(HT) Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday directed the officials concerned to increase the security measures at national establishments, and for Char Dham yatra, officials said. After a virtual meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah followed by India carrying out strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor, Dhami held a high-level meeting at his residence in Dehradun to discuss security measures, they added. Dhami asked officials to tighten security for the Char Dham yatra, important national establishments, dams, and power plants in Uttarakhand, officials said. He emphasised the need for robust security arrangements in all…
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(Fress Press Journal) State-owned Coal IndiaLtd on Wednesday reported a 12 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 9,604.02 crore in the quarter ended March 2025 on the back of higher income. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 8,572.14 crore in the year-ago period, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a filing to BSE. Total income during the January-March period rose to Rs 41,761.76 crore from Rs 40,457.59 crore a year ago, the filing said. The company said that the Ib Valley coal washery of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) with a capacity of 10…
(HT) India, the world’s third largest oil importing and consuming nation, is likely to save as much as ₹1.8 lakh crore on import of crude oil and LNG if the trend of softening international energy rates continues, Icra said Wednesday. India, which meets over 85% of its crude oil needs through imports, spent $242.4 billion on buying crude from overseas in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. With domestic production meeting roughly half of the demand, it also spent $15.2 billion on import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the fiscal. Oil prices in international markets fell to over…
(HT) Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said investment in India at present makes economic sense for every original equipment manufacturer, as he cited the example of US smart devices major Apple’s decision to source a majority of the iPhones sold in the US from the country. While speaking at the Bharat Telecom event, Scindia said the investment in India at present is not just an act of goodwill alone but it makes economic sense for every OEM (original equipment manufacturer). “Apple has decided to source and produce all its mobile phones in India in the years to come,”…
(HT) Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday cut India’s GDP growth projections for 2025 to 6.3%, from 6.5%, saying economies globally will see a slowdown on account of heightened US policy uncertainty and trade restrictions. In its Global Macro Outlook 2025-26 (May update), Moody’s said geopolitical stresses, like tension between India and Pakistan, also have a potential downside risk to its baseline growth forecasts. Costs to investors and businesses are likely to rise as they factor in new geopolitical configurations when deciding where to invest, expand, and/or source goods, Moody’s said. Moody’s cut India’s growth projections to 6.3% for 2025 calendar year,…
(HT) Jio Finance Ltd., a shadow lender owned by Asia’s richest businessman Mukesh Ambani, is planning to raise as much as ₹1,000 crore ($118 million) in the onshore market through its first ever bond sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The company plans to raise the funds through a note due in March 2028, the people said, asking not to be identified. The bond will have a coupon of 7.19% and the financier is likely to seek bids for the issuance next week, they said. The bond is Jio Finance’s first local-currency note, according to Bloomberg-compiled data, and…
(Amar Ujala) हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार ने बीते सोमवार की कैबिनेट में एम्स बिलासपुर के लिए 21.9 बीघा अतिरिक्त भूमि आवंटित करने की मंजूरी दे दी है। यह भूमि जवाहर नवोदय की पहाड़ी के साथ लगती है। इसके साथ एम्स की और भी जमीन है। जमीन एम्स प्रबंधन के नाम होने के बाद यहां दूसरे चरण में भवनों का निर्माण होगा। हालांकि पहले से एम्स के नाम हुई जमीन पर दूसरे चरण का काम शुरू हो चुका है। इसमें 178 करोड़ के क्वार्टर और हॉस्टल बन रहे हैं। एम्स का निर्माण तीन चरणों में किया जा रहा है। पहले चरण में…
(Amar Ujala) मुख्य सचिव प्रबोध सक्सेना ने कहा कि प्रदेश में एक जून से सभी सरकारी कार्यक्रमों व होटलों में पॉलीथिन टेरेफ्थैलेट (पीईटी) विशेषता वाली 500 मिलीलीटर तक की पानी की छोटी बोतलों के प्रयोग पर प्रतिबंध लगेगा। प्रदेश में प्लास्टिक से पर्यावरण को होने वाले नुकसान के दृष्टिगत यह निर्णय लिया गया है। उन्होंने कहा कि विकल्प के तौर पर कांच की बोतलें, जल डिस्पेंसर, कियोस्क या स्टील के कंटेनर का इस्तेमाल किया जाएगा। उन्होंने कहा कि इस संबंध में किसी भी प्रकार का उल्लंघन होने पर नियमों के तहत 500 से 25000 रुपये तक का जुर्माना किया जा…
(Amar Ujala) सिंधु जल संधि निलंबित करने के बाद पाकिस्तान को जाने वाली नदियों का पानी रोकने की कवायद केंद्र सरकार ने शुरू कर दी है। लाहौल से गुजरने वाली चंद्रभागा नदी भी सिंधु नदी में मिलकर पाकिस्तान जाती है। ऐसे में नदी का पानी पाकिस्तान न जाए, इसके लिए चंद्रा नदी को ब्यास नदी में मोड़ने की अटकलें तेज हो गई हैं। इसे लेकर कुल्लू से लेकर लाहौल तक चर्चाएं हैं। विशेषज्ञों का मामना है कि आधुनिक तकनीक के दौर में नदी को मोड़ना बड़ी चुनौती नहीं है। जनजातीय जिला लाहौल-स्पीति के कुंजम दर्रा से होकर जाने वाले ट्रैक…
(PIB) A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed. Altogether, nine (9) sites have been targeted. Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution. These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. We are living up to the commitment that…