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At the end of last month, India's coal-fired power plants had an average of four days worth of fuel on hand, the lowest level in years. More than half of the plants are on high alert for outages, and spot electricity costs have increased. Spot power rates have risen since coal is utilized to generate over 70% of the energy. The government is developing rules in case idle power plants need restarting.
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, who is in India on an official visit, arrived at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's residence on Wednesday and participated in the Holi celebration, on March 8. Expressing happiness to be a part of Holi… read-more
TAGS: Festivals, Holi celebration, indian culture, US Official, Rajnath Singh
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Telangana MLC K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, in the Delhi Liquor Policy scam. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader will appear before the ED for questioning in the scam,… read-more
TAGS: Delhi liquor scam, K Kavitha, MLC BRS, K Chandrashekar Rao, Enforcement Directorate
"Bigg Boss 15" fame and former politician Archana Gautam alleged Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's personal assistant Sandeep Singh, of giving death threats to her. A case has been registered against Singh after Archana… read-more
TAGS: priyanka gandhi, Bigg Boss, Indian Politics, Entertainment, Death Threats
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders staged protests and raised objections over the fact that Manish Sisodia has been kept in Tihar Jail Number 1, with dreaded criminals. It is to be noted, former Deputy Delhi CM Manish Sisodia is under judicial… read-more
TAGS: AAP, Manish Sisodia, Delhi Government(163) Tihar Jail, Tweets
A native of Andhra Pradesh, Srikanth Degala, a 39-year-old Indian-origin man has died in the US after a passenger train struck him when he was walking on tracks in New Jersey. Getting into details, the pedestrian was hit by an Amtrak train en… read-more
TAGS: Andhra Pradesh, died, Train Accident, Indian origin
The rupee depreciated 37 paise to 82.29 against the US dollar in early trade on March 8. The depriciation strengthen the American currency in the overseas market and a negative trend in domestic equities. Furthermore, at the interbank foreign… read-more
TAGS: Indian Currency, US Dollar, American Currency, Sensex, Indian Trade
