Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal took to his account to protest the deletion of several AAP accounts after the social media company changed its anti-abuse algorithm. Three days ago, Twitter had said that it was putting in more safeguards against abuse and manipulation on its platform — a very widespread complaint. “This week we’re […]
The central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has come out as a leader in India’s quest to take electricity to remote villages where grid-based power cannot be supplied due to economical reasons. The state accounts for 550 of the 852 ‘decentralized distributed generation’ schemes set up with central assistance so far, according to data sourced from […]
Patanjali Ayurved, the consumer products company headed by yoga exponent Baba Ramdev, has scaled up its agreement with Ruchi Soya, which has been facing financial stress due to high debt levels. Ruchi Soya said the two companies have agreed to expand their initial agreement — signed last month — to two Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat […]
ABB, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of large electrical equipment, said it crossed the 4.5 GW milestone in terms of sales of wind power generators in India, and that the country is likely to add 4 GW of capacity this year. India has a target of having 60 Gigawatt of wind-power capacity and 220 […]
A large chunk of under-development coal-based power units have their construction stalled due to the paucity of funds, according to numbers obtained from the power ministry. In total, projects that have a design capacity of 18,420 megawatt, or 18.42 gigawatt, are classified as ‘stalled’ due to financial reasons, the ministry said. This is equivalent to […]
About a week ago, India witnessed an event that environmentalists in India, and perhaps many across the world, have been waiting for — the achievement of grid parity between solar and coal in India. India depends on coal for meeting about 75% of its power needs. The country accounts for about 7% of the world’s […]
After having met its solar power installation target for last financial year with relative ease, India could end up missing its target for the year ending March 2017. India had around 6 GW of installed solar power generation capacity at the end of March 2016, and by this year, it was supposed to rise to […]
The number of people killed by speedbreakers more than doubled in Karnataka to 2,310 in 2015, while they halved in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, which had reported the highest number of such deaths in 2014 at 3,192, saw the figure fall to 1,652 in the subsequent year, data obtained from the road transport ministry revealed. […]
MUMBAI PUNE SHIVASENA 84 10 BJP 82 98 CONGRESS 31 11 NCP 9 40 MNS 7 2 Shiva Sena is emerging as the clear winning in elections to the local ruling body of Mumbai, which has revenue larger than that of many states in India. However, the outfit is unlikely to get enough seats to […]
The country’s largest bank, State Bank of India, said today that it expects the growth in India’s gross domestic product to fall to 6.1% or lower in the current year from 7.9% last year due to the impact of demonetization. It said the projection by government of India’s Central Statistical Office for a GDP growth […]
The Union Public Service Commission has announced the list of around 3,000 candidates who have been selected for the second and final stage of India’s annual civil services examination. A list of candidates’ roll numbers have been put up on its website. Less than a third of those who appear for the second round — […]
Government of India’s Ujala LED light conversion program has got off to a good start, but the equivalent program for public lighting is lagging behind, going by data from the power ministry. The two programs were launched two years ago and are expected to be complete by 2019. With almost half the prescribed time over, […]
The spraying of urea, the most widely consumed fertilizer in India, with Neem oil is helping to increase the output of crops by about 10% on average, according to statistics produced by the food and agricultural ministry. The ministry found a 5.8% increase in paddy yield after the use of sprayed urea and increase of […]
Reliance Industries, which started giving a discount of Re 1 on every liter of diesel sold through its pumps in January, has now started advertising the offer in Kerala. The discount was first noticed in January in North and West Indian towns. The move was, at the time, not taken very seriously by players such as […]
Air pollution, particularly levels of Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide, rose sharply in towns and cities in Western Maharashtra in 2016, according to data from the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme of India. Though 2016 saw a worsening of air quality across the country, the deterioration was marked and noticeable in Western Maharashtra. Arranged by […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today denied that the withdrawal of high-value currency notes was a failure. Speaking in the lower house of Parliament today, Modi said demonetization has created a money trail that can be used to ‘bring everyone into the mainstream’ of taxation. [iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBJP4India%2Fvideos%2F1516617298378788″] “You know how it used to be in the […]
A proposed merger of Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp will reduce inefficiencies across the sector and result in enormous savings, ratings agency Fitch said. It would also create an entity that is better placed to compete globally for resources, and less vulnerable to shifts in oil prices and give it […]
SpiceJet said it is giving its staff an image makeover with a “Redder, Hotter and Spicier” new uniform starting today. “The uniforms retain the carrier’s signature red colour largely while incorporating some unique and flamboyant designs to infuse boldness and style,” it said. The new dress code has been created by SHIFT, a design house […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said he is slashing Income Tax paid by individuals by as much as 50% in some slabs. In the starting slab of 2.5-5.0 lakh per year, the income tax rate has been brought down from 10% of income above Rs 2.5 lakh to 5% of income above Rs 2.5 lakh. “If […]
A government doctor in Kerala has come under criticism on social media for taking a Polio vaccination awareness class for women from behind a veil. According to local media reports, nearly 100 women participated in the thinly veiled awareness drive conducted by a medical superintendent of the government hospital at Nileswaram in Kasargode district in North Kerala. The […]
