Minister for Water Resources Govind Raj Joshi said the government aims to provide electricity to atleast 51 percent of the population by the end of the Ninth Plan.At present only about 15 per cent of

Despite the East Timor crisis and political uncertainty in Indonesia, Singapore is expected to sign a new long-term cotnract Wednesday for a supply of Indonesian natural gas estimated to be worth $7

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) AOC, Digboi, in the name of modernization has taken up one mega project-Hydertreated Unit around Digboi oil township, by endangering environment and completely

Two British-flagged plutonium ships - the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Teal - carrying nearly 500kg of weapons-usable plutonium are stranded off the coast of Japan today, said Greenpeace Japan, as the

A safety inspection scandal in the British manufacture of potentially hazardous uranium- and plutonium-mixed oxide (MOX) fuel rods for use in Japanese reactors has created a new nightmare for the

Ancient Indian beliefs and multinational business were on a collision course as Colombia's U'wa tribe threatened to commit mass suicide after a U.S. oil firm won drilling rights to disputed ancestral

Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Elf Antar of France to introduce a diesel additive for transport vehicles and generator sets which will help reduce

The central Electricity Authority(CEA) has accorded techno-economic clearance to the Kaniminike combined cycle power project to be located on the Bangalore-Mysore

Kaiga, a nuclear power plant coming up on the outskirts of Goa, is to go critical anytime, according to reports reaching in

Norway led by Protestant priest as prime minister, has been struggling to use its oil wealth for lofty goals. This year it failed in getting approval to ban tobacco investments from its NKr183bn oil