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BHEL bags Rs 486 crore order from NPCIL for Kudankulam project
For the same project, BHEL had earlier secured an order for erection work of Turbine Generator (TG) island State-owned BHEL Sunday said it has secured an order worth Rs 486 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to erect the reactor side equipment in unit 3 and 4 …
Flood toll in Assam reaches 62, over 44 lakh affected
The flood waters showed a receding trend in Assam, however, the toll rose to 62 on Sunday. Northeast India and Bihar continued to battle flood fury on Saturday as the death toll due to rain-related incidents crossed the 150-figure mark while flood-like situation prevailed in seven districts of Punjab. The …
Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public health and family welfare on July 17 has issued the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Third Amendment Rules 2019 and the …
Residents fume as plastic scrap burns in open fields
Illegal melting units too a menace A few minutes past midnight, a fire starts on a plot, fenced off with bamboo sticks, in the middle of a field in Kanonda village in Haryana. A mound of wrappers, spread over at least 150 sq m, is set on fire by five …
Prior consent of Forest Dept. must for issuing mining leases
Dist. administration to verify permissions accorded ‘illegally’ to mine manganese The Forest Department has got an upper hand over revenue and mines departments when it comes to according permissions for mining activity in the forest area. The district administration has decided not to allow mining activity in the forest area …
Solar panel vendors cash in on power demand during Assam floods
Some traders in areas that usually escape inundation invested in solar gadgets before the arrival of the monsoon in June The sun has created a flood of business opportunities in the monsoon-mauled Assam. The deluge this year has so far killed 55 people — five drowned on Saturday — and …
Cauvery Calling drive to stop river from drying up
BENGALURU: Come September, bikers will ride a route tracing the flow of the Cauvery from Talacauvery in the state to Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, creating awareness about a sustainable solution to prevent it from drying up. Twenty-five bikers will be part of the ‘Cauvery Calling’ campaign which was launched by …
NGT Karnataka chief tells Mayor to implement plastic ban from September 1
There should be 100% implementation of the plastic ban from September 1. This was the direction of Subhash B. Adi, who heads the Karnataka chapter of the National Green Tribunal, to Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun. He also suggested amending the bylaws of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 to increase the …
Delhi will not survive without Yamuna, says NGT chairman
The NGT order said Rs 10 crore performance guarantee deposited by the Delhi, Haryana and UP governments each, and Rs 50 lakh by DPCC “may have to be forfeited” for not implementing its directions. Saying that Delhi will not survive without the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given …
Discom tries to promote solar power in north Delhi
NEW DELHI: In line with the Delhi government’s solar policy initiatives, power distributer Tata Power-DDL on Saturday organised an event ‘Solarise Shakurbasti’ to promote the use of rooftop solar power in the north Delhi area. Power minister Satyendra Jain highlighted several initiatives taken by Delhi government and Tata Power DDL …