Five different species of saplings potential enough of reducing carbon emission in the air including Azadirachta indica or Neem, Callistemon citrinus or Red bottle brush, Dalbergia sissoo or Sheesham and Samania saman or Rain tree and Bokul were planted by team AOD Digboi
The Mamata Banerjee government on Friday scrapped the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) at Nayachar in East Midnapore district, citing environmental reasons. While in the Opposition, the Trinamool Congress had opposed the Nayachar project vociferously.
New Delhi Prices of the fuel have gone up 33% since being decontrolled last year
Easing global crude oil price — $103 a barrel on Monday, down from an average $113 a barrel in the first quarter — has nearly covered the losses that retailers IOC, HPCL and BPCL make on petrol, encouraging the government to indicate a price cut in the auto fuel. Since it was decontrolled in June last year, petrol prices have gone up 33%.
Restricting the supply of subsidised cooking fuel may no longer be a politically difficult task, with a Parliamentary panel asking the government to do away with the sale of subsidised domestic LPG to people with more than Rs 6 lakh annual income. If the recommendation goes through, those with income over the specified level will have to pay Rs 642.35 for a 14.2-kg cylinder, as against the current price of Rs 395.35 (in Delhi).
CUTTACK: The war over diversion of Mahanadi water to industries from Cuttack has assumed a new dimension with the Orissa High Court stepping in on Friday to issue a stay on the constructions on the
Iran has threatened to block supplies of oil to India because of $5bn in unpaid fees that are blocked due to international sanctions against Iran.
Indian refiners have started looking for oil sources in different markets as Iran says it will block supplies for the month of August, people familiar to the matter in New Delhi told the Financial Times.
The much talked about Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline project is yet to take off, thanks largely to indecision on the part of the Nepal government.
After a steep hike of Rs 50 on the prices of each cooking gas cylinder last month, another increase of Rs 4 has been done earlier this month owing to an increase in a dealer
New Delhi Move over bio-diesel, the new green diesel is all set to revolutionalise the fuel market by offering cost-effective and environment-friendly solution for the transport sector in the country. US-based diversified technology and manufacturing company, Honeywell, is planning to launch its new technology for the production of green diesel in India soon.
