Godda: A no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Godda forest department has paved the way for opening Hura-C coal mine project, an extension of ECL

A judgement on the KG basin gas row is expected soon. A look at its likely impact

Atiq Khan

- Late melting of glaciers & dry spell decrease ganga flow
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The Farakka barrage in Murshidabad

The year: 2004. The movie: Swades (Hindi for homeland). Shah Rukh Khan is playing the character of Mohan Bhargava, a non-resident Indian space scientist in the US. On a trip to meet his grandmother in India, Bhargava is appalled by the living conditions in her village, Charanpur, set in the plains near a river.

Effective efforts are being undertaken to increase power generation and installed capacity in the state in view of ever-increasing demand for power. The state government is working at a fast pace to make Madhya Pradesh self-reliant in power generation.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as mega projects of the State Government are being delayed because of opposition from locals, the high-level clearance authority (HLCA) today approved 11 projects with an estimated investment of Rs 81,540.39 crore.

The NTPC's proposed joint venture with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India for setting up a 2,000-mw atomic power plant is likely to be formalised in the next 2-3 months, sources said.

The NTPC and the NPCIL signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture for setting up nuke power projects in the country last month.

Each year, the Badarpur power plant releases 5 mega million tonnes of carbon dioxide into Delhi