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Railway Minister Flags Off Indigenous Transporter To Expedite Construction Of Viaduct

To expedite the construction of viaducts for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off an indigenously designed and manufactured equipment. The span launching equipment Straddle Carrier and Girder Transporter of...

Dec 2022 Marks Completion Of Elevated Cross Taxiway At Delhi Airport

An elevated cross taxiway that will help cut taxiing time and save fuel at Delhi’s IGI airport will be ready by December 2022, an airport operator said. Describing it as India’s first ever elevated taxiway; the Delhi International Airport Limited said 60% work on the...

ICRA Revises Stand On Steel Sector From ‘Stable’ To ‘Positive’

ICRA revised its stand from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ for the domestic steel sector, as all major listed steel companies have delivered healthy financial performance during the April-June 2021 quarter. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ICRA had...

Hardeep Singh Puri Says Operational Metro Network In India To Rise Steadily To About 900 Km By 2022

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while speaking after inaugurating the nearly 1 km Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand corridor via a video-conference said, “nearly 740 km or so of metro lines are operational in various cities in India and the...

Strong Renewable Path In Energy Transition For India

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced that the total installed renewable energy capacity in India, excluding large hydropower, has crossed the milestone of 100 GW or 100,000 MW, which accounts for about 26% of the total capacity. Ajay Mathur, Director of...

Methanol From High Ash Coal Tech Demonstrated By BHEL

BHEL issued an official statement that it has successfully demonstrated a facility to create methanol from high ash Indian coal. “With four years of hard work BHEL successfully demonstrated a facility to create 0.25 TPD methanol from high ash Indian coal using a 1.2...

Study Says Tonnes Of Carbon To Be Saved With Direct Solar Energy Supply To Indian Railways

Direct supply of solar energy to Indian Railways will enable two billion passengers to travel on solar powered trains and help save almost seven millions tonnes of carbon a year, according to a study. The study conducted by NGO Climate Trends and UK-based green tech...

Maharashtra Signs MoU Worth `35,000 Cr In Renewable Energy Sector

In a boost to investment in Maharashtra during the pandemic,the state government’s Industry Department signed 2 MoUs under the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 initiative with JSW, worth `35,500 crore in the renewable energy sector. As per the MoUs, the company plans to...