Fuel
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'Third-generation' steel to develop fuel-efficient cars
Jun 28, 2015, 02:04 PM ISTNew York: A “third-generation” steel being developed at a US university could help auto manufacturers roll out fuel-efficient vehicles that could meet future energy efficiency requirements, say researchers.The development of this new steel, known as
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India registers record production of nuclear fuel
India | Apr 08, 2015, 08:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major milestone for the nuclear industry, India has registered a record production of over 1,252 MT of uranium bundles, manufacturing close to double the annual fuel requirement of atomic reactors in
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Fuel loading in Kudankulam second N-plant around
India | Mar 11, 2015, 01:01 PM ISTChennai: Atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is hoping to load the real fuel in the second 1,000 MW plant being set up at Kudankulam around June, said a senior
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Petrol, diesel prices may be hiked to fund fuel upgrade
Jun 13, 2014, 07:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices will be hiked by 75 paise a litre each if the government accepts an expert panel report that recommends nationwide fuel standards be upgraded to eliminate cancer-causing particle emissions
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Japan OKs fuel removal from pool at nuke plant
World | Oct 30, 2013, 10:52 AM ISTTokyo : Japanese regulators have given a final approval for a plan to remove fuel rods from an uncontained cooling pool at a damaged reactor building considered as the highest risk at the crippled nuclear
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Moily wants to close petrol pumps at night to save fuel
India | Sep 01, 2013, 09:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government is considering various proposals including shutting petrol pumps in the night to taper fuel demand as it looks at ways to cut the massive oil import bill, Oil Minister M Veerappa
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Japan receives 1st nuclear reactor fuel since 2011
World | Jun 27, 2013, 10:35 AM ISTTokyo, June 27: A power plant has received the first shipment of reprocessed nuclear reactor fuel sent to Japan since the 2011 disaster that forced it to shut down reactors. The fuel, a mixture of
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'Chinese n-help emboldened Pakistan to fuel Kashmir insurgency'
India | Oct 16, 2012, 04:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 16: Chinese assistance to Pakistan in developing a nuclear bomb emboldened it to fuel the Kashmir insurgency in 1989, says a noted security expert who has done considerable research on the issue.
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Discounts galore on petrol cars post fuel price hike
May 24, 2012, 09:09 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 24: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor today announced discounts of up
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Fuel, LPG price hike unavoidable, says PM
Apr 28, 2012, 01:30 PM ISTBhatinda, Apr 28: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India needs to rationalise (read: hike) the prices of petroleum products while insulating the common man from its effects. Dedicating the Rs 20,000 crore-Guru Gobind Singh
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Milk, Meat Prices Push Inflation To 9.47 Pc
Apr 18, 2012, 07:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 18: Spurt in prices of milk and its products, vegetables, meat, edible oil and fuel pushed the retail inflation to 9.47 per cent in March, suggesting deterioration in the price situation.Retail inflation,
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HPCL Resumes Fuel Supplies To Kingfisher
Mar 08, 2012, 11:25 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 8: State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) today resumed oil supplies to Kingfisher Airlines after the beleaguered airline agreed to pay for daily fuel off-take.HPCL, which is Kingfisher's biggest aviation fuel supplier,
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No Money For Fuel, 49 Chandigarh Police Gypsies Lying Idle
India | Feb 08, 2012, 09:59 AM ISTChandigarh, Feb 8: Sixty brand new Maruti Gypsy vehicles were purchased for Chandigarh police recently, but out of them, only eleven are operational, while the remaining 49 vehicles are lying idle for want of money
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Headline Inflation Inches Up To 9.73 Pc In October
Nov 14, 2011, 12:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 14 : Headline inflation hovered stubbornly near the double-digit mark in October, rising marginally to 9.73 per cent as prices of food products, fuel and manufactured goods put more pressure on the
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Decontrol Diesel Prices, Says CII
Jul 04, 2011, 05:49 PM ISTChennai, July 4: Confederation of Indian Industry today favoured decontrolling diesel prices saying the subsidy on fuel would hit the country's growth in the long term. “We are not in favour of subsidies...Though it is
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Pranab Writes To State Govts To Cut ST, VAT On Fuel
India | Jun 26, 2011, 01:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 26: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has written to state governments to reduce sales tax or value added tax being levied on fuel to lessen the burden on the common man. In his
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Fuel Price Hike Unlikely Till May
India | Mar 09, 2011, 08:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 9: State-owned fuel retailers may not hike petrol and diesel prices till Assembly elections in five states are completed in May, even though their losses on auto fuel sales continue to mount.
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I Didn't Fuel Summer Unrest, Says Geelani
India | Dec 16, 2010, 09:26 PM ISTSrinagar, Dec 16 : Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today refuted police claim that the summer unrest in the valley was fuelled by him."The police claim is a lie... The government is
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Pay More For Cars, Fuel, TVs, ACs, Cigarettes, Cement
India | Feb 26, 2010, 11:23 PM ISTCar, fuel, AC, TV, gold and silver jewellery, cigarettes and other tobacco products will cost more in the new fiscal with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposing a hike in duties and change in tax structure