1. Energy and Power

Energy and Power

Modi launches Rs 11,000 Cr hydropower projects in Himachal

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday embarked on a visit to Mandi, also known as ‘Chhoti Kashi’, and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of hydropower projects worth Rs 11,000 crore that…

Tata, Adani solar equipment business to prosper with budget 2022

Proposal to safeguard existing Basic Custom Duty on solar cells being increased from 20 to 25 per cent and on solar modules from 20 to 40 per cent is expected to aid the industry.

Coal shortage crisis in non-power sector escalates; Trade bodies move from appeals to agitation

New Delhi: At a time when the Indian economy is striving to emerge from the setbacks inflicted by the Covid pandemic, the short supply of coal to non-power industries including steel, cement and paper since…

Energy and power

Biden announces ‘historic’ oil reserve release amid elevated gas prices

Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that his administration will release 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from its strategic reserve in an effort to tame the elevated gas…

Energy and Power

New bio-fuel policy approved

New Delhi: The  Government will allow more feedstocks for production of biofuels and it will also advance the 20 PC blending of ethanol in petrol to ESY 2025-26 from 2030. These changes will be brought in…

Maha cuts petrol rate by Rs 5/litre, diesel Rs 3/litre

Mumbai: In a relief, the Maharashtra government has slashed VAT on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 per litre and Rs 3 per litre respectively, Chief Minister Eknath Shnde announced here on Thursday. This would…

World has reached ‘beginning of the end of fossil age’

Londn: A boom in wind and solar has pushed the amount of electricity produced by renewable energy to record year, according to a new analysis, a media report said. The use of coal, oil and…

Natural gas reserves worth $1 bn found in Turkey: President

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country has discovered natural gas reserves valued at $1 billion in Gabar Mountain in southeastern Sirnak province. Erdogan made the remarks at the opening ceremony of…

Now pay zero for first 100 units of electricity in Rajasthan

Jaipur: Ahead of the Assembly election later this year, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced 100 units of free electricity per month to all power subscribers — domestic or commercial. He also announced a waiver of…

Oil prices rise as Saudi Arabia announces output cuts

London: Oil-producing countries have agreed to continued cuts in production in a bid to shore up flagging prices, the media reported on Monday. Saudi Arabia said it would make cuts of a million barrels per…

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com