(PTI) The Supreme Court Monday prohibited the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the national capital region (NCR) and directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles would be impounded if found plying. Terming as “very critical” the prevailing situation of pollution in Delhi-NCR region, the apex court directed that a list of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles be published on the web site of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and transport department. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta said that advertisement on this should also be published…
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(AU) पेट्रोल-डीजल के दामों में लगातार गिरावट जारी है। मंगलवार को लगातार 13वें दिन भी तेल की कीमतों में कटौती हुई है। दिल्ली में पेट्रोल की कीमतों में 20 पैसे और डीजल की कीमतों में 7 पैसे की कटौती की गई है। अब राजधानी में पेट्रोल और डीजल की कीमत क्रमश: 79.55 रुपये और 73.78 रुपये प्रति लीटर हो गई है। वहीं, मुंबई में भी पेट्रोल-डीजल की कीमतों में क्रमश: 20 पैसे और 8 पैसे की गिरावट आई है। अब यहां पेट्रोल के दाम 85.04 रुपये और डीजल के दाम 77.32 रुपये प्रति लीटर हो गए हैं। इससे पहले सोमवार को…
(ET) Japan and India entered into a $75-billion currency swap arrangement that will bolster the country’s firepower as it battles a steep drop in the rupee’s value. An agreement to this effect was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Japan. “India and Japan agreed to enter into a bilateral swap arrangement of $75 billion. This swap arrangement would be 50% higher than our last swap agreement,” finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. Japan had offered a $50 billion currency swap in 2013 and, before that, one for $3 billion in 2008. “This facility will enable the agreed amount of foreign…
HPCL is observing Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November, 2018. This year’s theme is ‘Eradicate Corruption – Build a New India’. It is commenced by administration of pledge by C&MD and Dir-HR at HPCL Headquarters, Mumbai. This was followed by signing of pledge board by the employees at headquarter. Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year during the week coinciding with the birthday of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. HPCL has always considered integrity and transparency as a core value in all spheres of our business operations. HPCL has also been relentlessly involved in…
(ET) The Supreme Court will begin hearing Monday the Ayodhya title suit which has been pending in the top court since 2010. A bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will hear the petition, along with Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph. The case was earlier being heard by former CJI Dipak Misra and Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Ashok Bhushan. Former CJI Misra has since demitted office and CJI Gogoi taken over. The earlier bench had refused to refer the issue to a five-judge bench. But the new bench could, if it found it necessary, refer the matter to…
(AU) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी सोमवार को जापान की राजधानी टोक्यो में भारतीय समुदाय को संबोधन दे रहे थे। यहां पीएम मोदी ने संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि भारत इस समय बदलाव के दौर से गुजर रहा है। उन्होंने कहा कि बीते कुछ समय में भारत को लेकर दुनिया भर में उत्सुकता बढ़ी है। साथ ही बोले कि दुनिया को भारत के चश्मे से देखने की जरूरत है। पीएम ने कहा हम हर साल सरदार पटेल की जयंती मनाते हैं लेकिन इस बार हम पूरी दुनिया का ध्यान आकर्षित करेंगे। गुजरात में, उनके जन्म स्थान पर सरदार साहब की मूर्ति निर्माण…
(PTI) Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced Sunday that all agriculture loans would be waived in Odisha if the BJP comes to power in the state after 2019 Assembly polls. Pradhan was speaking at a function where former Congress MLA Madhababananda Mallick joined the saffron party with his supporters at Basudevpur in Bhadrak district. “The BJD government in Odisha has failed to safeguard the interest of farmers. If the BJP comes to power in the state after the next elections, all farm loans will be waived,” said the Union Petroleum minister. Launching a scathing attack on the BJD, the Union minister said…
(FE) The Supreme Court will hear the Gujarat government’s petition seeking the apex court’s opinion regarding amendment of power purchase agreements (PPAs) in the three imported coal-based power plants of Adani Power, Tata Power and Essar Power in Gujarat, on October 29, a senior Gujarat government official told FE. The Gujarat government had approached the SC following a high-powered committee’s recommendations allowing higher tariffs and a 100% pass-through of tariffs to consumers, which would require an amendment to the existing PPAs with the discoms of the five procurer states. A senior Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) official said: “We have approached the…
(DJ) रक्षा मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने राफेल युद्धक विमान सौदे पर कहा है कि इस रक्षा सौदे के साझीदारों के नाम तभी सामने लाए जाएंगे जब विमान मिलने शुरू हो जाएंगे। उन्होंने गुरुवार को कहा कि राफेल की आपूर्ति में फ्रांस की कंपनी दासौ और दो या तीन अन्य कंपनियां भी हिस्सेदारी कर रही हैं। इन सबको अलग-अलग लक्ष्य दिए गए हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि इन कंपनियों के नाम तभी सामने लाए जाएंगे जब युद्धक विमान देश को मिलने शुरू हो जाएंगे। यह पूछे जाने पर कि अनिल अंबानी की रिलायंस डिफेंस को किस आधार पर दासौ एविएशन का ऑफसेट साझीदार…
(FE) The government-appointed board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), which met in Mumbai on Thursday, will submit a revival plan with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on October 31. The board hasn’t sought a bailout by the government; instead, it plans to monetise some assets for revival, an official source said. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is learnt to have held a meeting on Thursday to review the crisis at IL&FS, another source told FE. The meeting is understood to have taken stock of measures being planned to resolve the crisis swiftly to prevent its contagion from…