Power
Out of red, Suzlon sets fresh growth targets
16 May 2011
US nuclear power generators fail during tests
13 May 2011
Back-up generators have failed in 33 nuclear power plants across the United States over the past eight years, in cases similar to the failure of the Fukushima plant in Japan.
Likely Indian aid for Afghan water projects rattles Pakistan
By Rajiv Singh | 12 May 2011
With news filtering out that India may extend financial and technical aid to the government of Afghanistan to build 12 hydro-power projects on the Kabul River has left the Pakistani establishment deeply rattled, writes Rajiv Singh.
Power from renewable sources surpasses N-power for the first time
10 May 2011
Global energy production from wind turbines, solar cells, biomass and waste-to-energy plants reached 381,000 MW in 2010, exceeding the entire global installed nuclear capacity of 375,000 MW prior to 2010
India to auction first shale gas assets
10 May 2011
India will launch its first-ever bid round for exploration of shale gas once the regulatory regime is in place, oil sector regulator, director general of Hydrocarbon, S K Srivastava said today
Tepco turns to government for help on compensation
10 May 2011
The head of Tokyo Electric Power today asked the Japanese government to share the burden for compensating those displaced by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Vestas, DONG Energy team up to build world's largest offshore wind turbine
09 May 2011
When completed, the wind turbine rotor will measure 164 meters (538 feet), surpassing Spain's current 420-foot rotor - a size almost equal to two American football fields.
UK climate panel calls for more nuclear power
09 May 2011
Delhi power distributors seek Rs500cr bailout
05 May 2011
The Reliance ADAG-backed BSES, which runs Delhi’s two power distribution companies, has sought a bailout of Rs500 crore, saying it has cash enough to last barely a month
SC seeks details of ‘note-for-vote’ scam probe
03 May 2011
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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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