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Total dues owed by electricity distribution companies to power producers rose nearly 24% to ₹1,36,966 crore in December 2020 compared to the same month a year ago, reflecting stress in the sector. The distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of ₹1,10,660 crore to power generation firms in December 2019, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators). The portal was launched in May 2018 to bring in transparency in power purchase transactions between the generators and discoms. In December 2020, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 45 days of grace period offered by generators, stood at ₹1,27,498 crore as against ₹97,835 crore in the year-ago period. According to the latest data on the portal, total outstanding dues in December dipped on a month-on-month basis. In November 2020, the total outstanding dues of discoms stood at ₹1,40,741 crore. The overdue amount ... » Learn More about Discoms’ outstanding dues to power gencos rise nearly 24% to ₹1.36 lakh crore in December

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now COVID-19 vaccination: No glitch in CoWIN from the start, says RS Sharma View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Mars Decoded: How Mars may have lost its atmosphere #Mars India's next Mars mission likely to be an orbiter #Mars Meet Swati Mohan, an Indian-American scientist who led charge to land NASA rover on Mars #Mars NASA hails historic Mars landing of its most scientific science rover #Mars First image from NASA's perseverance after landing on Mars #Mars Touchdown confirmed! NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life Just In 29 min ago 1.28 lakh people over 60 years get 1st dose of COVID vaccine 35 min ago China refutes reports on attacks against India's power grid 52 min ago 'Not part of it': Veerappa Moily distances himself from 'G-23' Jammu meet ... » Learn More about Mars Perseverance rover’s exciting work to happen in coming weeks: NASA’s Indian-American engineer

Mushrooms have helped lift villagers in Jingdong Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province, out of poverty, thanks to a cultivation program launched by a university in Zhejiang province. Located in an area famous for its abundance of wild mushrooms, Wangjia was once one of 48 villages in the county mired deep in poverty due to a lack of transportation, a manpower shortage and backward production facilities. In 2013, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou teamed up with county authorities and dispatched a team of experts in tea planting, mushroom cultivation and poultry breeding to help farmers improve their agricultural skills and sales methods. In May of the same year, Chen Zaiming, associate professor at the university's Institute of Vegetable Science, was offered a job as an adviser to the county government with an employment period of eight years. County officials wanted Chen to teach them how to exploit wild mushroom resources. Over the next six years, the county tried various mushroom ... » Learn More about Fragrant mushrooms revitalize poor area

Property tax dept of twin towns flouts HC orders, puts up over 200 illegal hoardings , banners all over town to warn public to pay taxes on time; citizens up in arms, say many of these placements are inviting accidents It has been many years now that the issue of city skylines being defaced by illegal hoardings has played out in the judicial, social and political arenas. In 2017, the Bombay High Court (HC) has issued an order handing over this responsibility to municipal corporations and police departments of respective cities, asking them to ensure preventive action against such defacement through illegal signages like hoardings , posters, pamphlets, flexes and banners. The HC order further instructs that these authorities will themselves be held responsible if they fail to prosecute offenders in this regard. And yet, ironically, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s ( PCMC ) property tax department has gone a step further, and done exactly what is forbidden — its ... » Learn More about PCMC gets its signs all wrong!

Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh . According to an official communication, PSLV-C51 lifted off from the first launch pad of SDSC SHAR at 10:24 hours (IST) as planned. After a flight of about 17 minutes, the vehicle injected the Amazonia-1 into its intended orbit and in the succeeding one hour 38 minutes, all the 18 co-passenger satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence. ISRO chairman K Sivan congratulated team ISRO for precise injection of Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passenger satellites. Talking about the primary satellite, Amazonia-1, he said “India and ISRO feel extremely proud and honoured to launch the first satellite designed, integrated and operated by Brazil . Hearty congratulations to the Brazilian team for this achievement.’’ Brazil science, technology and innovation minister Marcos Cesar Pontes congratulated ISRO team for today’s successful ... » Learn More about ISRO launches Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite, 18 co-passenger satellites

