(HT) The Arunachal Pradesh government on Tuesday announced the formation of a company to implement five major hydropower projects, including three new ones, in the north-eastern state’s Shi-Yomi district, which borders China. The formation of M/s NEEPCO Arunachal Hydro Power Corporation Limited, a joint venture with the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) to implement the Tato I, Heo, Tato II, Naying, and Hirong projects — Tato I and Heo were previously cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs and construction on them is to begin shortly — was announced during a historic sitting of the state’s cabinet at…
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(HT) Former defence secretary Ajay Kumar has been appointed the new chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), according to a government order issued on Tuesday late night. The appointment of Kumar, a 1985-batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Kerala cadre, was cleared by President Droupadi Murmu, the order said. “The President is pleased to appoint Dr Ajay Kumar as Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) under Article 316(1) of the Constitution of India [which outlines the appointment process for public service commissions’ members],” the order issued by the department of personnel and training (DoPT) said. The…
(HT) Slow pace of legacy waste processing at the Ghazipur landfill site is likely to lead to waste spillover to other landfills in the city. Officials aware of the matter said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to divert around 90,000 tonnes of fresh garbage annually from the Ghazipur landfill to the Okhla landfill in southeast Delhi, citing “unstable slopes” and “space constraints” in the run-up to monsoon, as part of its biomining project to flatten Delhi’s three landfills. While biomining projects at three landfills — the third situated at Bhalswa — have been marred by delays due to…
(BS) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (Ireda), a state-run financier, has filed a petition under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code against Gensol Engineering after the company defaulted on a ₹510 crore loan, Ireda said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday. If the National Company Law Tribunal admits the insolvency petition, all creditors of the company are expected to file their claims with the court-appointed resolution professional for debt resolution, while the value of equity holdings is likely to be wiped out. Gensol Engineering closed 5 per cent higher on Wednesday at ₹60 per share. The company…
(Deccan chronicle) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday arrived in Srinagar, where he will interact with Army personnel. “Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has reached Srinagar this morning. He will interact with troops,” the Office of the Raksha Mantri posted on X. The Defence Minister was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. This is the first Jammu and Kashmir visit of the Union Defence Minister following the Pahalgam terror attack and the cessation of hostilities agreement between India and Pakistan. At Badami Bagh Cantonment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says, “…First of all, I would like to bow…
(PIB) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Shri Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day capacity-building training programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), BLO Supervisors, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) from Haryana and NCT of Delhi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi today. 2. A total of 371 grassroots election officials (306 BLOs from Bihar; 30 EROs and BLO Supervisors from Haryana; 35 EROs and BLO Supervisors from NCT of Delhi) are taking part in the training programme. Including the current batch, over 2,600 field officials have been trained in the last two months by ECI…
(PIB) Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar and Dr. (Smt.) Sudesh Dhankhar, will be on a one-day tour to Jaipur, Rajasthan. During the visit Shri Dhankhar will inaugurate the Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Memorial Library on the occasion of Former Vice-President’s death anniversary in Jaipur. Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat served as the 11th Vice-President of India, and ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha from August 19, 2002 to July 21, 2007. Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat began his career in public life as a Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1952, and later served as Chief Minister of the state of Rajasthan for…
(FPJ) Coal imports in the country declined by 9.2 per cent to 220.3 million tonnes (MT) during April 2024 to February 2025 — compared to 242.6 MT in the same period of previous fiscal year due to an increase in domestic production, the government said on Tuesday. This reduction in coal imports resulted in foreign exchange savings of approximately $6.93 billion (₹53137.82 crore) for the country, said the Ministry of Coal. The non-regulated sector, excluding the power sector, experienced a more significant decline, with imports dropping by 15.3 per cent year-on-year. Although coal-based power generation grew by 2.87 per cent…
(Hindustan) कोल इंडिया एवं अनुषंगी कंपनियों के कर्मी, सेवानिवृत्त कर्मी देश के 446 अस्पतालों में इलाज करा सकते हैं। कोल इंडिया के एचओडी, मेडिकल डॉ समिता पॉल बनर्जी की ओर से कोयला कर्मियों के इलाज के लिए इंपैनल (सूचीबद्ध) अस्पतालों की सूची को अपडेट कर जारी किया गया है। सूचीबद्ध अस्पतालों की पिछली सूची के स्थान पर सेवानिवृत्त अधिकारियों, गैर अधिकारियों, उनकी पत्नी, सीआईएल, उसकी सहायक कंपनियों के मौजूदा कर्मचारियों और उनके आश्रित परिवार के सदस्यों के उपचार के लिए अस्पतालों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है। सूचीबद्ध सभी अस्पताल शहर में लागू सीजीएचएस दरों या अस्पतालों की अपनी दरों के…
(TOI) The solar-powered water pumpsare turning out to be real game changers. The solarisation of irrigation pumps in Haryana is transforming the state towards sustainable energy and reducing its dependence on non-renewable sources of energy, at least in the field of agriculture. The state developed a capacity to generate around 1,300 MW of power from solar panels installed at homes and agricultural fields to light up homes and power the tubewells. Out of this, 822 MW comes from solar-powered water pumps. Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency(HAREDA) transformed the lives of farmers by installing over 154,000 solar water pumps, each rated up to…