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New Delhi: Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world’s largest miner of the fuel, will use satellite technology to prevent shipments from being hijacked amid a shortage that has hit supplies to thermal power projects across the country.
The move by the government to curb theft in transit comes as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) administration fights charges of inefficiency and corruption.
“The world is watching G20’s steps to tackle financial instability emanating from eurozone periphery”
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told leaders meeting in this southern French resort town on Thursday that the entire world was watching and that “our summit will be judged by our ability to deal with financial instability emanating from the eurozone periphery.”
Focus on structural reform PM-04 November 2011, The Hindu
New Delhi: China’s Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co. Ltd (TBEA), a maker of high-voltage transformers, has signed a preliminary accord with the Gujarat government to set up a manufacturing facility in the state with an initial investment of $100 million.
Tamil Nadu will soon come out with a renewable energy policy that will feature ambitious targets and several innovative features, M. Velmurugan, Executive Chairman, Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance Bureau, said on Thursday.
Ambitious renewable energy policy on the anvil
India looks set to keep searching for overseas coal. Though the country has the world’s fourth largest reserves, environmental restrictions mean production is struggling to keep up with demand from coal-hungry power stations. That explains why Indian firms like Aditya Birla Group, which is considering a bid for Australia’s $5 billion New Hope, are gobbling up overseas acquisitions.
SAN FRANCISCO: From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water that goes into irrigating the cotton crop, stitching the jeans together and washing them scores of times at home.
COPENHAGEN: Prosperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the UN declared Wednesday, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty.
Even as India debates the pros and cons of the Kudankulam nuclear power project, several developed countries have already resolved to scrap their nuclear plants, experts at an energy conclave said on Monday.
Energetic meet points outpost-Fukushima second thoughts
First, the good news. Coal India has received the go-ahead from the finance ministry to acquire stakes in unlisted companies abroad.
It is reported that Ukraine Cabinet of Ministers approved on October 26 a concept to implement a mechanism of selling coal on a Ukrainian exchange and published the text of its respective direction on its web site on October 31.
Ukrainian government considers coal sales on exchange