(LiveMint) A recent report by the World Health Organization revealed that 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. Emissions from the transportation sector contributed significantly to India’s pollution levels. As per the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change’s estimates, the sector emitted about 188 MT of CO2 till 2010; road transport alone contributed to 87% of the emissions. This sector is also a large consumer of oil. India’s current oil import dependency is about 80%. According to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, diesel and petrol contribute to about 40% and 13%…
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(Tribune) Cloudburst at two places in Chamoli district led to extensive damage to property and blockade of 32 internal roads early on Monday. The cloudburst that occurred in Kundi (Ghat Tehsil) village and Ratgaon (Tharali tehsil) between 1.30 am and 2.30 am extensively damaged more than a dozen houses and vehicles. No casualty has been reported, though two buffaloes were also swept away in Mokhmalla village in Ghat tehsil.District officials in Chamoli said efforts were on to remove debris and rocks that had blocked the roads. “Pokeland machine and JCBs have been pressed into service in these places. In some…
(Tribune) Hopes of the government to get relaxation in undertaking construction activity in the town were dashed when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday rejected its review petition, upholding its November 16, 2016, order where a ban on all new constructions in the core area was imposed.A battery of senior officials from the Town and Country Planning (TCP) and Urban Development departments were present in the court as the case came up for hearing. Sources said the government could move the Supreme Court to get relaxation.The government was keen that its review petition before the NGT be allowed so that…
(DJ) पिछले कुछ दिनों लगातार बढ़ती तेल कीमतों को लेकर आमलोग काफी परेशान हैं। लेकिन, आनेवाले दिनों उन्हें राहत मिल सकती है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में तेल के दाम में कमी के चलते अब पेट्रोल और डीजल के दामों में गिरावट आ सकती है। पिछले चार दिनों में पेट्रोल अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में 83.87 डॉलर प्रति बैरल से 79.31 प्रति बैरल पर जा पहुंचा है। जबकि, डीजल 87.73 डॉलर प्रति बैरल से 82.72 प्रति बैरल पर आ गया है। इसका असर उस वक्त सोमवार को देखने को मिला जब नई दिल्ली में पेट्रोल की कीमत 14 पैसे गिरकर 68.47 रूपये प्रति लीटर पर आ…
(ET) The Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is unlikely to approve the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and Indian Commodity Exchange’s (ICEX) applications for launching futures contracts in petrol and diesel, sources aware of the development told Moneycontrol. This is because both petrol and diesel are politically sensitive fuels, given their ability to influence retail and wholesale inflation, sources said. In December last year, both the exchanges had filed applications with SEBI. The capital and commodities market regulator had written to the petroleum ministry seeking an in-principle approval for the contracts, which the ministry had given in May.
(ET) Goa consumes more petrol and diesel on a per capita basis than any other state in the country, while Bihar uses the least. Per capita sales of petrol in Goa were 119.7 kg in 2017-18, over six times the national average of 19 kg, according to oil ministry data. In diesel, at 225.6 kg, Goans consumed almost three-and-half times the fuel than the national average of 66.9 kg. By contrast, in Bihar, per capita sales were 6.7 kg for petrol and 22 kg for diesel, about one-third the national average. Economic activity, tourist flow and inter-state variation in taxes largely…
(Hindustan) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ के निर्देश पर संभल के एसपी राधे मोहन भारद्वाज और प्रतापगढ़ के एसपी संतोष कुमार सिंह-1 को निलंबित कर दिया गया है। यमुना प्रसाद को संभल और देव रंजन वर्मा को प्रतापगढ़ का नया एसपी नियुक्त किया गया है। दो पुलिस कप्तानों पर हुई इस कार्रवाई से पुलिस विभाग में हड़कंप मच गया है। दोनों जिलों में पुलिस कार्रवाई में लापरवाही से नाराज होकर मुख्यमंत्री ने पुलिस कप्तानों को निलंबित करने का निर्देश दिया। संभल में एक महिला को सामूहिक बलात्कार के बाद जिंदा जला देने तथा प्रतापगढ़ में एक किशोरी की मौत के मामले में…
(BS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed India’s growth projection by 0.1 percentage point for 2018-19 owing to high oil prices and a tight monetary policy regime. The effect of the twin headwinds on the IMF’s projection for 2019-20 was much sharper — 0.3 percentage points. Now, the IMF has forecast India will grow by 7.3 per cent in 2018-19 against the earlier estimate of 7.4 per cent. The economy was projected to grow 7.8 per cent by 2019-20 by the Fund earlier, but now the projection stood at 7.5 per cent, according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update,…
(FE) Following the three successful pilots — one each by the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — to deliver diesel at doorsteps, each of these firms will soon have eight such test projects. While OMCs till now were directly offering the service, start-ups under the supervision of the OMCs, and private fuel retailers such as Reliance Industries and Essar Oil, now renamed Nayara Energy, will also be allowed to offer doorstep delivery of diesel if they show interest and obtain required permissions. According to a person close to the development, requisite permissions from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO), which…
(Hindustan) वेस्ट यूपी और उत्तराखंड की कांवड़ यात्रा पर आतंकी साया मंडरा रहा है। खुफिया इनपुट मिलते ही यूपी और उत्तराखंड के अधिकारी स चौकन्ने हो गए हैं। तय हुआ है कि एटीएस की निगरानी में जहां कांवड़ यात्रा निकलेगी, वहीं आम नागरिकों के वेष में पुलिस और एटीएस के जवान भी साथ चलेंगे। उधर सुरक्षा के मद्देनजर देहरादून में दोनों राज्यों के पुलिस और खुफिया अफसरों की बैठक भी हुई। वेस्ट यूपी में कांवड़ यात्रा का खासा धार्मिक महत्व है। सहारनपुर, मेरठ, मुरादाबाद, बरेली और उधर अलीगढ़ तक लाखों श्रद्धालु कांवड़ यात्रा लेकर चलते हैं। कांवड़ यात्रा 28 जुलाई…