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Power demand increases by 9 pc in Bihar, Union Minister RK Singh says coal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sitamarhi (Bihar) [India], April 15 (ANI): Union Power Minister RK Singh on Thursday said that the demand for electricity has increased by nearly nine per cent in Bihar, however, the supply of coal has not increased at the same pace.
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Researchers reveal bacteria can generate electricity from methane
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houlahan (Nijmegen) [Netherlands], April 13 (ANI): Researchers from Radboud University have demonstrated that methane-consuming bacteria generate power in the lab. Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria.
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Bhagwant Mann in Delhi, to discuss provision of free electricity in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann who is in the national capital will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday to discuss the scheme of providing free electricity in Punjab for up to 300 units, informed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources.
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Citizens face severe scarcity, forced to use ca
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], April 12 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades, common citizens are facing a severe scarcity of essentials including fuel and food and people are forced to use candles in the absence of electricity.
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Telangana Congress protest against power tariff hike
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): Telangana Congress leaders on Thursday staged a massive protest in Hyderabad demanding rollback of the recent hike in power tariff.
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Freebies limit funds for development: Ajit Pawar on Delhi govt's free elec
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday contested the idea of distributing freebies to the people as given by the Delhi Government and said that populist policies like distributing free electricity and water squeeze out funds for
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Electricity reaches to Saddal Village of J-K for the first time
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 7 (ANI): After 75 years of Independence, the village Saddal of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur got freedom from darkness by getting electricity for the first time on wednesday, under the Central Government's 'Untied Grants Scheme'.
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India gives Nepal consent to sell 325 MW of electricity
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 6 (ANI): India has agreed to allow Nepal to sell an additional 325 MW of electricity in the competing Indian market.
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India supplies 6000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Indian Oil Corporation subsidiary in Sri Lanka on Saturday has supplied 6,000 MT of fuel to the Ceylon Electricity Board, to help ease the power crisis in the island country which is witnessing acute power cuts. The consignment of fuel is part of the US 50
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Frequent power outages grip Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): Pakistan is facing a severe power crisis with all nine power distribution companies (Discos) on Thursday starting hours-long interruptions of electricity supply in urban and rural areas across the country. On the other hand, consumers blamed the governmen
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Electricity tariffs increase by 2.68 pc in Uttarakhand
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday announced the new electricity rates with an increase of 2.68 percent in the state.
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Pakistan: Electricity shortage reaches critical levels, unannounced load-s
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): The power crisis across Pakistan has intensified as the overall electricity shortfall reached 5000 megawatts, local media reported on Thursday.
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