(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pitched for resilient infrastructure with the use of modern technology and knowledge, saying this will not only help prevent disaster for the current generation but also for future generations. “It is a shared dream and vision that we can and must translate into reality,” he said in a video address at the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. In order to make future resilient, work has to be done towards a “resilient infrastructure transition”. Resilient infrastructure can also be the centre piece of wider adaptation efforts, he said. Infrastructure is not just about…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(Jansatta) बद्रीनाथ और केदारनाथ के दर्शन करने वाले भक्तों के लिए 8 और 6 मई से सफर शुरू हो रहा है। ऐसे में भारतीय रेलवे कैटेरिंग और टूरिज्म कॉर्पोरेशन (IRCTC) चारधाम यात्रा के लिए बजट फ्रेंडली टूर पैकेज पेश किया है। आईआरसीटीसी लोगों को हवाई जहाज से सफर कराएगा। जानकारी के अनुसार, सफर 11 नाइट और 12 दिन का होगा। IRCTC चारधाम यात्रा के दौरान बद्रीनाथ, केदारनाथ, गंगोत्री और यमुनोत्री के अलावा गुप्तकाशी, हरिद्वार, सोनप्रयाग और बारकोट लेकर जाएगा। चारधान यात्रा भुवनेश्वर एयरपोर्ट से 10 जून 2022 से शुरू होगी और 21 जून 2022 को समाप्त होगी। आईआरसीटीसी की ओर…
(NDTV) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government will soon be developing a national database to monitor hawala transactions, terrorist funding, terrorist activities among others. He said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had a zero tolerance policy against terrorism from the very first day. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) Bengaluru premises today. “The union government will soon be developing a national database to monitor hawala transactions, terrorist funding, counterfeit currency, narcotics, bomb threats, illegal arms smuggling and other terrorist activities,” Mr Shah said. He said intelligence and legal agencies should…
(FE) NTPC will meet a tenth of its coal requirements through imports in the current fiscal, by importing 20 million tonne (MT) of fuel and raising its captive fuel capacity by about 60%, according to a senior company official. The state-run power producer wants to ensure supplies from its thermal stations are not disrupted by the domestic coal shortage. NTPC has also decided to put the plans to expand coal-fired capacities on the front-burner, the official said, adding that the company will soon award a contract for a 2 X 660-megawatt coal-fired unit at its Talcher station in Odisha. Also, the…
(FE) Petrol prices have been left untouched for the 27th day running by oil marketing companies (OMC) on May 4. Prices have been steady since April 6 after OMCs hiked prices by Rs 10 per litre through 14 price hikes across major cities. Petrol in the National Capital of Delhi is currently priced at Rs 105.41 per litre, after the last hike of 80 paise nearly a month ago. Diesel in the city is priced at Rs 95.87. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol and diesel cost Rs 120.51 and Rs 104.71, respectively. Public sector OMCs including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Indian Oil…
(ET) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the second India-Nordic summit in Denmark, before departing for Paris to meet the newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron on the final day of his 3-day Europe visit on Wednesday. The second India-Nordic summit will see the participation of the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway, and will follow up from the first summit that took place in Stockholm, Sweden in 2018. “The Summit will focus on subjects like post-pandemic economic recovery, climate change, innovation and technology, renewable energy, the evolving global security scenario and India-Nordic cooperation in the Arctic region,” PM…
(PTI) Indian Oil Corp (IOC) rolled out M15 petrol — 15 per cent blend of methanol with petrol — on a pilot basis in Assam’s Tinsukia district. Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli launched the M15 petrol in the presence of Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat and IOC chairman SM Vaidya on Saturday. Teli said that blending fuel with methanol will provide respite from the rising prices. “Pilot rollout of M15 is a stepping stone towards achieving fuel independence and reducing the import burden,” he said.
(DJ) तीन दिवसीय यूरोप दौरे पर गए पीएम नरेन्द्र मोदी सोमवार सुबह जर्मनी की राजधानी बर्लिन पहुंचे। पीएम मोदी जर्मनी के चांसलर ओलाफ स्काल्ज से मुलाकात करेंगे। इसके अलावा वह कई बिजनेस लीडर्स से भी मिलेंगे। पीएम का यहां एक संबोधन का भी कार्यक्रम है। बर्लिन पहुंचने पर पीएम ने एक ट्वीट किया है। उन्होंने ट्वीट में अपने कार्यक्रम की जानकारी दी है। मोदी ने ट्वीट में कहा, ‘मुझे विश्वास है कि इस यात्रा से भारत और जर्मनी के बीच दोस्ती मजबूत होगी।’ पीएम मोदी ने बर्लिन में भारतीय समुदाय के लोगों से मुलाकात की। मोदी होटल एडलान केम्पिंस्की पहुंचे। इस…
(PTI) India’s petrol and diesel sales growth moderated in April while cooking gas LPG consumption fell as record high prices dented demand, preliminary industry data showed on Sunday. Petrol sales growth moderated to 2.1 per cent in April when compared with the same period in the preceding month, while diesel demand demand was almost flat. Cooking gas LPG, which had consistently shown growth even during the pandemic period, saw a massive 9.1 per cent month-on-month drop during April. State-owned oil firms had on March 22 ended a 137-day day hiatus in rate revision and began passing a USD 30 per barrel…
(ET) The railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains so far to facilitate coal freight movement in the wake of a power crisis in various parts of the country, causing inconvenience to people travelling to and from coal producing states such as Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. The South East Central Railway (SECR) division that covers the coal producing regions has cancelled 34 passenger trains, while the Northern Railways (NR), the division that receives coal for many power stations in the north, has cancelled eight trains. Some passengers services under the SECR like the Bilaspur-Bhopal train, which was suspended in…