(LiveMint) The third of the five-phase elections of Jharkhand Assembly elections began on Thursday and will decide the fate of legislators in 17 seats out of the 81 assembly constituencies.A total of 309 candidates, including 32 women, are contesting from 17 assembly seats. The constituencies, including two reserved for SC candidates and one ST candidate, going to vote on Thursday are spread over eight districts in the state. The first phase of the election in the state took place on November 30 while the second round was held on December 7.The fourth phase will be conducted on December 16, and the…
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(BS) Urges banks to proactively tackle emerging challenges swiftly, particularly with regard to the stressed assets resolution in a co-ordinated manner The Governor, Reserve Bank of India held a meeting today with the MD & CEOs of major public sector banks. In his opening remarks, Governor noted that there has been some improvement in banking sector and the sector remains resilient even though current economic conditions may pose certain challenges. He urged the banks to proactively tackle the emerging challenges swiftly, particularly with regard to the stressed assets resolution in a co-ordinated manner. During the meeting, the following issues were discussed:…
(ET) The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which provides a path to Indian citizenship for persons belonging to religious minority groups persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha voting 125-99 in favour of the Bill. The passage came amidst largescale protests in Assam, where the military had to be called in to control protesting crowds, despite assurances from the Centre that special measures will be taken under clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord to address Assamese concerns. The Lok Sabha had approved the Bill by a significant majority on Monday. During…
(TH) The beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme are not opting for enough refills of cooking gas cylinders according to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This puts a serious question mark on the viability of the scheme, and in fact, there has been a decline in the annual average LPG cylinder refills by PMUY beneficiaries. “Encouraging the sustained usage of LPG remains a big challenge as the annual average refill consumption of 1.93 crore PMUY consumers (who have completed more than one year as on March 31, 2018) was only 3.66 refills as worked out by…
(PTI) A batch of petitions seeking review of the November 9 Ayodhya land dispute verdict, which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site, will be considered in-chamber by the Supreme Court. The in-chamber proceeding will be taken up by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and also comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S A Nazeer and Sanjeev Khanna. Justice Khanna is the only judge who was not a part of the 5-judge Constitution bench that had delivered the historic verdict. He replaces the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan…
(PTI) Solar panels have been installed on the rooftops of 27 government buildings in the state capital of Shimla, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Anirudh Singh on the second day of the ongoing winter session here, Thakur said the 1310.8 kilowatt (kW) capacity panels were setup in the last two years. Of them, the highest capacity of 500 kW panels were set up on the rooftop of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), said Thakur, who also holds the additional charge of the state power department. To promote solar energy, the work…
(PTI) Coal India Ltd (CIL) on said about 58 thermal power plants (TPPs) in the country are saving around Rs 3,770 crore per annum in coal transportation cost after the miner had implemented the fuel linkage rationalisation. A total of 63 million tonne of coal movement is currently involved under the rationalisation policy, CIL sources said. “An estimated Rs 3,770 crore is being saved annually by 58 thermal power plants in the country in coal transportation costs after the implementation of linkage rationalisation policy by Coal India Limited since 2015,” the miner said.The linkage rationalisation refers to transfer of coal supply source of a…
(AU) प्रदेश के ज्यादातर क्षेत्रों में अगले दो दिन के दौरान भारी बर्फबारी हो सकती है। इसको देखते हुए मौसम विभाग ने अलर्ट जारी किया है। वहीं, 13 और 14 दिसंबर को प्रदेश में कोल्ड डे कंडीशन हो सकती है। मौसम विभाग की ओर से जारी बुलेटिन के अनुसार प्रदेश में मौसम खराब होने की शुरूआत आज से ही हो जाएगी। राज्य के ज्यादातर इलाकों में आज बादल छाये रह सकते हैं। वहीं, उत्तरकाशी, चमोली, रुद्रप्रयाग और पिथौरागढ़ के कुछ ऊंचाई वाले इलाकों में हल्की बारिश और बर्फबारी हो सकती है। प्रदेश के 2500 मीटर से अधिक ऊंचाई पर स्थित अन्य…
(ET) The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on Monday approved procurement of 200 MW solar power by UPPCL from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The tariff for it will be Rs 2.89 per unit, including a trading margin of Rs 0.07 per unit. The trading margin is like a commission given to a trading entity. The UPPCL had entered into a power purchase agreement with SECI on November 14, 2018 to purchase 200 MW of solar power from Karnataka-based Pavagada Solar Park for a period of 25 years. The commission said that the inter-state transmission charges and transmission losses shall not be levied on…
(AU) प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा पिछले दो साल से गन्ना रेट नहीं बढ़ाए जाने पर भाकियू ने बुधवार सुबह-सुबह लखनऊ विधानसभा घेराव करने की मंशा से लखनऊ पहुंचे, लेकिन पुलिस के सतर्क रहने से वह सफल नहीं हो सके। दरअसल आज सुबह चार बजे ही किसान लखनऊ विधानसभा पहुंचे लेकिन विधान भवन के सामने किसानों व विभिन्न संगठनों के धरना प्रदर्शन को देखते हुए आधी रात के बाद बैरिकेडिंग करके सड़क बंद की गई थी। किसानों का प्रदर्शन उग्र होते देख उन्हें तितर-बितर करने के लिए पुलिस ने पानी की बौछारों का भी इस्तेमाल किया। बताया जा रहा है कि कई प्रदर्शनकारी किसानों…