situation led to increase in the…
(DJ) दो दिन की राहत के बाद एक बार फिर प्रकृति ने अपना रंग दिखाया। बुधवार को मौसम ने पलटा खाया। दोपहर तक आसमान कोहरे की चादर में लिपटा रहा। कड़ाके की ठंड के चलते लोग घंटों गर्म कपड़ों और बिस्तर में ही लिपटे रहे। सड़क एवं रेल यातायात पर भी मौसम का असर देखा गया। सही वक्त पर टैक्सियां और ट्रेनें गंतव्य तक नहीं पहुंच सकीं। दोपहर करीब आने पर धूप ने कुछ गुनगुनाहट दी लेकिन शाम होते ही फिर शीतलहर बढ़ने लगी। वहीं मौसम विज्ञान विभाग के मुताबिक अभी ठंड से राहत मिलने की उम्मीद नहीं है। कल…
Prime Minister Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today dedicated to the nation, the iCREATE facility located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. iCreate is an independent Centre created with the objective of facilitating entrepreneurship through a blend of creativity, innovation, engineering, product design and leveraging emerging technologies to deal with major issues such as food security, water, connectivity, cybersecurity, IT and electronics, energy, bio-medical equipment and devices etc. iCreate aims to develop an ecosystem in India to generate quality entrepreneurs. The two leaders visited various stalls that highlighted technologies and innovations across diverse fields. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that…
Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari has called upon state govenments to cooperate with one another and with the centre to expedite the projects for interlinking of rivers. He was addressing the fourteenth meeting of the Special Committee for Inter-linking of Rivers in New Delhi today. Shri Gadkari stressed upon the need to design better technical models that aimed at bringing down construction cost while maintaining quality, so that projects do not languish for want of funds. He also called upon state governments to explore new financing models including…
Against stiff International Competitive Bidding (ICB), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a prestigious order for setting up a 660 MW coal-based thermal power project with supercritical parameters in Maharashtra. Valued at over Rs.2,800 Crore, the project will be set up as an expansion project (Unit 6) of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO)’s Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.BHEL’s scope of work for this brownfield expansion project includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing and commissioning of 1×660 MW supercritical thermal set and civil works. The 1,420 MW Bhusawal TPS is presently equipped…