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Replace diesel with alternate fuel or face consequences: Gadkari warns SIA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday categorically stated that in order to curb pollution in the country, the automobile manufacturers and members of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) have to end the production and consumption of
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J-K Govt. to introduce 'electric buses' in Srinagar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government is looking to revamp the public transport in the state through the introduction of electric buses for two cities of Srinagar and Jammu under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (A
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Himachal dams filling up quickly, power generation more than target
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The water levels in Himachal Pradesh's major dams, Bhakra and Pong, have increased and are at a comfortable position, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) recently revealed.
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Can 'electric shock' therapy for depression beat insomnia in old
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 16 (ANI): Older people receiving electric shock therapy, also known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), to combat the blues of age will need an additional treatment if insomnia is one of their symptoms, according to a recent study.
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Indian company wins tender to construct CASA-1000 power project
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): An Indian company has won the tender for construction of 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA).
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Man receives electricity bill of Rs. 38 bn in Jharkhand
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], August 14 (ANI): A man in Jamshedpur was in for a shock when he received an electricity bill of Rs. 38 billion on Sunday.
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India will soon be global leaders in promoting electric vehicles: Piyush G
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)[India], Aug. 13 (ANI): Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday expressed confidence that India will soon lead the world in promoting electric vehicles, so that cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Pune can be free of pollution woes.
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Mumbai: 36,000 BEST workers on strike over irregular salaries
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 7 (ANI) : Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) under the banner of Kruti Samiti, an association of BEST unions launched an indefinite strike in Mumbai on August 7 . As a result Mumbaikars faced problems commuting on 'Raksha Bandhan'
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Nepal to accept Rs 52 billion grant from US
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 3 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has decided to accept the biggest foreign grant amount in its history of Rs 51.38 billion from the United States' Millennium Challenge Corporation for road and electricity transmission line in Nepal.
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SMEV welcomes Centre's move to provide big boost to electric vehicles
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Reacting at the Union Cabinet move to push electric mobility in the country, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), Director- Corporate Affairs Sohinder Gill said that the government should immediately kick start the mass adoption of EVs in th
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Centre initiates promotion of electric vehicles; aims at boosting mobility
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): With a view to provide impetus to domestic manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles (collectively termed as XEVs), the Government of India approved the National Mission on Electric Mobility in 2011 and subsequently National Electric Mobility Mission Pla
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Electric vehicle industry wary of FAME-2 rollout
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has raised its concern to NITI Aayog Chairman Amitabh Kant, about the confusion on the continuity of the government's incentives and initiatives to promote electric vehicles under FAME 1 (Faster a
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