NEW DELHI – India’s Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees ($11.6 billion) in incentives to install equipment to curb emissions is “unviable,” a senior official at the ministry told Reuters on Tuesday. The ministry submitted its proposal to […]
New Delhi, Nov 20: High doses of antibiotics, that are vital for human beings, are being used “routinely” and “indiscriminately” in crops by farmers in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab like pesticides, a new study claimed. The study, conducted by environment think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), was […]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20: Opposition Congress on Wednesday moved privilege motions against two Odisha ministers for allegedly misleading the House and a BJP legislator for misnterpretating the comments of the Congress Legislature Party leader. Immediately after the question hour in the Assembly, Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim moved a privilege notice […]
New Delhi, Nov 20: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the government over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reported remarks that Air India and Bharat Petroleum Corporation could be sold by March, alleging the BJP is making India’s best organisations hollow and then selling them. Her […]
New Delhi, Nov 20: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday exuded confidence that a government led by his party will be in place by next month in Maharashtra He said the picture of the government formation in the state will become clear in the next two days Raut […]
New Delhi, Nov 19: After a brief respite, air quality in the national capital deteriorated again on Tuesday due to calm winds and increased impact of farm fires, official said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city’s overall air quality index (AQI) read 242 at 4 […]
Palghar, Nov 19: An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 was recorded on Tuesday in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, civic officials said. The tremor was experienced at 11.01 am at Dhundalwadi in Dahanu taluka of the district located adjoining Mumbai, said Santosh kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Committee of the […]
New Delhi, Nov 19: Iconic Indian boxer MC Mary Kom will be part of the NCR Punjab Royals team during the Big Bout League while her fierce rival Nikhat Zareen will compete for Odisha Warriors, the organisers announced on Tuesday. All six teams featuring in the League, starting December […]
MANCHAR, India – India may keep a ban on onion exports until February because domestic prices have risen after the harvest of summer-sown crops, which were expected to augment supplies, was delayed and damaged by untimely rains, a government official said. The ban on overseas sales by India, […]
Mumbai, Nov 19: Actor Rishi Kapoor says it is important to recognise the role of artistes and cinema in the country as they have contributed immensely to its cultural, financial growth. The 67-year-old actor completes 50 years in the industry next year. Asked whether he looked at his career […]
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