ENGIE pursuing organic growth for India renewables portfolio: Group CEO
CATHERINE MACGREGOR, group chief executive officer and board member of French utility company ENGIE, spoke to S DINAKAR on energy transition and the firm’s plans for India and the world. India contributes around 25 per cent to ENGIE’s global renewable development portfolio on an annual basis between 2022 and 2025 and then 20 per […]
Air Marshal SP Dharkar Assumes Charge As Air Staff’s Vice Chief
SP Dharkar also served as assistant Chief of Air Staff (Training) at the air headquarters. (File) New Delhi: Air Marshal SP Dharkar, an accomplished fighter pilot with 3,600 hours of flying experience, on Thursday assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh who became the Chief […]
ECI prescribed alternative id cards allowed while casting vote: Haryana CEC
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Haryana will go to the polls on October 5 to elect its 90-member state legislative assembly, with counting set to take place on October 8. | Representative Photo: PTI 2 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:41 PM IST Haryana Chief Election Officer, Pankaj Agarwal said that it is essential for […]
Vande Bharat Express Hits Bull In Uttar Pradesh, Engine Breaks Down
New Delhi: The Ayodhya-Delhi Vande Bharat Express collided with a bull on the way today and while it narrowly managed to avert a major accident, developed engine trouble. The train was stationed in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, where the engine was repaired. The Vande Bharat train from Ayodhya was coming to Anand Vihar. Sources said […]
Israel-Hamas War Causes Nearly 90% Drop In Gaza GDP: IMF
Washington: A year of conflict between Israel and Hamas has resulted in a “devastating impact on the economy” in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, the IMF said Thursday, including a nearly 90 percent drop in Gaza’s GDP. “Preliminary official estimates indicate an 86 percent decline in GDP in the first half of 2024” in […]
West Asia tensions may disrupt oil supplies if attacks reach Hormuz Strait
6 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:33 PM IST There is a 160-year history entwining wars and oil prices. During the American Civil War, which raged from 1861 to 1865, oil prices rose more than six-fold. During subsequent conflicts — two world wars, several conflicts in West Asia, and Russia’s […]
Amid West Asia crisis PM Modi chairs Cabinet Committee on Security meet
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India has called for addressing all issues through dialogue and diplomacy. | File Photo: PTI 1 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:31 PM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday to discuss the outbreak of fresh hostilities in West Asia, sources […]
Taking stock of B’desh: Visa woes slow Petrapole border’s road to normalcy
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Premium A new cargo gate, Maitri Dwar, is expected to facilitate trade. (Photo: ISHITA AYAN DUTT) 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:26 PM IST A steady stream of passengers is seen heading towards the Petrapole terminal, the largest land port in South Asia, along the India-Bangladesh border, about 80 […]
Oil gains up by 4% on supply concerns as West Asia conflict intensifies
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The Gulf Arab states sought to reassure Iran of their neutrality in the conflict on concerns that further violence could threaten Gulf oil facilities. | Representative Picture 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 03 2024 | 11:24 PM IST Oil prices strengthened on Thursday on investor concern that a widening Middle East conflict […]
Automobiles, auto component companies score low on PLI scheme in FY24
For automobiles and auto components, the year 2023-24 turned out to be lacklustre as far as the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is concerned. Of the 18 players eligible for the scheme — automobile original equipment manufacturers and non-automobile companies — just four received certification for their models from the government. And only three […]