(ET) April marks the start of the cruelest months for residents of Solapur, a hot and dry district in western India. As temperatures soar, water availability dwindles. In peak summer, the wait for taps to flow can stretch to a week or more. Just a decade ago, water flowed every other day, according to the local government and residents of Solapur, some 400 km inland from Mumbai. Then in 2017, a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant run by state-controlled NTPC began operations. It provided the district with energy – and competed with residents and businesses for water from a reservoir that…
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(PIB) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, commenced his official visit to Switzerland on 9th June 2025, as part of his ongoing visit to Switzerland and Sweden from 9–13 June 2025. This visit underscores India’s steadfast commitment to deepening strategic and economic partnerships with key European nations, advancing robust trade and investment ties, and supporting a shared vision for resilient global growth. The visit marks a key milestone in enhancing India’s engagement with two of Europe’s most innovative economies. Minister Goyal’s meetings are designed to facilitate high-impact interactions with senior government officials, industry leaders, and business associations…
(HT) India plans to introduce a minimum import price (MIP) for select pharmaceutical raw materials in a move to shield its domestic industry from a flood of cheap Chinese imports, two people directly involved in the process said, a step that will also shore up India’s status as the world’s largest supplier of generic drugs. India accounts for about a fifth of the global supply of generic drugs, manufacturing about 60,000 generic brands, across 60 categories. “The government is working on a plan to impose a minimum import price on all PLI-based pharmaceutical products. The plan is to protect the…
(HT) Tata Steel is expecting to start the construction of its low-carbon EAF (electric arc furnace)-based steel making project in the UK from July 2025 and commence operations by 2027, top company officials said. The firm has received necessary approvals for its $1.5 billion project at Port Talbot, Tata Steel chief executive officer and managing director T.V. Narendran, and executive director and chief financial officer Koushik Chatterjee said in the company’s annual report for FY2024-25. “We are now transitioning to decarbonised and state-of-the-art EAF-based steelmaking by FY2027-28, supported by 500 million pounds in the UK Government funding,” the management said.…
(HT) On the eve of the one year anniversary of the Modi 3.0 government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has redefined women-led development with various initiatives aimed at empowering the country’s “Nari Shakti”. “Over the last 11 years, the NDA Government has redefined women-led development,” he said in a post on X. “Various initiatives, from ensuring dignity through Swachh Bharat to financial inclusion via Jan Dhan accounts, the focus has been on empowering our Nari Shakti.” The Prime Minister pointed out key schemes launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government, including…
(FE) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had last week warned of the intense heatwave that would be arriving on June 9, Monday. The IMD has flagged the states that need to brace themselves for the coming hot days. These states include the Delhi-NCR and many other northwestern states, excluding the valleys of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The weather department has said that these states will have to undergo the heatwave at least till June 11, Wednesday, post which the IMD says light rains are expected to bring some relief. The weather department has said that most parts of Rajasthan will likely face intense weather with heatwave…
(FE) State-owned NHPC Ltd announced that the company has started operation of the third phase of part capacity of 53.57 MW of the 300 MW Karnisar Solar Power Project, Bikaner. The phase began operational on June 7, 2025. The company also informed the exchanges about the successful completion of the trial run on June 5, 2025. With this development, the cumulative commercial operation capacity of the above project has reached 160.71 MW. “The cumulative commercial operation capacity of the above project has reached 160.71 MW out of a total 300 MW,” it said in a regulatory filing. The COD of balance part capacity will…
(AU) सीएम पुष्कर सिंह धामी ने लिब्बरहेड़ी में महाराजा सूरजमल खेल स्टेडियम के निर्माण की घोषणा की। साथ ही सर्की रजवाहे की पटरी मंगलौर से गुरुकुल व लंढौरा बाईपास (हरचंदपुर) के पुल तक पक्की सड़क निर्माण की भी सौगात दी। सीएम ने कहा कि समान नागरिक संहिता लागू करने वाला देश में पहला राज्य उत्तराखंड है। यह किसी धर्म, पंथ, वर्ग और समाज के खिलाफ नहीं है। दुनिया के सभी प्रमुख मुस्लिम देशों में समान नागरिक संहिता कानून है। लिब्बरहेड़ी में रविवार दोपहर को स्वीटी फार्म में यूसीसी लागू करने पर आयोजित धन्यवाद रैली में सीएम पहुंचे। नारसन स्थित महाराजा…
(AU) मानव-वन्यजीव संघर्ष कम करने के साथ वन्यजीवों की सुरक्षा बेहतर करने के लिए वन विभाग ने गश्त के तरीकों में बदलाव करने का फैसला किया है। अब वन्यजीवों की हलचल, उनके समय के हिसाब से वन कर्मी गश्त पर फोकस करेंगे। जानकारी जुटाने के लिए राजाजी टाइगर रिजर्व के काॅरिडोर में अध्ययन शुरू किया गया है। मानव- वन्यजीव संघर्ष एक चुनौती बना हुआ है। हाल के वर्षों में बेहतर सुरक्षा प्रबंध समेत अन्य कारणों से बाघ, तेंदुओं की संख्या में इजाफा हुआ है। ऐसे में घटनाओं में कमी लाने के लिए कई स्तर पर प्रयास हो रहे हैं, अब…
(Jagran) दक्षिण भारत में बेमौसम बरसात के बाद अब देश में मौसम शुष्क हो जाने का उत्तर प्रदेश में भी व्यापक असर होगा। मौसम शुष्क होने के कारण प्रदेश के दक्षिणी भाग में अधिकतम तापमान में व्यापक बढ़ोतरी हुई है। अब प्रदेश में 11 जून तक भीषण गर्मी पड़ेगी और तेज लू भी चलेगी। मौसम विभाग और राज्य सरकार के स्वास्थ्य विभाग ने आम नागरिकों को लू के प्रति सतर्क रहने की सलाह दी है। दिन में 12 बजे से पांच बजे तक घर से बाहर निकलने से बचें। अगर निकलें तो हल्के और ढीले कपड़े पहनने के साथ पर्याप्त…