(AU) लंदन में संसद के पास बुधवार को हुए आतंकवादी हमले में एक हमलावर समेत पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई और 40 लोग घायल हुए हैं। हमले के बाद पूरे शहर की सुरक्षा बढ़ा दी गई है। आज संसद की कार्यवाही नियमित रुप से चलेगी। दरअसल बुधवार को दोपहर 2 बजकर 40 मिनट पर एक हमलावर ने संसद के पास टेम्स नदी पर बने पुल वेस्टमिंस्टर ब्रिज पर तेजी से कार दौड़ा दी। फायरिंग के बाद इमारत को बंद कर दिया गया है। सुरक्षाबलों ने एक हमलावर को मार गिराया। इस घटना की पूरी दुनिया में निंदा की जा रही है। पीएम नरेंद्र…
Author: Aruna Sharma
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan today met a delegation of villagers from Neduvasal in Tamilnadu protesting the recent award of oil and gas projects in the area. He was accompanied by commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Road transport, Highways and Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan. The villagers of Neduvasal have been up in arms since February over the recently approved oil and gas extraction contract given to Gem Laboratories under discovered small field bidding round. The protests started after the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) granted approval to projects to extract hydrocarbons in 31 contract areas…
Ministry of Power has issued/entitled to purchase Energy Savings Certificates (ESCerts) to Designated Consumers (DCs) of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Cycle I on 16th February 2017 on verification of their performance with regard to energy savings, based on the recommendations of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The first cycle of PAT has been completed in March 2015. The DCs have contributed to the success of PAT cycle I and this cycle has witnessed an energy saving of 8.67 million tonne of oil equivalent (Mtoe) against the targeted energy saving of 6.886 Mtoe which is about 30% more than the…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved closure/winding up of CREDA HPCL Biofuel Ltd (CHBL) and IndianOil – Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) Biofuels Limited (ICBL). All Office assets of CHBL/ICBL have been disposed of. No manpower exits on the rolls of CHBL/ICBL. There is no financial outgo from Government of India and lands have been returned to CREDA. All liabilities have also been settled. Closure of CHBL and ICBL would result in saving unfruitful expenditure on statutory compliance. Background: Joint Ventures (JV) between CREDA HPCL Biofuel Ltd (CHBL) and…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a policy for grant of extension to the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) signed by Government of India awarding Pre-NELP Exploration Blocks to enable and facilitate investment to extract the remaining reserves. This policy will enable the contractors to extract not only the remaining reserves but also plan to extract additional reserves by implementing new technologies. In certain fields, additional recovery of hydrocarbons can be obtained through Enhanced Oil Recovery / Improved Oil Recovery (EOR/IOR) Projects and as such the production would extend beyond the…
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals with regard to the Fund of Funds of Start-ups (FFS) which was established in June, last year with a corpus of Rs. 1,000 crores. i. Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) supported by FFS shall invest at least twice the amount of contribution received from FFS in Start-ups qualifying as per the Gazette Notification G.S.R.180 (E) dt. 17/02/2016. Further, if the amount committed for a Start-up in whole has not been released before a Start-up ceases to be so, the balance funding can continue thereafter. ii.…
(BS) Oil prices fell to almost four-month lows on Wednesday after data showed US crude inventories rising faster than expected, piling pressure on OPEC to extend output cuts beyond June.The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that US inventories climbed by 4.5 million barrels to 533.6 million last week, outpacing analyst forecasts of 2.8 million. Investors now want to see whether Wednesday’s figures from the US Energy Information Administration confirm the rise. EIA will release its report at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).”With US crude stocks continuing to mount into record territory both in total and at Cushing following almost…
(HT) दिल्ली की सरकारी योजनाओं में से आम आदमी शब्द हटाया जाएगा। दिल्ली नगर निगम चुनाव के लिए आदर्श आचार संहिता की वजह से यह अहम फैसला लिया गया है। राज्य चुनाव आयोग ने इस मामले में दिल्ली सरकार को 48 घंटे में रिपोर्ट दाखिल करने के आदेश दिया है। दिल्ली में आप सरकार बनने के बाद कई योजनाओं के साथ आम आदमी शब्द जोड़ा गया है। इनमें आम आदमी क्लीनिक और आम आदमी बस सेवा आदि शामिल हैं। आचार संहिता लागू होने के बाद मामले में नेता प्रतिपक्ष विजेंद्र गुप्ता ने मामले में आयोग में शिकायत दर्ज करवाई थी।…
(HT) मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने राज्यवासियों का आह्वान किया कि संकल्प लें कि जबतक बिहार को शीर्ष पर नहीं पहुंचाएंगे, चैन से नहीं बैठेंगे। प्रेम, भाईचारा और सहिष्णुता के साथ मिल कर सभी काम करेंगे। मुख्यमंत्री बुधवार को बिहार दिवस समारोह के उद्घाटन के बाद बोल रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि बिहार के युवाओं में प्रतिभा है। यहां के लोग मेहनती हैं। यहां के लोग जहां भी रहते हैं, किसी पर बोझ नहीं बनते। बल्कि दूसरे का बोझ उठाते हैं। अपने दम पर आगे बढ़ते हैं। दिल्ली की हालत यह है कि वहां बिहार के रहनेवाले तय कर लें कि…
(BS) Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday defended the government’s decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns and applying for permanent account numbers (PAN), saying it would plug the loopholes of duplicate PANs used by some assessees to hide their identities. In reply to the Finance Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha, Jaitley however remained silent on the Congress demand to extend BJP’s promise to waive off farm debts in Uttar Pradesh to the entire country as the banks are flush with funds after demonetisation. He, however ruled out imposing any tax on agriculture income, saying it…