The government has announced construction of a power transmission link between Srinagar and Leh at an investment of Rs 1,840 crore. "To improve power supply in the Leh-Kargil region (Jammu & Kashmir) and connect it to the northern grid, the government will construct a transmission system from Srinagar to Leh at a cost of Rs 1,840 crore," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in his Budget speech. ...
06:00 PM, Feb 28, 2013
New Delhi: Global conglomerate GE has said that Indian power transmission system is quite robust compared to many developed nations, and a "political will" is needed to reinforce discipline to avoid situations like the recent grid failure. GE Energy, part of the US-based multinational giant, said the "political will" was required to ensure that all the parties sharing the power grids follow certain rules. "It is important that we do...
03:34 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Hyderabad: Apart from other constraints like severe shortage of fuel, particularly natural gas, and inadequate inflows into reservoirs which affects hydro-electricity generation badly, transmission corridor has become one of the major challenges for meeting the abnormal demand for power in the state. Keeping this in view, the state government has decided to vigorously pursue with the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) expediting PGCILs transmission projects with the latest...
12:24 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: New HIV cases among adults have declined by half in India since 2000, according to a new UN report which praised India's contribution to AIDS response through manufacture of generic antiretroviral drugs. Though rate of HIV transmission in Asia is slowing down, atleast 1,000 new infections among adults continue to be reported in the continent every day in 2011. An estimated 3,60,000 adults were newly infected with HIV...
08:14 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: It's peak summer in most parts of India. Demand for power is at a peak of 2,17,000 mega watt. Our power generation, however, is much less at 1,99,877 mega watt. Poor transmission and distribution makes it even worse. Many cities such as Chennai, Bangalore and the capital itself, Delhi, have long power cuts. Forty per cent of the country does not get electricity at all. About six lakh...
01:45 PM, Jul 03, 2012
TVS Motor company have come up with a new technology which will employ an automatic transmission in their future line-up of two wheelers. TVS claims that this transmission will also give 20 per cent more fuel economy than the others in its class. This new technology termed as "TVS Automatic Transmission" has an automatic transmission in place of the conventional CVT which changes gears through the electronic control module, automatically...
04:35 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is facing an unprecedented power crisis as a direct result of the ongoing indefinite general strike by Telangana protagonists. The gap between power demand and supply has widened to 50 million units (MU) per day at present with the demand touching a peak of 275 MU because of continued dry spell in the state. During the corresponding period last year, the demand for power was only 223...
01:54 PM, Oct 04, 2011
Kathmandu: The World Bank has approved a $99 million package for an Indo-Nepal cross-border energy cooperation to mitigate a national energy crisis in the Himalayan republic. The funding is meant for the landmark Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (NIETTP) that will provide Nepal with at least 100 MW of additional electricity, to supplement its current electricity generation capacity of 698 MW and help minimise power blackouts. The project will...
04:25 PM, Jun 22, 2011
For the first time, women have been inducted into the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company. ...
11:17 AM, Oct 25, 2010
International Journal of STD and AIDS claims most HIV transmission in India happens through blood exposure. ...
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