The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to file its status report in the coal scam before the Supreme Court on Tuesday stating details of its 14th FIR against Hindalco and others and also progress in the remaining 13 cases.
'We have the most fertile land in the world. The Ganga and the Brahmaputra flow through our country. Yet our people starve... This is a criminal neglect of our natural resources... People's entrepreneurial spirit, their innovations... their desire to be better is always refreshing. They have done this inspite of the government,' says legendary journalist Olga Tellis, one of India's finest reporters.
Reliance Industries will by 2030 create or enable capacity to generate at least 100 gigawatts of electricity from renewable sources, which can be converted into carbon-free green hydrogen, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said Friday as he outlined a 1-1-1 vision to bring down the cost of hydrogen to under $1 per 1 kg in 1 decade. The focus on generating electricity from renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind -will help cut carbon emissions in the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter. The same electricity, when converted into green hydrogen, can replace petrol and diesel in automobiles and other fuels in the industry, helping cut down on the use of fossil fuels, carbon emissions and reduce import dependence.
K T Rama Rao, Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader and son of party chief K Chandrashekhar Rao, and Dr Prithviraj, Telangana Students Joint Action Committee chief, explain to Rediff.com what the immediate changes would be in the event of Telangana being declared as a separate state.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
In the midst of a renewed feud between the Ambani brothers, the younger sibling Anil called on Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday.
The Kolkata-based coal miner has tied up with the US-based Advance Resource International Inc for exploration and identification of the potential shale deposits within the company's coal blocks.
'From the very start, PM Modi was insistent that visiting foreign leaders should be exposed to an India beyond its capital.' 'Through these experiences, he felt that the full Indian narrative would be much better understood across the world,' explains External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. A riveting excerpt from Bluekraft Digital Foundation's Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery.
However, supermajors Chevron, ExxonMobil and Conoco Philips of US, who were expected to partner Reliance Industries, did not participate.
His visit to India has been timed to coincide with the World Economic Forum on India in Gurgaon, Haryana on November 6.
In his address to the nation on the eve of 73rd Republic Day, President Kovind noted that democracy, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity form the bedrock of India and stressed that the observance of Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Constitution creates the proper environment for the enjoyment of Fundamental Rights.
Although the apex court's opinion on the Presidential reference comes at a time when the floppy bidding route for coal blocks is being criticised, it will not come in the way of allocation of natural resources through auctioning.
But use of that word -- privatisation -- is not encouraged. This seems to be a classic case of reforms through subtle signals, observes A K Bhattacharya.
Giving a push to India's 'Connect Central Asia Policy', External Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrived in Dushanbe on Monday in the Tajik capital to hold talks with the resource-rich country's top leadership on bilateral issues such as trade, energy and counter-terrorism.
Blackmail on one side and bullying on the other doesn't make for a constructive partnership, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Vedanta has acquired 58.5 per cent in Cairn India for a total consideration of $8.67 billion, the third-largest acquisition ever by an Indian enterprise globally.
The pandemic, and the resulting lockdown, saw many people buy or adopt a puppy without realising that this is a long term commitment, says dog trainer Pooja Sathe Gawande.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Government of India has decided to launch a massive rural public works scheme, 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan', to "empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens". Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch this scheme on June 20 through video conference in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
A green building movement was initiated in India in 2001 by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a part of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to promote eco friendly buildings.
India has been maintaining that the world bodies like the UN, IMF and the World Bank do not reflect the contemporary realities of the world and urgently needed reforms.
Pakistan will work jointly with India while negotiating the gas price with Turkmenistan.
Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the world's first and also the largest terminal building to be conferred the prestigious 'Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design New Construction' (LEED NC) gold rating.
The Asian Green City Index examines the environmental performance of 22 major Asian cities in eight categories: energy and CO2, land use and buildings, transport, waste, water, sanitation, air quality and environmental governance.
India is affected by a 'resource inefficiency curse'.
'An internationally established price of crude will encourage more players to invest in India, leading to enhanced domestic production which can be made available to domestic refineries,' recommends Anil Agarwal whose company Vedanta Resources has a controlling stake in Cairn India that operates the country's biggest onland oilfield in Barmer, Rajasthan.
Gurgaon-based infrastructure major, Lanco Infratech announced that it has agreed to acquire, for an undisclosed sum, Australia's Griffin Coal Mining and Carpenter Mine Management to fuel its growing power generation base.
Japan, the world's third largest economy, will introduce an environmental tax from next year to boost revenue and promote energy conservation steps to counter global warming. The Government Tax Commission has decided to introduce an environmental tax to counter global warming in fiscal 2011, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting informed sources as saying.
'A lot of people who quit felt they have been in the organisation for way too long and needed a better or challenging career role to advance in their careers.'
In an unusual remark, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has said that one of the reasons for recent devastating floods in his country could be human activity on the heavily-militarised Siachen glacier.
The total electricity production in the world in 2008 stood at 19,950,3917,395,212 kWh, while the total power consumption was 17,109,665,000 gigawatt hours.
Adani Power bagged Jitpur mine in Jharkhand.
RIL, with interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration, textiles and retail, will continue to see a slow decline in margins.
China is using the crisis in the West to secure natural resources around the globe.
Reliance Industries (RIL) is looking at yet another shale gas acquisition in North America, its third in three months. The transaction is said to be in line with RIL's recent acquisition of a 45 per cent stake in Eagle Ford shale acreage of Pioneer Natural Resources. Sources in the company confirmed the development.
During his visit, Hosseini called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries Limited began gas production from the Krishna-Godavari basin in April, 2009, and its 60 million standard cubic metres per day output led to a 75 per cent jump in natural gas availability in the country to 140 mmscmd.
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