(BS) Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) has got clearance from the Odisha Pollution Control Board for expansion of its Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (PHDPL). “The consent was given for the new pumping station at Balasore”, said P C Choubey, executive director, South Eastern Region Pipelines (SERPL), Bhubaneswar, of IOCL. The approval was granted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution), Act, 1981. The Paradip-Balasore section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur LPG pipeline (PHDPL) is already operational for delivery of LPG to IOCL’s bottling plant in Balasore. With an estimated length of about 678 km, PHDPL’s originating pump station is located at Paradip, with…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(TNIE) The socially smart Bhubaneswar initiative of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), which was launched in 2017 on a pilot basis in eight slums of the Capital to impart capacity building training to youths, has been extended to 16 more slums. The move comes after 60 girls and boys from eight slums of Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (BTCD) successfully completed the capacity building last year. They later participated in development activities such as community mapping, safety audits and linking youths with skill development training programmes in their respective localities as peer leaders. BSCL officials said after expansion of the programme,…
(PTI) Railways has requested its employees and contractual staffers to avail benefits under the government’s flagship insurance schemes, saying they were of national importance. In a letter dated August 2, Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani asked the zonal general managers to encourage their employees as well as the contractual staffers to avail the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Beema Yojana (PMSBY) and the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana (PMJJBY). “As these schemes are of national importance, we should encourage our employees and also contractual workers to join the schemes and avail benefits,” Lohani said, adding a nodal officer…
(AU) अस्पताल में भर्ती द्रमुक अध्यक्ष एम करुणानिधि की हालत बिगड़ गई है। उनका इलाज कर रहे डॉक्टरों ने कहा है कि अगले 24 घंटे उनके लिए काफी अहम हैं। उनके शरीर के महत्वपूर्ण अंगों को सुचारु रखना लगातार चुनौती बनी हुई है। कावेरी अस्पताल ने प्रेस विज्ञप्ति के जरिये बताया है कि तमिलनाडु के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री 94 वर्षीय करुणानिधि लगातार डॉक्टरों की निगरानी में हैं। डॉक्टरों ने बताया कि उनका गहन उपचार चल रहा है और अगले 24 घंटों में इसका असर पता चलेगा। करुणानिधि को उम्र संबंधी बीमारी के कारण 28 जुलाई को अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया था।
(LiveMint) International Finance Corp. (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will invest $25 million in Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd. IFC said on Monday that the housing finance subsidiary of Mahindra Finance will utilize the funds to offer small home loans. “There is high demand for affordable housing, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas. The supply is beginning to increase. IFC’s investment will send a positive signal to investors, increasing confidence and encouraging potential creditors to provide long-term debt to this sector,” said Arun Kumar Sharma, chief investment officer, IFC. Sharma added that the investment will not only help…
(PTI) FMCG major Britannia Industries Ltd today said it may opt for stock split and issue bonus debentures to shareholders. Speaking at the company’s AGM here, Chairman Nusli Wadia said the issue of stock split would be decided at the next board meeting. Wadia said the company would incur a total cost of Rs 1,000 crore for issuance of bonus debentures and to pay dividend to the shareholders. The bonus debentures would be issued at Rs 60 each and be non-convertible. The company will launch new products in the next six months and expand business outside India, he said, adding, it…
(FE) Amid political slugfest over Assam’s National Register for Citizens (NRC) draft, the Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the matter. The second final draft, which was released on July 30, included names of 2.89 crore people out of 3.29 crore applicants in Assam. It left out names of nearly 40 lakh people. Earlier on July 31, while hearing the case, the apex court observed that the process of filing objections by those whose names are not listed in the NRC draft should be fair. A division bench of the top court, headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, also directed the Centre to…
(AU) महाराष्ट्र में आज से 17 लाख सरकारी कर्मचारी 3 दिन की हड़ताल पर जा रहे हैं। महाराष्ट्र राज्य कर्मचारी संगठन (एमएसईओ) के अध्यक्ष मिलिंद सरदेशमुख ने कहा कि तालुका स्तर तक के सभी कर्मचारी हड़ताल में शामिल होंगे, जिसमें शैक्षणिक और चिकित्सा संस्थानों व अन्य विभागों के कर्मचारी शामिल होंगे। ये कर्मचारी सातवें वेतन आयोग की सिफारिशें लागू करने सहित अन्य मांगों के समर्थन में हड़ताल पर जा रहे हैं। हड़ताल के परिणामस्वरूप मुख्यालय, मंत्रालय, कलेक्ट्रेट, तहसील और तालुका स्तर के सभी सरकारी कार्यालयों में कामकाज प्रभावित हो सकता है। यही नहीं शैक्षणिक संस्थानों, चिकित्सा एवं अन्य संबंद्ध संस्थानों…
(TOI) NSDC and NAPS to train 1.2 crore youths in 40 sectors with market-relevant skills. With a vision to achieve 50 lakh apprentices in over 40 sectors, including agriculture, healthcare and wellness, food process security among other by 2020, the Ministry of Skill Development and Enterpreneurship and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for for the first time will work under National Apprenticeship Promotion scheme to produce skilled youth.
(FE) Foundation stones were laid for 81 projects worth Rs 60,000 crore in Lucknow by the Prime Minister, screamed headlines in most dailies a few days ago. It was entirely the Uttar Pradesh government show, attracting considerable media attention. The 81 projects, distributed across the state and located in some major cities, would have involved the PM taking over a week if he did it individually. So, it was a grand ceremony of a ‘virtual’ foundation stone-laying in Lucknow, attended by the crème de la crème of the Indian economy—who have all expressed a desire to invest in a state…