Solar Energy Corporation of India NEW DELHI: Thirteen-year-old Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the little known miniratna PSU, has seen a massive growth over the last 10 years.From an awarded generation capacity of 0.75 gigawatts (750MW) in 2014-15, it has seen the combined capacity soar to 65.3GW, according to data on its website. Over…
NEW DELHI: India has never moved forward with selfishness or with a spirit of expansionism and has always refrained from grabbing resources, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing Guyana’s Parliament. Modi on Thursday became the first Indian PM to address the Guyana Parliament.“We have always stayed away from the feeling of occupying resources and grabbing…
NEW DELHI: China’s expansionist muscle-flexing and ‘grey zone’ tactics in the Indo-Pacific continue to figure prominently on the radar screens of the ‘Quad‘ and other countries, with defence minister Rajnath Singh once again stressing India firmly stands for freedom of navigation and overflight, unimpeded lawful commerce and adherence to international law for peace and prosperity…
BENGALURU: A Tumakuru court brought a 14-year legal battle to an end on Thursday, sentencing 21 people, including two women, to life imprisonment for the murder of a 45-year-old Dalit woman in 2010, reports Rajiv Kalkod.The convicts, all residents of Gopalapura in Tumakur district, were also fined Rs 13,500 each by third additional district sessions…
MUMBAI: Even before assembly poll results could be out, a tiff over CM’s post broke out on Thursday within the Mahayuti as well as in the Maha Vikas Aghadi.While Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat claimed that Eknath Shinde will continue to remain CM once results are declared on Saturday, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said…
The US justice department and a group of states asked a federal court late Wednesday to force Google to sell Chrome, its web browser, a move that could fundamentally alter the $2 trillion company’s business and reshape competition on the internet. The request follows a landmark ruling in Aug by Judge Amit P Mehta of…
GUWAHATI: Manipur’s 10 Kuki legislators, including seven from BJP, urged the Centre and state govt Thursday to initiate a political dialogue to restore peace in the violence-hit state. Their call came in response to an eight-point resolution passed Monday during a meeting of NDA ministers and legislators convened by CM N Biren Singh. The Kuki…
MUMBAI: Adani Group companies recorded their worst trading day in terms of market value on Thursday since the Hindenburg crisis in early 2023. The conglomerate’s combined market value slid by Rs 2.2 lakh crore after the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission pressed widespread bribery charges against the group’s chairman…
MOSCOW/KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had launched a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a Ukrainian military facility, and warned the West that Moscow could strike the military installations of any country whose weapons were used against Russia.He said the West was escalating the conflict in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to strike…
US prosecutors have indicted billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, among others, for their alleged role in a $265 million (Rs 2,000 crore) bribery case to secure solar power supply contracts in India, plunging the edible oil-to-ports giant into a second major controversy in 22 months, after the allegations by short-seller Hindenburg Research.Arrest…
