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11:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: It's summers in most parts of India and demand for power is at a peak of 2,17,000 megawatt (MW). But the power generation is much less at 1,99,877 MW and poor transmission and distribution is making it worse. Many cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai are facing long power cuts and 40 per cent of the country does not get electricity at all. About 6 lakh villages do not...
11:06 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Jamshedpur: Tata's JUSCO is a company that takes its Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously. It is the equivalent of a municipal corporation for Jamshedpur, providing 24-hour portable drinking water, uninterrupted power supply and infrastructure for the local population. For the not-so-privileged of Jamshepdur, a regular day begins stocking up drinking water from a tanker. A free service by the Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited, popularly called JUSCO, the TATA...
09:50 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The ever-rising blistering heat in the capital pushed the power demand to an unprecedented high of 5,155 Megawatts (MW) on Wednesday, breaking all previous records in Delhi's power consumption. "Delhi's power demand has touched 5,155 MW today (Wednesday) which is the highest ever demand," said a power department official. The power consumption exceeded the highest-ever demand of 5,032 Megawatts recorded on May 25, 2012. In August 2011, the...
04:46 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Power metal band Iced Earth has announced that it is cancelling the band's performance at the Bangalore Open Air Festival due to visa related issues. The band was scheduled to perform in Bangalore on June 16, 2012. However, the band will continue its tour to generate enthusiasm about its new release 'Dystopia'. The bad has released a statement that reads: "Dear fans, friends and fellow metalheads in India....
07:11 PM, May 30, 2012
Berlin: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022....
07:18 AM, May 27, 2012
Washington: Pakistan is half way through the construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab, which will give it capability to speed up plutonium manufacturing, latest US satellite imagery has revealed. On completion, the reactor would enable Islamabad to build large number of smaller nuclear warheads, Washington-based eminent think-tank Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said. Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme is considered to be among the fastest growing in...
11:59 AM, May 23, 2012
Chennai: The US on Sunday said several recent policy decisions by India were discriminatory to foreign companies and have "dampened sentiment" about its investment climate. "The adoption of manufacturing policies discriminatory to foreign companies and the inclusion of retroactive tax provisions in the Finance Bill are two examples," US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell said. Voicing concern over challenges to trade and investment between the two nations, she called...
05:15 PM, May 21, 2012
Chennai: The United States is committed to help Tamil Nadu realise the goals set in its Vision 2023 document, to put the state on par with upper middle income countries in southeast Asia, said the US envoy to India. Speaking at a function organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce here Monday, US Ambassador Nancy J. Powell said: "The United States is committed to helping Tamil Nadu realise these goals...
01:26 PM, May 21, 2012
New York: Jennifer Lopez dethroned Lady Gaga as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to a list published Wednesday by Forbes magazine in which the queen of US television Oprah Winfrey came in in second place. The singer of numbers such as 'Let's Get Loud' and 'Love Don't Cost A Thing' has hurtled upwards from the No. 50 slot she occupied last year in the magazine's ranking of the 100...
04:00 PM, May 17, 2012
Gadchiroli: The country has no future if the real power that should ideally rest with the people in true democracy is continued to be enjoyed by a select few, Anna Hazare said on Sunday. "Though India became a republic state on January 26, 1950, only a few have enjoyed the fruits of the real power, while majority of people are deprived of it. Today, crores of rupees are spent (by...
01:10 AM, May 14, 2012
New York: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been named No 1 in the World's 20 Most Powerful Moms list which also ranked India-born Indra Nooyi at the 3rd spot and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at No 6. The list released by Forbes on World Mother's Day on Sunday placed 64-year-old Hillary Clinton, who has one of the world's biggest jobs in hand, at No 1. The list chosen...
02:01 PM, May 13, 2012
BANGALORE: A unique initiative was kickstarted last week by Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM). A marathon campaign on energy-saving measures is being held by making use of all available tools of communication. They have not limited themselves to just street plays, drum beaters, flash mobs, cinema slides, dollu kunitha, but also using car stickers, leaflets and displaying huge hoardings all over the city.The coming week will witness BESCOM making...
09:33 AM, May 12, 2012
BANGALORE: Despite tall claims by Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) of uninterrupted power barring for maintenance, Bangalore has been experiencing power cuts ranging from 45 minutes to one hour.Recently, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje had claimed that there will be no power cuts as the reservoirs have sufficient water required for generation.What is surprising is that figures from the State Load Dispatch Centre show that BESCOM areas are showing a reduction...
10:11 AM, May 09, 2012
Mumbai: There was no accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as has been made out in some quarters, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) asserted on Tuesday. N. Nagaich, Executive Director (Corporate Planning & Communications), said in a statement that some miscreants have been spreading rumours through SMSs of an accident having taken place at the plant. The messages said that a boiler burst at the...
04:49 PM, May 08, 2012
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