Power
Sector review: Fuel cost prunes power companies' operating margins
By By B G Shirsat | 13 Sep 2014
CBI wants “whistle blower” in `visitors list’ issue named
13 Sep 2014
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha says the concept of “whistle blower” would arise only if one is dealing with crimes where informants need protection from those against whom disclosures are sought to be made
Anti-dumping duty on solar panels goes
10 Sep 2014
Lanco to sell 3,000 MW capacity to raise Rs5,000 crore
10 Sep 2014
Lanco has not specified the assets to be sold, but merely said these could either be already operational projects or those under development
Coalgate: SC reserves judgment on “illegal” coal blocks
09 Sep 2014
Any annulment of the grant of coal mining concessions would put investments worth crores of rupees at risk and threaten a worsening of the power shortage
Australia set to sign uranium deal with India
05 Sep 2014
It is not clear how the uranium supply agreement will be enforced as it must first be approved by Australia's Parliamentary Committee on Treaties
Govt looks at coal imports as power plants stare at looming shortage
05 Sep 2014
The coal ministry has proposed that Coal India meet supplies to all power plants commissioned after 2009 by importing the fuel and pooling prices with domestic coal
Nuclear deal in mind, Tony Abbott says India is a land of opportunities
04 Sep 2014
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in Mumbai today on a three-day visit, during which he is likely to sign a crucial deal for export of uranium, giving India access to the world’s largest known uranium reserves
Technical glitch at Tata Power unit blacks out parts of Mumbai
02 Sep 2014
A sudden power cut hit large parts of Mumbai with several areas in the city and suburbs experiencing a blackout, following tripping of Tata Power's 500 MW Trombay Power Station
Goyal welcomes SC ruling declaring all coal allocations illegal
26 Aug 2014
Coal and power minister Piyush Goyal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict declaring all coal block allocations since 1993 illegal, and said his government would act quickly after the court delivers the final order
US power producer Dynegy to acquire 19 new plants for $6.25 bn
23 Aug 2014
Three years after it filed for bankruptcy protection, US power producer is now spending over $6 billion on doubling capacity
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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