(TOI) Air travellers in India and also those flying over the country can now have onboard access to internet and mobile phone services with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) allowing in-flight connectivity (IFC) on Friday. The decision paves the way for airlines to offer these services once they meet certain security norms. While internet can be provided from the moment a plane taxies and personal electronic devices (PEDs) put on “flight mode”, mobile phone services will be allowed when aircraft are flying above an altitude of 3,000 metres. The operation of MCA (mobile communication on aircraft) services has a minimum height restriction of…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(LiveMint) India on Thursday put on auction a record exploration acreage for prospecting of oil and gas, from 55 blocks, in the first bid round in eight years. Each block on offer has been carved out by prospective bidders under the open acreage licensing (OAL) of the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said launching the round. Blocks would be awarded to the company which offers highest share of oil and gas to the government as well as commits to do maximum exploration work by way of shooting 2D and 3D seismic survey and drilling exploration…
(Tribune) The state Police Department will replace emergency call number ‘100’ with ‘112’ under the Centre’s Nationwide Emergency Respond System (NERS). People in distress will have to dial ‘112’ for police assistance.Under this project, ‘112’ will be the single common number for help during emergency situations. All other emergency numbers like 100 for the police, 101 for fire brigade 102 for ambulance will be replaced by the common number.A centre will be set up in the state headquarters for receiving calls from people in distress and state police officials are expecting to launch the emergency number service in the next…
(Tribune) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the inspection of areas around a paper mill in Nainital after a plea alleged the release of toxic liquid and solid waste in the reserve forest near it.A Bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice UD Salvi ordered the Central and Uttarakhand pollution control boards to jointly inspect and collect soil and water samples from the areas around the Century Pulp and Paper Mill and the adjacent Gaula river within a month.The green panel also directed the paper unit to install Mark II hand pumps at the villages of Bindukhatta and Shantipuri along…
(AU) चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा और अंसतुष्ट चल रहे सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चार वरिष्ठ जजों के बीच बृहस्पतिवार को एक बार फिर ‘चाय पर चर्चा’ हुई। जानकारी के मुताबिक, करीब 25 मिनट तक सौहार्दपूर्ण माहौल में इनके बीच बातचीत हुई। सूत्रों के मुताबिक, चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा और असंतुष्ट चल रहे चार वरिष्ठ जज न्यायमूर्ति जे. चेलमेश्वर, न्यायमूर्ति रंजन गोगई, न्यायमूर्ति मदन बी. लोकुर और न्यायमूर्ति कूरियन जोसफ के बीच बृहस्पतिवार को सुप्रीम कोर्ट में सुबह करीब 10 बजे बैठक हुई। बैठक में चारों वरिष्ठ जजों ने मामलों के आवंटन को लेकर चीफ जस्टिस को एक प्रस्ताव दिया। इस प्रस्ताव में यह सुझाव दिया…
(Tribune) The Central Government today gave in-principle approval to a slew of projects for Uttarakhand. These include reassessment of expenditure on the construction of the Tanakpur-Bageshwar railway line project and setting up two colleges in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar.Uttarakhand Chief Minister TS Rawat today said the HRD Ministry had agreed to fund two new colleges and allocate Rs 14 crore for the purpose. The Chief Minister said the Central Government had also approved the construction of two NIT campuses at Sumadi in Pauri Garhwal. “We have already made arrangements for providing 125 acres at Jaletha and Sumadi,” he added. He…
(PTI) The all-powerful GST Council today cut tax rate on 29 goods, including second-hand vehicles, confectionery and bio-diesel, while veering around to simplifying return filing process for businesses. Also, tax rate on 54 categories of services, including certain job works, tailoring services and admission to theme parks, have been lowered. The panel at its next meeting may also consider bringing under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) purview items like petroleum and real estate which are currently outside the new regime, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The Council cut GST rate on second-hand medium and large cars and SUVs from 28 per…
(ET) Adani Group is tipped to invest Rs 750 crore to double the capacity of its edible oil refinery at Haldia in West Bengal. This was announced by Pranav Adani, managing director of Adani Wilmar on the second day of the 4th Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in the city. He also expressed interest the group’s keenness to invest in port, agri and power sectors, given the chance to do so. While the refinery capacity is 1600 tonne per day at present, the fresh investment to double its capacity will be spread over five years. In step the capacity of…
(Tribune) Close on the heels of transfer of IAS and HPAS officers, the government today shifted a dozen senior IPS officers, including chiefs of five districts of Bilaspur, Chamba, Mandi, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti.Additional DGP of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau SB Negi has been posted as ADGP Home Guard while the ADGP (Law and Order) Atul Verma would replace Negi. On repatrition from the Central deputation Anurag Garg has been posted as IGP (Law and Order) while IGP Ashok Tiwari has been shifted to the CID.SP Mandi Ashok Kumar has been shifted as SP Bilaspur while SP, Kinnaur,…
(Hindustan) ओडिशा सरकार ने 2018-19 बजट में रेलवे आधारभूत ढांचा विकास के लिए केन्द्र सरकार से 6,500 करोड़ रुपये की मांग की है। मुख्यमंत्री नवीन पटनायक ने रेल मंत्री पीयूष गोयल को पत्र लिख कर कहा कि मैं आपके ध्यानार्थ और बजट 2018-19 में शामिल करने के लिए ओडिशा के लिए 6,500 करोड़ रुपये की विस्तृत योजना इससे साथ संलग्न कर रहा हूं। पटनायक ने कहा कि ओडिशा भारतीय रेलवे के लिए सालाना राजस्व के तौर पर 15,000 करोड़ रुपये से ज्यादा राशि जुटाता है। इसके बावजूद राज्य में औसत मार्ग लंबाई, घनत्व के साथ (16) है जो कि राष्ट्रीय औसत…