Banaras Haveli at Assi Ghat Connected to Piped Natural Gas (PNG) GAIL (India) Limited has achieved another significant milestone in promoting clean, safe, and affordable energy under the Varanasi City Gas Distribution (CGD) project. In this continued effort, GAIL Varanasi successfully provided a Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connection to Hotel Banaras Haveli, located at Assi Ghat, Shivala, Varanasi. The inauguration of PNG supply was carried out by Shri Sushil Kumar, General Manager (GM), Varanasi and In-charge, Varanasi, in the presence of senior officials from GAIL (India) Limited, including Shri Gauri Shankar Mishra (General Manager), Shri Suresh Tiwari (General Manager), Shri…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(MC) State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Limited on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 3,800 crore in setting up 700 MW of solar power capacity across Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, as part of its push towards clean energy and net-zero goals. In a statement, the firm said it will develop a 600-MW solar project with a 550-MWh battery energy storage system at the TUSCO Solar Park in Jhansi, primarily to meet the captive power needs of its petrochemical plant at Pata in Uttar Pradesh. It will also set up a 100-MW solar project with a 22-MWh storage system in Chhatrapati…
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will continue to purchase Russian crude oil, but only when it makes sense economically, Chairman Arun Kumar Singh said on Friday. “ONGC refineries purchase Russian crude oil when it is economically viable, and based on spot market prices. If prices are competitive, our refineries will definitely buy. If it is not competitive, we will run our refineries from other sources,” Singh. These remarks are made at a time when the US administration has imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods, accusing the country of buying Russian crude. Asked about the company’s global ambitions, Singh…
(DJ) Samrat Choudhary को बिहार का नया मुख्यमंत्री चुना गया है। पहले भाजपा और फिर NDA विधायक दल ने उनके नाम पर सहमति दी। बैठक में सर्वसम्मति से उन्हें नेता चुना गया। इस फैसले के बाद सत्ता का नेतृत्व पूरी तरह बदल गया। सम्राट अब सरकार गठन का दावा पेश करेंगे। राजनीतिक तौर पर यह बड़ा बदलाव माना जा रहा है। सम्राट चौधरी जल्द ही राज्यपाल से मुलाकात करेंगे। वे सरकार बनाने का औपचारिक दावा पेश करेंगे। राजभवन में नई सरकार के गठन की प्रक्रिया शुरू होगी। सभी तैयारियां पूरी कर ली गई हैं। समर्थन का आंकड़ा NDA के पक्ष में…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, marking a landmark moment in the development of Uttarakhand and the broader region. Speaking at the event in Dehradun, the Prime Minister extended greetings to the people of the country on the occasion of Baisakhi, Bohag Bihu and Puthandu, noting that the inauguration coincides with a period of festive celebration across India. Paying obeisance to the sacred land of Devbhoomi, the Prime Minister noted that the Char Dham Yatra, covering Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, is set to commence in the coming days, a moment awaited with deep devotion…
(AU) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने दिल्ली-बागपत-सहारनपुर-देहरादून इकोनॉमिक कॉरिडोर को पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की अर्थव्यवस्था के लिए गेमचेंजर बताते हुए कहा कि अब सहारनपुर से दिल्ली व देहरादून की दूरी काफी कम समय में पूरी की जा सकेगी। सीएम ने कॉरिडोर के लोकार्पण को प्रदेश के विकास का ऐतिहासिक क्षण बताते हुए इसके लिए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का आभार प्रकट किया। उन्होंने कहा कि यह कॉरिडोर न केवल आवागमन को सुगम बनाएगा, बल्कि सहारनपुर के वुडवर्क, मेरठ के स्पोर्ट्स गुड्स और क्षेत्रीय किसानों के उत्पादों को राष्ट्रीय राजधानी से होते हुए वैश्विक बाजारों तक पहुंचाने में अहम भूमिका निभाएगा। यह परियोजना…
(PTI) The Railway Board has directed all zones to expedite the installation of automatic closure systems at 1,228 level crossings so that a train cannot receive a green signal unless the level crossing gate is properly closed for road traffic. The automatic closure system, part of the interlocking of level crossing (LC) gates, is a safety mechanism under which LC gates automatically close for road traffic on a train’s approach, or the system gives a stop signal to the train if the gate is open. Following a passenger train collision with a school van on July 8, 2025, allegedly due…
(PTI) The preparation of India’s Trade Policy Review (TPR) report by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is in full swing, and it is expected to be released in July, an official said. In this regard, a team of officials from the WTO Secretariat was here last week. “The work for the report is going on. We will submit the government report and also give our views on the WTO’s Secretariat report,” the official said.
India’s crude oil purchases from Russia more than tripled to 5.3 billion euro in March as volumes doubled and a surge in oil prices pushed up the import bill. European think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), in a report, said after a drop in purchases in February, India was back to a buying binge in March. “India was the second-highest buyer of Russian fossil fuels in March 2026, importing a total of EUR 5.8 billion of Russian hydrocarbons. Crude oil products constituted 91 per cent of India’s purchases, totalling EUR 5.3 billion,” it said.
SIDH has been integrated with the e-Shram portal to enable convergence and support for upskilling of registered workers. Through this integration, e-Shram beneficiaries can access skilling opportunities available on SIDH. The integration is implemented at the national level, including beneficiaries across all States. The details of beneficiaries who are registered on e-Shram portal and have enrolled in courses on SIDH, State/UT-wise are given in Annexure-I. Skill India Assistant (SIA) is an AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot integrated with the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), to enhance personalized access to skilling and employment-related services. SIA leverages conversational AI built on Meta’s open-source…