(DJ) आने वाले तीन दिन मौसम उत्तराखंड की परीक्षा लेगा। मौसम विभाग के अनुसार सोमवार से बुधवार तक राज्य में भारी बारिश की आशंका है। विशेषकर कुमाऊं क्षेत्र में मौसम का मिजाज ज्यादा तल्ख रहेगा। इस दौरान बादल फटने के साथ ही बज्रपात की घटनाएं होने का अनुमान लगाया गया है। मौसम विभाग की चेतावनी के मद्देनजर शासन ने सभी जिलाधिकारियों के लिए अलर्ट जारी कर दिया है। आपदा प्रबंधन से जुड़े सभी विभागों को सतर्क रहने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। इस बीच रविवार को प्रदेश में बारिश भले ही नहीं हुई हो, लेकिन आसमान में काले बादल डेरा…
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(ET) Having failed to attract private players in a big way to undertake skilling in India under PM Narendra Modi’s flagship Skill India Mission, government is rapidly roping in its own public sector enterprises to take on targeted skilling in the country. The latest PSU to join the bandwagon is the NALCO, which will put in Rs 50 crore towards skill development and entrepreneurship till 2020. So far the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has received financial commitments of Rs 163 crore for training more than one lakh beneficiaries including 40,000 aspirants with recognition of prior lending. The other PSUs…
(LiveMint) Bajaj Group plans to raise about ₹ 3,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) of its power generation business, said two people aware of the plans. The company is expected to soon file a draft prospectus with capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for a share sale, the people said. “They have been working on the IPO of the power business over the past few months,” said one of the two people, requesting anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to reporters. Bajaj has hired investment banks UBS, Edelweiss Financial Advisors Ltd and…
(DJ) अनुसूचित जाति व अनुसूचित जनजाति (एससी एसटी) को सताने पर तुरंत मामला दर्ज होगा और गिरफ्तारी होगी। मामला दर्ज करने से पहले प्रारंभिक जांच और गिरफ्तारी से पहले इजाजत लेने की कोई जरूरत नहीं है। राष्ट्रपति ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट का फैसला निष्प्रभावी करने वाले एससी एसटी संशोधन कानून 2018 को मंजूरी दे दी है। राष्ट्रपति की मंजूरी मिलने के बाद एससी एसटी कानून पूर्व की तरह सख्त प्रावधानों से लैस हो गया है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गत 20 मार्च को दिये गये फैसले में एससी एसटी कानून के दुरुपयोग पर चिंता जताते हुए दिशा निर्देश जारी किये थे। सुप्रीम…
(LiveMint) State-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) expects 367 million tonne output by the end of the current financial year from its 115 ongoing projects. The publi sector undertaking accounts for over 80% of India’s coal production. The coal production from the projects is “planned to reach 377 mt in 2019-20,” Coal India said in a report, adding that there are 65 projects in the pipeline with a “targeted capacity of 247.66 mt per year”. “Of these 65 future projects, 27 with ultimate capacity of 108.29 MT have been approved,” Coal India said. According to the utility, efforts are on to…
(LiveMint) Bad prospects have forced state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) to relinquish 19 of its 21 exploration and production blocks, ending its upstream ambitions. In its 2017-18 annual report, HPCL also said the net worth of its fully owned exploration and production subsidiary Prize Petroleum Co. Ltd has partially eroded. “The management had considered ₹ 24.41 crore as an impairment loss in value of investment. Accordingly, a provision was accounted during FY2016-17. No further impairment is considered necessary during FY 2017-18,” the company said. HPCL did not reply to an email sent on 17 August. Until they were relinquished, HPCL held…
(AU) पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी की याद में सोमवार को इंदिरा गांधी इंडोर स्टेडियम में सर्वदलीय श्रद्धांजलि सभा का आयोजन किया जाएगा। श्रद्धांजलि सभा में नरेंद्र मोदी सहित तमाम दलों के दिग्गज नेता वाजपेयी को याद करेंगे। उनका अस्थि कलश देश के सभी राज्यों में पहुंचाया जाएगा। उनकी याद में पंचायत स्तर पर कई कार्यक्रम आयोजित किए जाएंगे। इंदिरा गांधी इंडोर स्टेडियम में दोपहर बाद होने वाली श्रद्धांजलि सभा के लिए व्यापक सुरक्षा प्रबंध किए गए हैं। इस सभा में मोदी सरकार के सभी मंत्री, भाजपा शासित राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्री, सहयोगी दलों के नेता के अलावा विपक्षी दलों के…
(LiveMint) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) will not sell its stake in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd and GAIL (India) Ltd in the near future as it has used internal resources to repay close to a third of the ₹ 24,881 crore loan it had taken to buy Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), people with direct knowledge of the matter said. ONGC had in January received government approval to sell its 13.77% stake in Indian Oil and 4.86% stake in GAIL to help fund the ₹ 36,915 crore acquisition of HPCL. “Indian Oil shares were trading at around ₹ 195 in…
(DNA) To meet the Kerosene demands in the state, Modi government has now provided 9,300 kilolitres of kerosene to the flood-ravaged Kerala. The government will also provide 12,000 kilolitres of kerosene. Modi government on Sunday further informed that the LPG bottling plant in Kochi has also been reopened. Meanwhile, according to the government data, more than 38,000 people rescued and evacuated from the flood-affected areas in Kerala. Medical aid has been provided to over 23,000 people. 3,00,000 food packets have been supplied by the Food Processing Ministry. The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) today directed the central ministries to focus on providing essential…
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has pressed into action three helicopters-Two from Mumbai and One from Kakinada to airlift relief materials for the flood-hit people of Kerala. Four ONGC doctors have also been flown in to provide medical supports. Medicines, foodstuff, dry provisions, bedsheets and other relief materials have already been sent from Mumbai and Kakinada. The helicopters will also be used in tandem with other disaster management groups for the rescue operations. While expressing huge concerns over the great deal of ordeal the people are faced with due to the unprecedented flood situation, Shri Shashi Shanker CMD…