New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said rapid strides in technology and green fuel will reduce the cost of electric automobiles, bringing them at par with petrol-run vehicles in the next two years.Replying in the Lok Sabha on the Demands for Grants for Road Transport and Highways Ministry, 2022-23, [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The government on Tuesday assured Lok Sabha that it will continue to make fertilizers available to farmers after a member raised the issue, saying there is a decline in the domestic production of the crop-nutrient this year with inadequate supply of ammonia and potassium from Russia and Ukraine. Union Minister [...]
Chennai, Mar 22 (PTI) Travel company Pickyourtrail on Tuesday said it has raised an 'undisclosed funding' to continue gaining leadership in the leisure space and be the preferred brand for new-age travellers across the world. The funding has been raised from Cred CEO Kunal Shah, Ex Blume Ventures official Adit Parekh and IIFL Wealth Executive [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) NITI Aayog on Tuesday sought to dispel the fear that India is favouring a closed economy by promoting 'Atmanirbhar' mission, and said the country can achieve better results for its people by having a deeper engagement with the global supply and value chain. Inviting Japanese investors to set up companies [...]
Chandigarh, Mar 22 (PTI) The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a vote-on-account of more than Rs 37,120 crore to meet the state government's expenditure for the first three months (April to June) of the financial year 2022-23. Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema moved the Punjab Appropriation (Vote-On-Account) Bill, 2022 on the concluding day of the [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Rating agency ICRA on Tuesday said there are strong demand prospects for renewable energy projects in the commercial and industrial segment but regulatory risks pose challenges. The demand prospects for RE (Renewable Energy) capacity addition by Commercial & Industrial (C&I) segment are expected to remain solid, given the improved tariff [...]
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Union Minister Bhagwanth Khuba on Tuesday stressed the need for the energy transition in view of rising demand, which can eventually help create 3.2 million jobs by 2050.The minister of state for new & renewable energy was speaking at a curtain raiser event for the third edition of Hybrid Conference [...]
Colombo, Mar 22 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Tuesday deployed military personnel at state-run petrol pumps to monitor and manage fuel distribution amidst a shortage that led to serpentine queues of consumers outside filling stations. The island nation is facing an acute economic and energy crisis triggered due to shortage of foreign exchange. A sudden rise [...]
Mumbai, Mar 22 (PTI) The NCP and Congress hit out at the central government on Tuesday over the latest fuel price hike, and questioned the need for increasing the rates at a time when crude oil was imported at “highly discounted rates" from Russia. The petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 [...]
India is a bit shaky in terms of showing support against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has said, asserting that most of the friends and allies of America have presented a united front in terms of dealing with Vladimir Putin's "aggression". On February 24, Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine, [...]
