New Delhi, Jul 30: Air India Express Tuesday reported a net profit of Rs 169 crore in the year ended March 2019 as higher utilisation of aircraft and manpower helped the low-cost carrier. This is the fourth straight year of profitability, the airline said in a release. The low-cost […]
New Delhi, Jul 30: More than 70 persons were evacuated after a fire broke out in a building that houses several coaching centres in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Tuesday, said a senior officer from the Delhi Fire Service. A call about the fire was received around 11.50 am and […]
Guwahati, Jul 30: The flood situation in Assam, where 86 people have died in the current wave of deluge, improved considerably on Tuesday as water levels in all major rivers started receding and no death was reported in the past 24 hours. Assam State Disaster Management Authority said 864 […]
Mumbai, Jul 30: Four opposition Congress-NCP legislators in Maharashtra resigned from the State Assembly on Tuesday, amid talk of their joining the ruling BJP. NCP MLAs Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale (Satara), Vaibhav Pichad (Akole) and Sandeep Naik (Airoli) and Congress MLA Kalidas Kolambkar (Naigaon) handed over their resignation letters separately to […]
India’s renewable energy cost is the lowest in the Asia Pacific, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Monday. India’s levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) using solar photovoltaic has fallen to $38 per megawatt hour (MWh) this year, 14% cheaper than coal-fired power that has traditionally been the cheapest source […]
BHUBANESWAR – Members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have mounted protests that have paralysed production at one of India’s biggest coalfields following a deadly accident last week. The BJP workers have been staging sit-down protests and waving flags at state-run Coal India Ltd’s mines […]
MUMBAI – Indian bond yields dropped sharply on Monday after the finance minister said the government won’t change its plan to issue sovereign bonds and that she hopes the Reserve Bank of India makes more rate cuts. “I’ll honestly wish (for a) rate cut … and yes, a […]
New Delhi, Jul 29: As many as 293 big dams in the country are more than 100 years old, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Monday as he introduced a bill on dam safety in Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to set up the National Dam Safety Authority […]
New Delhi, Jul 29: Uttar Pradesh’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Chand Jurel will lead India U-19 in the upcoming Youth Asia Cup in Sri Lanka from September 3-15. The All-India Junior Selection committee met in the UK to pick the India U-19 team for the Youth Asia Cup 2019 […]
JOLARPET, India — Amid the green Yelagiri hills of southern India, the train inches along the tracks, carrying what has become precious cargo: drinking water bound for Chennai, India’s parched Motor City. Demand for water in the manufacturing and IT hub on the Bay of Bengal far outstrips […]
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