(LiveMint) The Supreme Court (SC) has made filing cases online simple and affordable amid restrictions over maintain social distancing. According to the SC registry, 640 cases were registered online between 22 March and 8 July. “The e-filing process in the Supreme Court has made it easy to file cases. During the lockdown period, 640 advocates on record have registered for e-filing cases in (the) Supreme Court. This is a move towards digitization of the judicial process,” said law and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. While the covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent nationwide lockdown prompted the apex court to adopt e-filing of…
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(ET) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has planned to set up more number of compressed biogas (CBG) units in the country. In a video conference with reporters from Puduchatram in Namakkal district on Thursday, executive director and state head of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) P Jayadevan said IOC would be responsible for the compressed biogas and this can be consumed as a green renewable energy for automotive and industrial applications. “Through central government’s sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation (SATAT), IOC envisages a target production of 15 million metric tonne of compressed biogas from 5,000 plants across the country by 2023,” he said.
(Hindustan) रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह दो दिवसीय लद्दाख और जम्मू-कश्मीर दौरे पर हैं। उनके साथ चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ (सीडीएस) जनरल बिपिन रावत और सेना प्रमुख जनरल एमएम नरवाना के साथ लेह पहुंचे है। रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह की मौजूदगी में स्टाकना (लेह) में पैरा ड्रापिंग अभ्यास किया। तीनों वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा (LAC) और नियंत्रण रेखा (LOC) पर स्थिति का जायजा लेंगे। आपको बता दें कि इससे पहले इस महीने की शुरुआत में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बीच प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने लेह का दौरा किया था और सैनिकों का हौसला बढ़ाया था। रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने लेह जब पहुंचे तो वहां उन्होंने सेना के अत्याधुनिक…
(ET) In the run-up to the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the India and US Strategic Energy Partnership, scheduled on July 17, 2020, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, along with US Secretary of Energy, HE Dan Brouillette, co-Chaired industry-level interaction, organised by US-India Business Council (USIBC). During these interactions, Pradhan invited US companies and investors to engage and invest in India in new opportunities. “There have been a few collaborative efforts between Indian and American companies in this sector, but it is far below their potential,” said Pradhan. He noted the resilience of the US-India Energy Partnership and characterized…
(ET) As the deadline for submitting the Expressions of Interest (EoI) for 52.98 per cent stake in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) nears, big names in the global oil market are showing interest in picking up the majority stake in the state-run oil company. According to official sources, Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), Rosneft of Russia and Exxon Mobil intend to participate in the bidding process for the PSU. The deadline for submitting EoIs has been postponed twice and the current deadline ends on July 31. Indian oil majors are not behind their global counterparts and are also actively pursuing the prospects…
(LiveMint) Union highways minister Nitin Gadkari flagged off highway projects worth over ₹20,000 crore on Tuesday, aimed to decongest several parts of Haryana, and pave way for development of the state. “Work on infrastructure creation will help India become a $5 trillion economy,” the minister said, adding the projects are part of the ₹100 trillion national infrastructure pipeline. Focusing on infrastructure projects is expected to increase economic activity, generate employment and boost demand, at a time when the Indian economy is expected to contract due to the coronavirus crisis. Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of these highway projects over webcast. The projects inaugurated include the…
(TH) India is going to see investments of over $118 billion across the oil and gas value chain in the next few years, according to Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Speaking at a round table on India-US Energy Cooperation, organised on the eve of the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the India-US Strategic Energy Partnership, Pradhan said, “There are several opportunities coming up in the Indian energy landscape, especially in bio fuels, LNG terminals, LNG bunkering, expansion of CGD network and other natural gas infrastructure and in oil and gas exploration.” In a series of tweets, Pradhan said that…
(PTI) The coal ministry plans to link the mining plan portal with Parivesh website, a top official said on Tuesday. PARIVESH is a single-window hub for online submission, monitoring, and management of proposals submitted to the Environment Ministry by project proponents to seek various types of clearances. “To take environment clearance there is PARIVESH portal. We are linking our mining plan portal with PARIVESH portal. From one portal everyone can see, (be) monitored,” Coal Secretary Anil Kumar Jain said during stakeholders consultation on auction of coal mines for commercial mining organised by Ficci. He said that the government has taken steps for the ease of doing…
(ET) Uttar Pradesh power distribution utility has sought Rs 20,940 crore loan from REC Ltd and Power Finance Corp (PFC) under the Atmanirbhar Bharat liquidity infusion package in the power sector. This is the largest loan application made so far by any state distribution company under the scheme. Tamil Nadu has asked the Centre to relax borrowing cap and has shown intent to borrow about Rs 20,622 crore. The power ministry has approached the Cabinet for the relaxations and the matter is likely to be taken up soon. So far Rs 46,400 crore loan applications have been received by REC Ltd and PFC, of which Rs 34,300 crore have been sanctioned. Close to…
(ET) Coal India’s dues from state- owned power generation companies have risen to Rs 22,000 crore amid muted demand and high production, sources said on Monday. The mining behemoth is also not in a position to regulate supplies to the power companies as demand has remained subdued over the last few months, they said. “Dues are now at Rs 22,000 crore. We are not sure when the situation will improve, and are yet to see the flow of government funds as assistance to gencos,” a company source told . The outstanding amount was around Rs 12,000 crore in January. “Majority of the…