(DJ) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज (मंगलवार) से सऊदी अरब की दो दिवसीय यात्रा पर हैं। वह सोमवार सऊदी अरब के लिए रवाना हुए थे। मंगलवार को पीएम मोदी ने अरब न्यूज को दिए एक इंटरव्यू में कहा कि भारत अपने कच्चे तेल का लगभग 18% सऊदी अरब से आयात करता है, जो हमारे लिए कच्चे तेल का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा स्रोत है। अब हम एक करीबी रणनीतिक साझेदारी की ओर बढ़ रहे हैं जिसमें डाउनस्ट्रीम तेल और गैस परियोजनाओं में सऊदी निवेश शामिल होगा। उन्होंने आगे कहा कि हम ऊर्जा आवश्यकताओं के महत्वपूर्ण और विश्वसनीय स्रोत के रूप में किंगडम…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(ET) Air quality in the Capital slipped into the ‘severe’ category on Monday because of Diwali crackers, but relatively restrained use of fireworks and favourable winds made the morning after the festival the least polluted in three years, said weather scientists. Air quality is forecast to improve to ‘very poor’ with wind speeds likely to pick up, but the raging farm fires in Punjab and Haryana could have an adverse impact in the next couple of days as toxic fumes from these blazes reach the National Capital Region (NCR), said official forecasters.With particulate matter (PM) 2.5 levels higher in residential areas than…
(ET) Goa’s first 50 KW wind solar hybrid energy plant has been installed at Pfizer Limited’s manufacturing unit at Verna Industrial Estate. The six-blade, low RPM wind and solar energy system has been installed by Revayu Systems pvt ltd, said officials. In the future, Revayu Systems plans to install another 400 KW hybrid rooftop project for United Breweries Limited at Ponda. Revayu Systems has also completed a three months trial hybrid project for Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA).The government of Goa already has a solar policy in place and power minister Nilesh Cabral has indicated that a hybrid energy policy could be on…
(FE) Globalisation has pervaded each economy so comprehensively that all economic events have lost country-specific features, as upward or downward event no longer remains confined within a geographic limit. This was truly evident in the latest World Economic Outlook report of IMF as it has coined the term ‘synchronised slowdown’ to describe the global economic movement in the recent period and make projections for next year. Global GDP is to come down to 3.0% against 3.3% projected in April ‘19. This slowdown in growth is contributed by EU (from 1.3% to 1.2% ), China (from 6.3% to 6.1%), Japan (from…
(AU) संयुक्त राष्ट्र की विमानन शाखा अंतरराष्ट्रीय नागरिक उड्डयन संगठन (आईसीएओ) ने पाकिस्तान से एयर इंडिया के विमान को लगातार मना करने को लेकर जानकारी मांगी है। पाकिस्तान ने भारत के राष्ट्रपति और प्रधानमंत्री को अपने हवाई क्षेत्र से गुजरने की इजाजत नहीं दी। जिसके बाद भारत ने आधिकारिक रूप से आईसीएओ में उसकी शिकायत की। भारत ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद मोदी के विमान को अपने हवाई क्षेत्र से गुजरने नहीं दिया जिसे लेकर भारत का कहना है कि इस तरह की उड़ानों की कोई भी सामान्य देश मंजूरी दे देता है। हालिया मामले में प्रधानमंत्री को रियाद जाने के लिए…
(FE) The government wants to give a cash booster to Corporate India and small businesses to invigorate the investment cycle but the Centre itself and assorted agencies owned and managed by it owed a staggering Rs 5 lakh crore to them and state-run agencies like FCI at the end of the last fiscal. Though there have been concerted efforts at least at the level of the central government to clear the backlog, unpaid dues of the general government to the businesses for various goods and services availed are still very high. According to a Niti Aayog assessment, the central government…
(PTI) The government is looking into state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd’s (BPCL) investments in a gas block in Mozambique and has not yet formally given its approval to the firm for further spendings, sources said. Bharat PetroResources Ltd (BPRL), an exploration and production subsidiary of BPCL, had in August 2008 bought a 10 per cent stake in Area-1 Offshore of the Rovuma Block from the US energy major Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $75 million. That same month Videocon through its subsidiary acquired a 10 per cent stake in the same block for an equivalent block. Sources privy to the development said Anadarko had originally offered…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh late on Monday night on a two-day visit, during which he will attend the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s high-profile annual financial conference and hold bilateral talks with top leadership of the Gulf Kingdom. “Landed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, marking the start of an important visit aimed at strengthening ties with a valued friend. Will be taking part in a wide range of programmes during this visit,” the prime minister tweeted. He will deliver the keynote address under the title ‘What’s next for India?’ at the Future Investment Initiative (FII), which is dubbed…
(ET) BJP president Amit Shah called up Uddhav Thackeray on Friday, amid Shiv Sena’s new-found buoyancy following the nature of the electoral verdict in Maharashtra. A source said that Shah indicated to the Sena chief about his plans to visit Mumbai after Diwali. BJP and Sena did not officially comment on the Shah-Thackeray telephonic conversation. Shah’s call came a day after the Sena chief demanded a 50:50 power-sharing agreement and lined up a wish list, which included more ministerial berths in the Union Cabinet and a free hand for Sena in the next Brihan Mumbai Corporation polls. Shah’s call came…
(PTI) Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday met officials of Japanese steel companies Nippon Steel and Daido Steel in Tokyo and invited them to invest in India. Pradhan, along with senior officials of the ministry, is in Japan to attend the two-day Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC). His meeting assumes significance as steel companies in Japan have shown interest in investing in India. “Met with representatives of Daido Steel Co.Ltd in Tokyo. Daido is one of the world’s largest speciality steel manufacturers also dealing in high-performance materials, magnetic materials, parts for the automobile industry and industrial equipment,” Pradhan…