Amidst the tense border tension between India and China, a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India's critical power grid system through malware, a United States company has said in its latest study, raising suspicion whether last year's massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online intrusion. IMAGE: Security personnel helps a passenger deboarding a local train due to a power outage in Mumbai October 12, 2020. Photograph: ANI Photo Recorded Future, a Massachusetts-based company which studies the use of the internet by state actors, in its recent report details the campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group RedEcho targeting the Indian power sector. The activity was identified through a combination of large-scale automated network traffic analytics and expert analysis. Data sources include the Recorded Future Platform, SecurityTrails, Spur, Farsight and common open-source tools and techniques, the report said. On October 12, a ... » Learn More about Mumbai power outage may have been handiwork of China: Report

New Delhi: With the announcement of assembly poll dates for four states- West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, and one Union Territory was announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday, the eyes of the nation are now at the most crucial state elections as they are expected to pave a new politics. The debacle of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the one hand, would be an unparallel victory for the ruling BJP at the Centre as it would vanquish its most vocal opponent, while the opposite result, on the other hand, will clearly make Mamata Banerjee the leader of anti-saffron alliance at the national level and probably under whose leadership the entire opposition would unite in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to take on the BJP-led NDA. The elections beginning on March 27, with West Bengal having eight-phase polls and Assam three, and the rest will go for a single-phase, while the counting for 824 assembly seats will be held on May 2. West Bengal is ... » Learn More about Mamata Banerjee fights the toughest political battle, BJP hopes high in most crucial state elections

Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance has launched a new campaign highlighting the key attributes of the ‘iSelect Star Term Plan’ with a message ‘ Raho Life Ke Har Twist Ke Liye Tayyar ’ to showcase term life insurance as a holistic product for customers. The digital campaign consists of a series of short films, depicting different life stages and their respective life insurance goals. The campaign film starts with a light hearted undertone, featuring a man enjoying a cricket match with his buddies at home. While watching the match, he is suddenly interrupted by his wife’s call who decides to come home a day before expected. This unforeseen ‘twist’ in plan also reminds him to search for the best suited term insurance plan which he had conveniently deferred, after promising so to his wife. Watch the video here: Rishi Mathur, chief digital and strategy officer, Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance, said, “We believe in presenting our key products and their benefits to our ... » Learn More about Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance’s quirky campaign highlights an important message

AHMEDABAD: The Institute of Companies Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Thursday declared the CS Professional and CS Executive results. From the Ahmedabad Chapter, two candidates of Executive Programme (new syllabus) and one student of Professional Programmes have secured place in the top 25 All India Ranking (AIR). Ankul Patwa, with an AIR of 11, has secured the first place in Ahmedabad. Patwa, whose father runs a gold jewellery shop, is looking forward to working with a multinational company in future. While the delay in exams did give him more time to prepare, Patwa says he also faced anxiety issues due to the Covid-19 forced lockdown. Anjali Paliwal, whose father is into catering business, ranked second in Ahmedabad with an AIR of 17. She hails from Rajasthan and presently lives in Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad. The exams were earlier to be held in the first half of 2020 but got delayed to December due to Covid. Neel Mehta, with an all India ranking of sixth for CS ... » Learn More about ICAI CS exam result: Three from city among country’s top 25 rankers

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation which assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18 new asteroids by Indian students as part of a global science programme. Image by UKT2 from Pixabay The International Asteroid Discovery Project was conducted by STEM and Space, an organisation working towards the learning of astronomy and space science in India, along with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) as part of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) citizen science project. Over the last two years, 150 students from all around India participated in this two month long campaign to find asteroids, making this the largest asteroid discovery project in India, Mila Mitra, Co-founder and Academic Head of STEM and Space, told PTI . In the project, the students from India, and across the globe analysed the high quality astronomical data provided by ... » Learn More about School students in India discover 18 new asteroids