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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Controversies Hit Dhumal Government
By B.K. Chum in Chandigarh As Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections is gearing up for 2012 end – the hill state is becoming a land of controversies. The latest include the dispute between the Army and the State government over the possession of Annandale ground and the opposition to the...
Children Rally Against Early Marriage
By Anil Gulati BHOPAL: A child from Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh sketches a painting of a couple being married yet crying !. In the sketch painted by the child these are not adults but children who are getting married. Child sketches the reason they are crying as they...
Ensuring Excellence In Research In India
By Garga Chatterjee For academic discourse, two things that are of utmost importance are quality and iconoclasm. Both are easier stated than implemented. We need iconoclasm in the world of knowledge to both expand and question our conceptions of the world. Ideas, especially those on which the reputation of...
Petroleum Ministry To Improve Climate For Oil, Gas Investments
NEW DELHI: The Petroleum Ministry has been asked to do some soul-searching. It has been told to prepare a white paper to improve the investment climate under the oil and gas auction rounds. The fading interest of big players and constant rescue acts by ONGC and other public sector...
Assam Gas Craker Project 'Likely' To Be Completed By Dec 2013: PM
KOLKATA/GUWAHATI: Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd (BCPL), popularly known as the Assam Gas Cracker Project, “is likely to be completed by December 2013”, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Friday. He said that the Gas Cracker Project, which was originally scheduled to be completed by April 2012, “is...
Petrol Pump Dealers Call Off Strike As Jaipal Reddy Agrees To Accept Their Demands
NEW DELHI: Over 40,000 petrol pump dealers have decided not to go on a nation-wide strike from Monday after oil minister Jaipal Reddy agreed to accept their demands late on Friday evening, association general secretary Ajay Bansal said. “Most of the demands are being addressed by oil minister including...
Nagarjuna Oil In Fuel Sales Pact With IOC
NEW DELHI: Nagarjuna Oil Corp (NOCL) has signed a fuel sales deal with the country’s biggest refiner Indian Oil Corp, a move which could reduce import dependence for meeting refined products demand in the southern part of the South Asian nation. India has surplus refining capacity but its private...
Nagarjuna Oil's Cuddalore Refinery May Be Commissioned Early Next Year
CHENNAI: The Nagarjuna Oil Corporation’s refinery at Cuddalore is likely to be commissioned by early 2013. This is a delay of almost six-nine months due to the damage caused by cyclone Thane, which hit Cuddalore last year. The loss due to the cyclone was only around Rs 60 crore...
RIL Gets Ok For Full D6 Survey, Surrenders 10 Exploration Blocks
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries will start surveying the entire D6 block after a week as it has secured all approvals to begin the process that will facilitate quick development of all untapped discoveries in the region and reverse the declining natural gas output from the deep-sea region, industry officials...
RIL Q4 Net Dips 21% But Refining Margins Higher Than Expected
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries on Friday reported a 21 per cent fall in its net profit to Rs 4,236 crore in the quarter ending March 2012, as compared to Rs 5,376 crore in the same quarter a year earlier, even as it sprung a surprise with higher than expected gross...
Oil And Gas Segment Drags Reliance Industries, Again
The refining and petrochemicals businesses of Reliance Industries have put up a better-than-expected performance in this March quarter. Operating profits in these segments have grown marginally on a sequential quarter basis. Despite plant shutdown for some time during the quarter, improved product cracks helped the company achieve gross refining...
Cairn India Net Down 11% In March Quarter
NEW DELHI: Cairn India, the arm here of the oil and gas multinational, on Friday reported an 11 per cent decline in net profit for the quarter ended March 31 at Rs 2,186 crore, compared to Rs 2,458 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. Quarterly income...
Coal Shortage, Snags Add To Uttar Pradesh’s Power Woes
LUCKNOW: Already facing shortage of coal, power plants in Uttar Pradesh are also receiving hiccups due to snags that threaten to get prolonged, thereby putting power supply in a grave jeopardy. The latest case pertains to tripping of two units of 200 Mw each at Obra power plant, which...
Supreme Court Partially Lifts Ban On Mining In Karnataka Districts
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday partially lifted the ban on mining in three districts of Karnataka. It was lifted for a certain category of mines, with strict conditions. The court also allowed the auction of iron ore already lying in stockyards, under the supervision of a monitoring...
Lanco Power Under Scrutiny For Violating Environment Norms
KOLKATA/RAIPUR: Lanco Power has come under the scanner of green panel in Chhattisgarh as the state government has threatened to stop production in its Korba power station for allegedly violating the environment control norms. The Lanco Power has a 1920-Mw power station in Pathadi village in the name of...
Nuclear Power Key To India's Development: Official
NEW DELHI: Batting for upcoming nuclear power plants in the country, Principal Scientific Advisor to the union cabinet R. Chidambaram Friday said that nuclear energy will play a key role in India becoming a developed nation. “If you want to raise the quality of life of the people, you...
Fedders Lloyd, US-Based Invenergy In Talks For Wind Farm Venture
MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: B R Punj-promoted Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd (FLC) is in the initial stage of discussions with US-based Invenergy LLC, a wind power generation company for developing wind farm projects in India and African countries like Tanzania and Kenya, a senior official of the company informed. FLC is looking...
Gujarat Has 749 GW Of Renewable Energy Potential: TERI
AHMEDABAD:Gujarat’s overall integrated renewable energy potential is estimated to be around 748.77 GW. A study conducted by TERI,Gujarat’s potential for concentrated solar power (CSP) with water availability stands at 345.71 gw, solar photovoltaic (SPV) wind hybrid excluding CSP at 240.60 gw, only SPV excluding wind and CSP at 21.36...
