While some states have kicked in their heat action plans, experts feel this is not enough to tackle the current extreme weather. IMAGE: People protect themselves from the sun on a hot summer day......
A potent combination of sweltering summer and acute coal shortages have triggered blackouts across many parts of the country as states struggle to manage the record demand for electricity and low......
Amid anti-Telangana agitations impacting power supplies in Andhra Pradesh, the Union Power Ministry has set up a special team to monitor the functioning of electricity grid the state. The agitation......
Some of the essential services related to banking, transportation, railways and electricity are likely to be impacted during a two-day nationwide strike called by a joint forum of central trade......
Power Grid Corporation has been kept out of the proposed CPSE Exchange Traded Fund, which will now consist of 10 companies, including ONGC, Coal India, GAIL and Indian Oil. The Finance Ministry has......
Power utilities may report moderate growth in earnings for Q3FY25. Generation is up 3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in Q3 on lower cooling demand and high base, to 429 billion units (BU).......
With at least three big-ticket stake sale plans lined up over the next few weeks, the Centre’s divestment drive is set to get a boost. Bankers claim they have received good response to the......
Way before the rains arrived at Talwandi Sabo Power plant in Punjab, the one check the coal ministry was carrying out was the availability of coal stock with the generator. Illustration: Dominic......
Half of India's thermal power stations have less than a week's supply of coal on hand, according to weekly data, the lowest level since mid-2012 when hundreds of millions of people were cut off in......