Indonesia earthquake today: Videos on social media showed residents fleeing to higher ground on motorcycles, and a child trapped under the rubble as people tried to remove debris with their bare hands

Pakistan Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan said that electricity supply was restored fully or partially in many cities like Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Faisalabad

Twitter memes on Pakistan power blackout: As Pakistani authorities try to ascertain the exact cause behind this blackout and bring the situation back to normal, Twitter users decided to have some fun

In November 2020, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 45 days of grace period offered by generators, stood at Rs 1,29,868 crore as against Rs 93,215 crore in the year-ago period

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said its review found the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine met the must-have criteria for safety and efficacy set out by it

Out of the eight sectors, only coal, fertiliser, and electricity showed positive growth, while production in crude oil, natural gas, steel, refinery products, and cement remained in negative territory

Electricity generation from renewable sources of solar and wind energy also saw a jump in November, increasing by 7.4 per cent and 11.6 per cent respectively

COVID-19 surveillance, containment guidelines to persist until Jan 31 Despite the declining trend in new COVID-19 cases, Centre on Monday issued an order to extend the 'Guidelines for Surveillance' until January 31 next year. The surveillance guidelines mandate states and union territories (UTs) to follow containment measures, as well as to maintain surveillance. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the new order, justifying the need for surveillance despite a decline in the rate of po...

From facing a potential collapse to becoming one of the best performing automotive firms in the country, Nikhil Nanda has scripted a remarkable turnaround story at Escorts

Gurdeep Singh has proved his mettle as CMD of NTPC by steering the company from coal-based generation to green energy

Although the government has taken the decision to liquidate the overdue receivables from state-owned discoms as part of a rescue package, Coal India has given its nod to allowing private thermal power plants to get coal on 90-180 days credit

The new electricity rules also mandate discoms to provide new connections within seven days in metros, 15 days in small towns, and 30 days in rural areas

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC followed by Tata Steel, L&T, Sun Pharma, M&M, ICICI Bank and NTPC were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

State laws may delay progress of Centre's agri-marketing reforms, but won't be able to halt them

India Stock Market Highlights Today: During the session, Sensex hit a lifetime high of 44,601 and Nifty touched record high of 13,079

Tamil Nadu  is followed by Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, with their state discoms being sanctioned loans of Rs 20,940 crore and Rs 14,310 crore, respectively

Dalal Street today: IndusInd Bank, followed by SBI, L&T, Axis Bank, HDFC twins, Kotak Bank and ICICI Bank were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, Titan, Bajaj Finance and Sun Pharma were trading with gains

Discom Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), that supplies electricity to consumers in north and northwest Delhi, has expected a peak demand of 1,700 MW this winter season