(FE) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) is exploring opportunities to expand its presence in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, group CEO Karan Adani told analysts on Monday. The port and logistics arm of the Adani Group recorded consolidated net profit of Rs. 1,059.20 crore, up 72.4% year-on-year from the same period last year, primarily on account of a one-time deferred tax write-back of Rs. 290.04 crore. “Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are the two places where we do not have any substantial footprint. So we would look at opportunities which would fall under that. We would evaluate them from growth,…
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(ET) Oil and Natural Gas Corp is seeking buyers for the first gas from its KG basin fields, which would begin production next month after years of delay. ONGC is auctioning 0.75 million metric standard cubic meters a day (MMSCDM) of gas for three years from its KG-DWN-98/2 fields, bids for which are to be submitted by November 19. ONGC is spending more than $5 billion to bring these fields to production. It has set a reserve price of $5.61 per million metric British thermal unit (mmBtu) and the minimum bid quantity at 0.05 MMSCMD. Bidders will have to quote the…
Press Conference By Shri J. P Nadda On Jharkhand At BJP HQ
(Tribune) Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu honoured Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur for according the second language status to Sanskrit last year in the World Conference held in New Delhi today. The Sanskrit Bharti organised the event. Thakur was honoured with a memento and a shawl.The CM said, “Sanskrit is not just the language of our country, but a global language because of its richness.” The state government was considering opening Sanskrit University for expansion of the language, he said.
(AU) गुरु नानक देव जी के 550वें प्रकाश उत्सव के चलते सोमवार व मंगलवार को ऑड-ईवन से छूट रहेगी। दो दिन के लिए ऑड-ईवन न होने से दिल्ली में निजी वाहनों मालिकों को राहत तो मिलेगी, लेकिन इस दौरान करीब 10 लाख वाहनों के सड़कों पर उतरने से प्रदूषण स्तर में एक बार फिर बढ़ोतरी हो सकती है। इतनी संख्या में सड़कों पर वाहनों के उतरने की वजह से दो दिन तक लोगों को फिर जाम की समस्या से भी जूझना पड़ सकता है। उधर, ऑड-ईवन के प्रति लोगों को लगातार जागरूक किए जाने, महिलाओं के लिए बसों में मुफ्त…
(ET) India’s diesel demand has slowed down sharply because of a sluggish economy and structural changes like GST-induced road transport efficiency, trucks being allowed to carry a bigger load, increased power supply and consumer preference for petrol vehicles.Diesel consumption grew barely 1.1% in the six months to September when it contracted 3.3%. Diesel makes up 40% of India’s total oil demand, which grew just 1.4% in the first half of 2019-20. In FY19, the demand was up 3% for diesel, and 2.7% for total oil. The fall in demand has prompted Bharat Petroleum Corp to weigh exporting 200,000 tonnes of…
(AU) बाहुबल, धनबल और सत्ताबल के खिलाफ सीना तानकर खड़े चुनाव आयोग को मौजूदा रुतबा दिलाने वाले टीएन शेषन का रविवार को निधन हो गया। 86 वर्षीय शेषन पिछले कई सालों से बीमार चल रहे थे और चेन्नई में रह रहे थे। देश में चुनाव व्यवस्था में शुचिता, पारदर्शिता लाने का श्रेय उन्हें ही दिया जाता है। तिरुनेल्लई नारायण अय्यर शेषन 1990 से 1996 तक मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त रहे थे। तमिलनाडु कैडर के 1955 बैच के आईएएस अधिकारी शेषन ने 10वें चुनाव आयुक्त के तौर पर अपनी सेवाएं दी थीं। 15 दिसंबर 1932 को केरल के पलक्कड़ जिले के तिरुनेल्लई…
(PTI) The Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd to set up a Rs 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana’s Panipat district.Making the announcement through a tweet on Sunday, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “Happy to inform that Environment Clearance is given to IOCL to set up new 2G Ethanol plant in Panipat.” He also said that the project would help in achieving the goal of doubling farmers’ income. “This project not only promotes use of environment friendly fuel but also aids in fulfillment of government’s goal of doubling farmers’ income,” he tweeted.
(PTI) A day after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on decades-old Ayodhya dispute, BJP working president J P Nadda on Sunday said that several long-pending issues have reached their logical end under the Modi government. Issues like Article 370, GST, triple talaq have reached “logical conclusion” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nadda told reporters during a press conference. Nadda also said the Ayodhya verdict has been welcomed by all sections of the society. Every section of the society has been very positive, he said.It may be noted that issues like Ayodhya land dispute, scrapping of the Article 370 and triple talaq have been settled…
(PTI) The Gujarat government on Sunday gave its approval for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) terminal in Bhavnagar with a proposed investment of 1,900 crore, an official said. A state government release said the facility, approval for which was given by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board headed by chief minister Vijay Rupani, would be the world’s first CNG port terminal. It will be developed jointly by UK-headquartered Foresight Group and Mumbai-based Padmanabh Mafatlal Group, the release added. The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) had signed an MoU with Foresight Group to set up this port terminal at Bhavnagar in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit held…