Energy supplied by state power retailers rose by nearly 1% during the year—the weakest growth since 2021, when electricity consumption fell due to pandemic.
Adani has been supplying power under a 25-year contract signed in 2017 under ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, from a $2 billion power plant in Jharkhand that has two units.
Tambaram police Friday arrested Rajesh Das, ex-special DGP, on charges of trespass, assault & intimidation based on complaint by his estranged wife, energy secretary Beela Venkatesan.
Power utilities have been directed to maintain coal-based power plants in advance to avoid disruptions and all plants would have to run at full capacity from 16 March.
Bangladesh Power Development Board is seeking revision of power deal inked in 2017. It has objected to high price of coal brought from Adani's mine from Australia for the project.
RBI data shows Indian discoms owe power generation firms over Rs 4.5 lakh crore, almost a third of which is owed by Tamil Nadu, where power subsidy cost is twice that of food subsidy.
State Energy Minister Nitin Raut said there was a technical glitch in a power circuit and about 2,200 megawatts of power supply to Mumbai was disrupted as a result.
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced that it will withdraw FIRs lodged against those charged with stone-pelting for the first time.
Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.
The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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