Author: Aruna Sharma

(AU) इस समय देश के 122 बिजली घरों में इस समय कोयले की भारी किल्लत हो गई है। पहले माना जा रहा था बरसात के बाद स्थिति ठीक हो जाएगी, लेकिन अभी भी कोयले की आपूर्ति में सुधार नहीं हुई है। कोयला सचिव इंद्रजीत सिंह ने कोल इंडिया को पत्र लिख कर स्थिति ठीक करने को कहा है क्योंकि करीब 10 बिजली घरों में कोयले का अतिरिक्त स्टॉक नहीं है। कोयले की आपूर्ति नहीं सुधरने पर त्यौहार में बिजली की बढ़ी मांग पूरा करने में दिक्कत हो सकती है। कोयला मंत्रालय के आंकड़ों के मुताबिक इस समय दस बिजली घरों…

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(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Japan on October 28-29 to hold the annual India-Japan summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe which will focus on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interests, the External Affairs Ministry said. It will be the fifth annual summit meeting between PM Modi and Mr Abe and their 12th meeting overall since 2014. Besides bilateral issues, the two leaders are expected to deliberate on a range of regional and global issues including the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. “Under the framework of the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between…

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(Tribune) The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government to ensure the supply of essential commodities to remote villages in Pithoragarh district using choppers within 24 hours and maintain this throughout the winter season. The order came on Thursday on a PIL filed by residents of 12 villages of the district complaining of a shortage of essential food items and other necessities due to their location in inhospitable terrain and poor road connectivity. A Bench of acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Tiwari directed as an interim measure the Uttarakhand government is to provide necessary ration, including…

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(AU) निकाय चुनाव के तीसरे चरण के लिए मतदान शुरू हो गया है। जम्मू संभाग में केवल सांबा जिले की चार कमेटियों के लिए चुनाव हो रहा है। कश्मीर में अनंतनाग व बारामुला जिले की तीन कमेटियों तथा श्रीनगर नगर निगम के 20 वार्ड के लिए वोट डाले जा रहे हैं। कुल 96 वार्ड के लिए 365 प्रत्याशी भाग्य आजमा रहे हैं। तीसरे चरण में कुल 193990 मतदाता सुबह छह से शाम चार बजे तक वोट डालेंगे। चुनाव को सकुशल व शांतिपूर्ण संपन्न कराने के लिए सुरक्षा के व्यापक प्रबंध किए गए हैं। तीसरे चरण में आठ निकायों के लिए…

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(BS) Amidst rising fuel prices despite an excise cut on petrol and diesel last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jailtey and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Friday. “The PM’s meeting in the morning was on petroleum issues. The discussion centered around increasing domestic oil production, subsidy borne by oil marketing companies (OMCs) and reducing oil imports to cut down the current account deficit,” a senior official said.The meeting assumes significance as the US sanction against Iran kicks-in on November 4 and India is dependent on imports for more than 80 per cent of its oil requirement. On domestic oil production, Petroleum Minister Pradhan on October 1…

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(ET) Banks continue to drag their feet on resolution proceedings of stressed power plants and are unlikely to meet their latest deadline of October 15 to take final decisions. The 600 MW Jhabua power plant of Avantha Power and Prayagraj Power Gen Corp’s 1,980 MW Bara power plant, both in Madhya Pradesh, look the closest to resolution but are unlikely to achieve the October 15 deadline. In an all-lenders meet on September 21 in Power Finance Corp’s New Delhi headquarters, the banks gave dissenting lenders time till October mid to take a final decision on a dozen stressed power generation…

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(ET) Oil and Natural Gas Corp is planning to purchase 27 drilling rigs to replace nearly half of its ageing onland rigs in a deal that could cost Rs 3,000-3,500 crore. The state-run explorer has floated a tender seeking bids from interested suppliers by November 14. ONGC had initially planned to purchase nearly 50 rigs but later curtailed it to 27. Fresh purchases will help partly replace its ageing fleet of 67 drilling rigs that’s currently operating at its onshore fields, a company executive said. “Most of our onshore rigs are old and that have an impact on the quality of…

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(PTI) Firing a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that he was a “corrupt man” who helped Anil Ambani pocket Rs 30,000 crore in the purchase of the fighter aircraft. Gandhi demanded an investigation against the prime minister. The Congress president also described Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s trip to France as part of a “huge cover-up” by the government. His attack at the government came a press conference following a report in the French media that Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, had to choose Ambani’s firm Reliance Defence as…

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The foundation stone for Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bio-refinery of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited being set up at Baulasingha village, Bhatli Tehsil, Bargarh ditrict, Odisha was laid by Governor of Odisha Professor Ganeshi Lal today. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, along with several dignitaries were present on the occasion. The Bio-refinery, the first of its kind to be set up, will have a capacity to produce three crore litres of fuel grade Ethanol annually using Rice straw as the feedstock. Ethanol produced from this plant will be blended with Petrol. The…

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(Hindustan) यूपी सरकार फ्लैट, मकान और जमीन लेने वालों के साथ आए दिन होने वाली धोखाधड़ी कड़ाई से रोकने जा रही है। इसके लिए बिल्डरों को बुकिंग के समय ही खरीदारों के साथ एग्रीमेंट करना होगा। इतना ही नहीं बुकिंग राशि 10 फीसदी से अधिक नहीं लिया जा सकेगा। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ की अध्यक्षता में बुधवार को हुई कैबिनेट की बैठक में ‘द उत्तर प्रदेश रियल स्टेट (रेगुलेशन एंड डवलपमेंट) (एग्रीमेंट फॉर सेल रूल्स) 2018 को मंजूरी दे दी गई। ऊर्जा मंत्री श्रीकांत शर्मा ने पत्रकारों को बताया कि राज्य सरकार खरीदारों के हितों का रक्षा करने के लिए लगातार फैसले…

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