(FE) Tata Steel has installed a Long Pipe Conveyor (LPC) at its opencast coal mines in the West Bokaro Division, the facility that will bring coal and by-products from the washeries to the Chainpur railway siding, replacing the existing ropeway transportation system. Tata Steel CEO & MD TV Narendran said implementing best-in-class technologies and sustainable practices were critical success factors for mining operations. The four-km-long LPC would improve the productivity and help in reducing the environmental footprint in coal logistics, significantly.
Author: Aruna Sharma
(AU) दिल्ली-एनसीआर के लोगों को बीते कई दिनों से शीतलहर और कोहरे की जो दोहरी मार झेलनी पड़ रही है, वह बुधवार को भी जारी है। आईएमडी के अनुसार आज दिल्ली का न्यूनतम तापमान 3.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस दर्ज किया गया। वहीं अधिकतम तापमान भी 18 डिग्री तक रह सकता है। इससे पहले 20 दिसंबर को न्यूनतम तापमान 3.4 डिग्री सेल्सियस दर्ज किया गया था। मौसम विभाग का अनुमान है कि गुरुवार को पारा और गिर सकता है। विभाग का कहना है कि न्यूनतम तापमान 3 डिग्री सेल्सियस तक दर्ज हो सकता है। शीतलहर के कहर के बीच अगले दो दिनों में भी…
(PTI) State-owned engineering firm BHEL on Wednesday said it has won an order from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). It has bagged the order for supply of 32 Reactor Header Assemblies to NPCIL, a company statement said. The order has been won under NPCIL’s Fleet Mode Procurement for India’s highest rated indigenously-developed 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) to be set up at four different locations in the country, BHEL said. Significantly, this is the first equipment order placed by NPCIL under the Fleet Mode Procurement programme and will give an impetus to domestic manufacturing, it said. The…
(ET) Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country’s largest fuel retailer, is looking at improved growth in earnings in the third quarter ending December 2020 on the back of high inventory gains on the back of a rise in the crude oil prices. The oil price surge from the lows witnessed in end October 2020 has hit both the Gross Refinery Margins (GRMs) and auto fuel net marketing margins which may fall to below Rs 1 per liter in January 2021, according to brokerage firm ICICI Securities. “However, it would lead to large inventory gains, which would mean strong earnings growth for IOC even…
(ET) Adani Green Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Adani Solar Energy Kutchh Two, has commissioned a 100-megawatt (MW) solar power project at Khirsara in Gujarat. With this, the Gautam Adani-led firm’s total operational renewable capacity reached 2,950 MW with a compound annual growth rate of 55 per cent since March 2016, the company said in a statement. The subsidiary has a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam India at Rs 2.44 per unit price.
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday squarely blamed those with political agenda for the deadlock in the Centre’s talks with protesting farmers and asserted that his government is willing to hold dialogues with all, including those staunchly opposed to it, as long as talks are based on farm issues, facts and logic. In a blistering speech targeting Opposition after transferring an installment of Rs 2,000 each to over nine crore farmers, Modi said when the agitation began farmers had some genuine demands like guaranteed minimum support price but people with political motives then took over and began making unrelated…
(LiveMint) India on Saturday recorded 22,272 new coronavirus cases, pushing the country’s overall tally to 1,01,69,118, according to the data provided by the Union Health Ministry. The country also registered 251 new fatalities, taking the death toll to 1,47,343. As per the ministry, the total active cases in the country stand at 2,81,667. Also, with 22,274 new discharges in a span of 24 hours, the total recoveries have reached 97,40,108. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research said 8,53,527 samples have been tested for coronavirus on Friday. The total number of samples tested so far in India are 16,71,59,289. The country’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh…
(HT) Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Assam and Manipur from Saturday and inaugurate a slew of new projects in both the northeastern states. Shah’s programmes in Guwahati on Saturday includes distribution of financial grants to 8,000 traditional Vaisnavite monasteries of the state under the Assam Darshan programme. He will also lay foundation stones for the development of Batadrava Than as a cultural and tourist destination, new medical college in Guwahati and nine law colleges to be established across Assam. Shah is scheduled to hold a meeting with party leaders and review the election preparation ahead of…
(ET) A rather stable phase of oil prices is expected to help the government make big cuts in the oil subsidy allocation in next year’s budget. Sources said that the maths being worked out by the Finance Ministry ahead of the presentation of Budget 2021-22 in February next year could see petroleum subsidy burden falling by more than half from the FY21 levels of Rs 40,915 crore. A major saving on the subsidy is expected to come from reduced government support for domestic LPG cylinders. A favourable global oil market, in the first half of current fiscal, helped the government to completely eliminate the subsidy paid under direct benefit…
(PTI) Farmer leaders on Monday started their day-long hunger strike against the Centre’s new farm laws and said protests will be held at all district headquarters later in the day, even as more people are expected to join ongoing agitation at Delhi border points. Farmer leader Baldev Singh said, “Representatives of farmer unions have started their hunger strike at Singhu Border.” On Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he would also observe a day-long fast on Monday and appealed to the central government to shun ego and scrap the legislations. A large group of farmers on Sunday blocked the key…