Two new India-Nepal power transmission lines launched
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepal counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday jointly inaugurated two new power transmission lines between...
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Nepal-India defence cooperation interdependent: PM Modi
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New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that defence cooperation between India and Nepal is important to keep borders of the...
India offers aid to Nepal’s projects of national priority
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New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India on Thursday offered to aid Nepal in its projects of national priority as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepal...
Britain admires India’s stretching renewable targets : Envoy
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Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Britain “admires” the stretching targets that India has set to bring its renewable energy capacity up to 175 GW by 2022, Britain’s...
Essar Oil closes sell-off to Russia’s Rosneft, names new CEO
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Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Ruia brothers-led Essar Oil (EOL) on Monday announced the closure of the company’s sale, including its Vadinar refinery, to Russian state-run Rosneft-led...
Egypt to open new areas in Red Sea for oil, gas exploration
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Cairo, July 14 (IANS) Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Mulla said on Thursday that new areas in the Red Sea will be open for bidding for exploration...
Russia in talks with India on mini hydel projects
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Moscow, June 21 Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation is holding preliminary talks with the Indian government and private companies to expand its footprint in...
India’s 3 downstream Oil PSU’s sign JV agreement for world’s largest integrated Refinery-cum-Petrochemicals complex
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New Delhi, June 14 Three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday signed JV agreement to set up one of the world’s largest refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex...
India-Africa partnership in International Solar Alliance
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Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) An India-Africa partnership in the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was launched here by Power Minister Piyush Goyal, who said India is...
PM Modi says Africa a top priority, pitches for Asia-Africa growth corridor
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Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Africa was a top priority for his government’s foreign and economic policy and...
In 10 years, half of India’s energy capacity will be from non-fossil fuel sources
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Non-fossil fuels — renewables, nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants — will account for more than half (56.5 per cent) of India’s installed power capacity...
India, Bangladesh sign 22 agreements
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New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 agreements in the fields of defence cooperation, civil nuclear energy, space and cyber security...
Malaysian PM on 5-day India visit, business, defence, infra projects on talks table
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Kuala Lumpur/New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The five-day state visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, his third to India as Prime Minister,...
India clears hydel project in Nepal for Rs 5,700 cr
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New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A cabinet panel on Wednesday approved a 900 MW hydro-electric project to be set up in Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal at...
Rashtrpati Bhavan to get Solar power project on Friday
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New Delhi, Feb 10 President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the first phase of a solar power project in the President’s Estate on Friday, an official...
Australian firm to sell natural gas to India
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Bengaluru, Jan 28 Magnolia LNG, owned by the Australia-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, signed a pact with the US-based Vessel Gasification Solutions (VGS) to sell...
Nuclear power will expand in Asia, says expert
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New Delhi, Dec 13 Days after Vietnam stalled its plans to build nuclear power plants citing safety concerns, a nuclear expert in India says overall...
India discussing natural gas swap with Russia, involving China
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New Delhi, Dec 8 India is in talks with Russia to swap natural gas with China and Myanmar as an alternative to building a proposed...
Text of PM’s address at the Inaugural Session of PETROTECH
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Text of PM’s address at the Inaugural Session of PETROTECH on December 5, 2016 Theme: “Hydrocarbons to Fuel the Future – Choices & Challenges” My...