(PIB) Directorate General of Shipping Celebrates 59th National Maritime Day Merchant Navy Week Celebration Comes to a Close; ‘Propelling Indian Maritime to Net Zero’ – this year’s theme Union Minister of state for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik graces the occasion. As National Maritime Day is being celebrated across India today, ‘Merchant Navy Week’ celebration by Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai, came to a close with a glittering ceremony at Domestic Cruise Terminus, Mumbai Port Trust today, 5th April 2022. Minister of State for Shipping, Ports and Waterways Shri Shripad Naik graced the event. National Maritime Day is dedicated to recall…
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(PIB) With the continued focus on a clean environment, NTPC has taken up the initiative of blending green hydrogen in Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network of GGL (Gujarat Gas Limited) at NTPC Kawas. A formal agreement between the two companies has been signed today in the presence of Shri. Mohit Bhargava, CEO, NTPC REL & ED RE, NTPC, and Shri. Sanjeev Kumar, MD-GGL & GSPL. Green hydrogen will be produced by using electricity from the existing 1 MW floating solar project of NTPC Kawas. This will be blended with PNG in a predetermined proportion and will be used for cooking…
(A.U) भाजपा स्थापना दिवस को समाजिक न्याय पखवाड़ा के रूप में भी मनाया जाएगा। भाजपा ने बुधवार को पार्टी मुख्यालय में आयोजित कार्यक्रम ‘भाजपा को जानो’ में विदेशी राजनयिकों को आमंत्रित किया है। इसका मकसद अन्य देशों के साथ अच्छे व्यवहार और बातचीत के साथ संबंधों को बेहतर बनाना है। देश की सबसे बड़ी राजनीतिक पार्टी भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) का आज 42वां स्थापना दिवस है। इस मौके पर सुबह 10 बजे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी कार्यकर्ताओं को संबोधित करेंगे। भाजपा ने अपने ट्वीट कर यह जानकारी दी है। इस कार्यक्रम में फ्रांस से इमैनुअल लेनिन, यूरोपीय यूनियन से उगो अस्तुतो, पुर्तगाल से कार्लोस…
(A.U) तेल कंपनियों की तरफ से आज फिर पेट्रोल और डीजल के दामों में बढ़ोतरी हुई है। पेट्रोल के दाम 74 से 84 पैसे तक बढ़े हैं तो डीजल के दाम भी 75 से 85 पैसे तक बढ़े हैं। दिल्ली में एक लीटर पेट्रोल 105.41 रुपये प्रति लीटर जबकि डीजल 96.67 रुपये प्रति लीटर मिल रहा है। मुंबई में पेट्रोल की कीमत 120.51 रुपये व डीजल की कीमत 104.77 रुपये प्रति लीटर है। कोलकाता में पेट्रोल का दाम 115.12 रुपये जबकि डीजल का दाम 99.83 रुपये प्रति लीटर है। वहीं चेन्नई में भी पेट्रोल 110.85 रुपये प्रति लीटर तो डीजल 100.94 रुपये प्रति लीटर है। बता दें कि पिछले वर्ष 4 नवंबर के बाद से इन…
(PTI) Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to revamp the functioning of the institutes of chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserting that the changes will not impact the autonomy of these bodies. Rajya Sabha passed the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with a voice vote after negating all amendments moved by the Opposition. Lok Sabha had cleared the bill on March 30, 2022. The legislation seeks to appoint non-Chartered Accountant (CA), non-cost accountant and non-company secretary as the presiding officer of the disciplinary committees…
(PTI) Asserting that Uttar Pradesh has huge potential for development, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his government’s aim is to make it the number one state in the country. At the presentation of a 100-day action plan of the government, the chief minister said that a comprehensive framework should be made for achieving this target, according to an official release issued here. He asked all departments to prepare a detailed and practical action plan by setting the targets for 100 days, six months and a year. He stressed on implementing the promises made by the BJP in the…
(PTI) In the last eight years, India’s maritime sector has scaled new heights and contributed to boosting trade and commercial activities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday on the occasion of National Maritime Day. April 5 is celebrated as National Maritime Day across the country and is dedicated to the role of maritime trade in the development of the Indian economy and the role of India and its strategic location in global trade. “Today, on National Maritime Day we recall our glorious maritime history and highlight the importance of the maritime sector towards India’s economic growth,” Modi said in…
(PTI) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the parliamentary party and discussed the current political situation and the party’s strategy in both houses of Parliament. Congress Parliamentarians in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi attended the meeting in the central hall of Parliament. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were also present. This is the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) after the party’s poll debacle in the recent assembly elections…
(T.E.T) PSU major Indian Oil Corporation on Sunday said it will invest nearly Rs 840 crore in expanding its Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant (POL) storage capacities, including setting up a greenfield facility, in the Northeast. The company is planning to take its POL capacities to 5,530 Thousand Metric Tonnes Per Annum (TMTPA) by 2030 from the existing 3,160 TMTPA, Indian Oil Corporation Executive Director (Indian Oil-AOD) G Ramesh told PTI. “We have two major projects coming up in the POL segment. The first one is the setting up of a greenfield depot at Sekerkote in Tripura. This will entail an investment…
(E.T) The number of electric vehicles on roads in India has reached over ten lakh with around 1,700 charging stations operational in public places across the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Lok Sabha recently. As per Vahan 4 data, as of March 25 this year, a total of 10,76,420 EVs and a total of 1,742 Public Charging Stations (PCS), as per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), are operational. The Ministry of Power has issued “Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles the revised consolidated Guidelines and Standards” on January 14, 2022, to accelerate the e-mobility transition in the country, Gadkari said. “Action plans have been prepared…