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• India's 8 core sector index up 0.7% in May

  24 Jun 2025

  The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 0.7 percent (provisional) in May 2025 with cement, steel, coal and refinery products recording positive growth over the year-ago month, according to an official data. . ...Read More

• NTPC starts commercial ops of 52 MW unit of Nokh solar project

  24 Jun 2025

  NTPC has announced the commercial operations of the second & last part capacity of 52 megawatts (MW) out of 245 MW capacity at Plot-3 of NTPC's Nokh Solar PV Project (3x245MW), Rajasthan, according to an official release. . ...Read More

• MNRE launches Rs 2.3 cr project start-up challenge to fillip rooftop solar projects

  24 Jun 2025

  The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the Innovative Projects Start-Up Challenge on Rooftop Solar (RTS) and Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) Technologies, . ...Read More

• CCL eyes to start production at 2 new mines in FY26

  24 Jun 2025

  Coal India (CIL) arm Central Coalfields eyes to kick start production at two new coal mines during 2025-26 (FY26), which would ramp up its capacity by 10-12 million tons per annum (mtpa), according to a senior company official. . ...Read More

• India’s solar potential reassessed at 10,830 GW

  22 Jun 2025

  India’s drive towards achieving its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), particularly the ambitious target of net-zero emissions by 2070, hinges significantly on expanding solar power capacity. . ...Read More

• CEA issues draft safety regulations for battery energy storage systems

  22 Jun 2025

  The Central Electricity Authority (CEA), under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, has proposed a draft amendment to its safety regulations related to electric supply. . ...Read More

• Coal minister commences 2-day visit to ECL

  22 Jun 2025

  Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Government of India G Kishan Reddy, began his two-day visit to Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) to review operations at the Jhanjra Underground Mine and Sonepur Bazari OCP, according to an official release. . ...Read More

• Ambuja Cements raises stake in Orient Cement to 72.66%

  22 Jun 2025

  Ambuja Cements has acquired a 26 percent stake in Orient Cement, pushing its total shareholding in the company to 72.66 percent, according to a BSE filing. . ...Read More

• SAIL supplies special steel for Indian Navy’s INS Arnala

  20 Jun 2025

  June 19: Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), the largest steelmaking Public Sector Undertaking, has supplied the entire requirement of special steel for India’s first indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), ‘INS Arnala’, according to an official release. . ...Read More

• L&T to build green hydrogen, ammonia plants in Kandla

  20 Jun 2025

  Aligned with the Centre’s focus for clean energy through initiatives like the National Green Hydrogen Mission and transport-related pilot projects, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has acquired land in Kandla, to set up green hydrogen and green ammonia production facilities, according to the AGM speech by S N Subrahmanyan, CMD, L&T. . ...Read More

• GMDC expects to sell commercial coal from Baitarni-West block this year

  20 Jun 2025

  Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) expects to start selling commercial coal this year from its Baitarni-West coal block in Odisha, one of the largest coal mines in India and the company is already in discussion with prospective buyers for price discovery, according to a BSE filing. . ...Read More

• Tranche 12 commercial coal auction sees 14 bids for 2 UG mines

  20 Jun 2025

  Ministry of Coal has received a total of 14 bids for 2 out of 6 underground coal blocks under Tranche 12 commercial coal blocks’ auction, according to an official release. . ...Read More

• Centre inaugurates India’s largest automobile Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal

  18 Jun 2025

  Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, . ...Read More

• SCCL sets 10-day target to show progress on 28 projects

  18 Jun 2025

  As part of its business expansion strategy, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has decided to expedite its ongoing projects. . ...Read More

• MoC achieve allocations of 200 coal blocks

  18 Jun 2025

  Ministry of Coal has achieved a historic milestone with the allocation of its 200th coal mine, with the issuance of the allocation order for the Marwatola–II coal block to Singhal Business Private Limited, according to an official release. . ...Read More