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  Power crisis looms large over Delhi-NCR as thermal plants face acute coal shortage

  India | May 29, 2018 8:30 IST

  Three days after raising the alarm over the alleged “coal shortage”, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain has said that the situation has “worsened”.   

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  Coal scam case: Delhi court to pronounce quantum of punishment for convicts Madhu Koda, HC Gupta on Dec 16

  India | December 14, 2017 17:10 IST

  The judge had yesterday, however, acquitted four persons -- VISUL's Director Vaibhav Tulsyan, two public servants Basant Kumar Bhattacharya and Bipin Bihari Singh, and Chartered Accountant Navin Kumar Tulsyan -- of all charges.

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  Chicken poop could replace coal in electricity generation, says a study

  Trending | November 21, 2017 10:33 IST

  ''Converting poultry waste to solid fuel, a less resource-intensive, renewable energy source is an environmentally superior alternative.''

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  Climate change: Nearly 20 nations join hands to phase out coal

  World | November 16, 2017 20:33 IST

  A climate expert said that this a first-of-its-kind attempt to phase out the traditional coal power on such a massive scale after the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.

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  Climate change: UK, Canada launch alliance to phase out coal

  World | November 16, 2017 16:36 IST

  Even Germany and Poland, hosts of climate talks this year and next, are holding onto coal for the foreseeable future.

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  When coal formation almost turned Earth into a giant ball of ice

  Science | October 10, 2017 21:31 IST

  While burning coal today causes Earth to overheat, about 300 million years ago, the formation of coal brought the planet close to global glaciation or a snowball like state

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  Eight core sectors growth slips to 2.4 pc in July

  August 31, 2017 20:07 IST

  These eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- had witnessed a 3.1 per cent growth in July last year.

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  Coal tax at 5 pc in GST will bring down power tariffs: Piyush Goyal

  May 20, 2017 17:19 IST

  Besides, Goyal, who also holds the New and Renewable Energy and Mines portfolios, said the higher tax of 18 per cent levied on solar modules will not impact solar tariffs.

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  Amid India’s renewable push, China shifts its investments from coal to solar

  World | May 18, 2017 14:40 IST

  India’s push for renewable energy post the Paris Agreement on climate change has caught the eye of China, with its government shifting its Indian investments from coal to solar energy in India.

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  Govt relaxes norms for domestic coal utilisation by power plants

  May 05, 2016 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Wednesday relaxed norms for utilisation of domestic coal that will help bring down the cost of power generation by 40 to 50 paise per unit and eventually lead to yearly

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  50 million homes in India yet to access electricity: Piyush Goyal

  March 26, 2016 18:34 IST

  There are 50 million rural homes without access to electricity, union Minister Piyush Goyal said here on Friday.

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  Coal linkages may automatically get transferred to new super critical projects

  February 18, 2016 17:26 IST

  New Delhi: Coal linkages granted to old power projects will now be automatically transferred to the new plants of super critical capacity as the government aims to provide round the clock electricity to all."In view

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  Coal scam: All decisions taken by Manmohan Singh, says former UPA minister

  Politics | June 30, 2015 14:54 IST

  New Delhi: Former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, an accused in Jharkhand's Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case, today said that decisions to allocate coal blocks were taken by then Prime

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  India is now world's fastest-growing major polluter

  India | June 29, 2015 14:27 IST

  For the first time ever, the year 2014 saw India's carbon dioxide emissions growth accounting for the largest share of global emissions growth, according to a new global report. India's CO2 emissions from energy use

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  Coal block auctions to continue, says top government official

  India | April 28, 2015 23:38 IST

  Mumbai: The government would continue coal block auctions to meet the demand as nearly 19,000 MW of thermal projects are stuck for want of fuel linkages, a senior government official said here today.“As much as

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  PM Modi targets UPA govt over coal scam

  World | April 12, 2015 7:46 IST

  Paris: Targeting the previous UPA government on the coal scam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said coal blocks, whose earlier allocation had raised questions even against the then PM, had now fetched over Rs 2

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  Coal commercial mining to be allowed soon

  India | March 16, 2015 14:47 IST

  Mines to be allotted to states for mining and sale of coalNew Delhi: The government will start allocating coal blocks to state governments for commercial mining by April. This is one first major step towards

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  Corporate Espionage: 12 arrests made so far

  India | February 21, 2015 19:06 IST

  New Delhi: According to police, these five company executives were receivers of stolen documents which have been recovered by police teams during raids from their establishments.Saxena is Manager, corporate affairs, Reliance Industries Limited(RIL); Chandra is

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  Coal block auction: GMR, Reliance Cement bag blocks on first day

  February 15, 2015 9:34 IST

  New Delhi: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Cement and GMR Chattisgarh Energy Ltd won the two blocks on offer on the first day of coal auctions.Reliance Cement won the first coal block as it emerged as the

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  MGNREGA schemes bring coal thieves into mainstream

  India | January 28, 2015 10:13 IST

  Burdwan (WB): To bring people engaged in illegal extraction of coal from abandoned coal pits into mainstream, the district authorities have launched a number of schemes under the MGNREGA in Burdwan district.  Burdwan District Magistrate