The viability of storing solar power using batteries and using the same power during peak times is increasing due to declining battery prices, said Raj Pratap Singh, Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Electricity
Power generation at Damodar Valley Corporation has increased following incessant rains in the past ten days. “The record rainfall in the catchment areas of DVC helped increase in water level at the
At least 21 people were injured and a number of houses damaged when a 5.8—magnitude earthquake hit northwest China, local authorities said on Friday. The epicentre of the quake, which rocked Xinjiang
The big increase in uranium reserves estimated in Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh has given a boost to prospecting efforts for new finds. The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) has now initiated the process
A House panel has called for lifting the ban on wheat and premium non-basmati rice exports at the earliest. This, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce said, is an immediate solution to the
Tata Motors today told the Calcutta High Court that the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 was legislated in the interest of Trinamool Congress sympathisers. “The Government has repeatedly
Infrastructure major GMR Infrastructure Ltd is planning to set up solar power plants with a total capacity of 75 MW in Tamil Nadu, industry sources told Business Line. The company is planning to increase
The local communities, NGOs and other groups opposed the setting up of a beach sand mineral separation plant by the Trimex group at Bhavanapadu in Srikakulam district at a public hearing on Thursday, while
The Canadian Federal government has pledged several hundred million dollars as financial support to growers in Saskatchewan and other prairie regions affected by extremely wet weather conditions this growing
Even as results of a pilot study on direct cash transfers in lieu of rations are still awaited, postal staff in Delhi are getting slum-dwellers to open accounts. “We are being asked to pay Rs 50 and
The West Bengal government on Thursday said that excess rainfall in the Gangetic West Bengal and catchment areas of Damodar Valley in Jharkhand had triggered floods in large parts of the State, claiming
