India to solidify partnership with Africa at high-stakes summitIndia is set to host a significant summit on May 31 to strengthen its partnership with African nations. The meeting will focus on enhancing...
09 May, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
New Delhi asks Bengal to fast track central schemes after Mamata exitThe Centre has flagged West Bengal's failure to implement key central schemes for tribal welfare. Programs like PM-JANMAN and DAJGUA, launc...
07 May, 2026, 09.07 PM IST
Motor racing-F1 will have V8 engines by 2031, possibly 2030, says FIA presidentFormula One is set to embrace V8 engines by 2031, with a potential shift to 2030. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem confirmed the move, ai...
03 May, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
$15 billion Google data centre to transform Vizag into AI hub: Union Minister VaishnawVisakhapatnam is set to become a major artificial intelligence hub. Google is establishing a $15 billion AI data centre there. This project...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Think beyond the war? 8 stocks from different segments of the engineering and capital goods sector, with upside potential of 6 to 42%At this point of time, anything related to the Middle East is in trouble. Unlike past Gulf wars, the whole region is affected this time, wi...
01 Apr, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
Electricity mission on cards to cut oil dependenceThe government is identifying areas with low to medium heating requirements where such a shift is possible. Activities in domestic and comm...
02 Apr, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Government has decided to achieve 100 per cent electrification of railways in 10 years: Piyush GoyalThe railways minister also said he has a mission that in next 10 years, Indian Railways will be running on renewable energy.
28 Aug, 2019, 06.07 PM IST
Economic Survey 2019: Zero train collisions reported in 2018-19Pointing out at the Railways Mission Electrification program, the Economic Survey said that railways has initiated a major electrification ...
04 Jul, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
ABB bags Rs 115 cr order from Indian RailwaysThe project is part of the 'Mission Electrification' initiative of the Indian Railways, which aims to convert an additional 24,000 km of ra...
17 Oct, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
L&T gets Rs 1050-cr contract for rail tracks electrificationAt the event, additionally eight agreements were exchanged between railway zones and Public Sector Undertakings for 1,735 rkm of electrific...
04 Aug, 2017, 10.58 PM IST
PGCIL eyes lion's share of Rs 25k-cr rail electrification projectEarlier this month, Indian Railways engaged three PSUs -- Power Grid, IRCON and RITES -- to fast track the pace of rail track electrificati...
13 Nov, 2016, 02.38 PM IST
Mission electrification to cover 24,000-km track in five yearsCurrently about 2,000 km track is being electrified in a year to reach 4,000 km per year by 2017-18 and 6,000 km in subsequent year.
04 Nov, 2016, 12.53 AM IST
Mission electrification to cover 24,000 km track in 5 yearsCurrently about 2000 km track is being electrified in a year and the aim is to reach 4000 km per year by 2017-18 and 6000 km in subsequent ...
03 Nov, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
Railways for rapid electrification to reduce carbon footprint"Our aim is to use clean energy in a big way by generating 1000 MW solar energy and 200 MW wind energy by 2020 in order to decarbonise the ...
02 Nov, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
10,079 villages electrified till date under DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna: GovernmentOut of these 28 newly electrified villages, four are in Assam, five in Chhattisgarh, three in Jharkhand, 10 in Meghalaya and 6 in Rajasthan...
22 Aug, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
N Chandrababu Naidu to declare Andhra Pradesh as 100% household electrification stateThe present demand for power is 158 million units a day and it may increase in the coming days with rise in temperatures, the SECM added.
24 Apr, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi for electrification of 200 villages every weekModi has asked the Power Ministry to target electrification of around 200 villages every week by holding regular follow ups with the state ...
28 Feb, 2016, 12.28 PM IST