Everything you need to know about Hasdeo Project Korba: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Hasdeo Project Korba: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Hyderabad, May 3 (IANS) Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM) Friday announced today that it represented Indian media industry in Ryerson University's Global City Project, a live TV show that was streamed online to film students around the world.
New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): Describing as robust the India-ASEAN trade in goods, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said India seeks to have stronger ties with the bloc through joint development programmes in infrastructure and human resource development.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin Saturday promoted the use of recycled products, including stationery and furniture, made out Tetra Pak cartons, for school children.
Moscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Nerpa shipyard is to dismantle the last Soviet-era nuclear submarine by 2014, the yard said.
Langkawai (Malaysia), March 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian shipbuilders are developing new "super mini" submarines, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) state holding company said Friday.
Sydney, March 28 (IANS/EFE) Scientists have managed to capture up to 26,545 blue whale songs in the Antarctic in a study for which they used - for the first time - new acoustical detection and tracking techniques to locate and observe them.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) India targets to boost trade with African countries to $100 billion by 2015 from nearly $65 billion registered last year, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Monday.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) India and Africa have witnessed a five-fold increase in their trade volume in the past seven years at $65 billion and both sides are poised to scale it up further, said Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur here Monday.
Raipur, March 11 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh lawmaker Monday accused public sector National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of dumping fly ash in state's Hasdeo river even as Industry Minister Rajesh Munat denied the charge.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) GVK Coal Infrastructure (Singapore) Pte Ltd (GVK Hancock) and Aurizon of Australia have agreed to jointly develop rail and port infrastructure, GVK Power said here Monday.
Raipur, Feb 20 (IANS) A two-day nationwide strike called by major trade unions Wednesday hit iron ore mining and coal production in Chhattisgarh, officials said.
Washington, February 15 (ANI): Researchers have uncovered at least six regions of the genome where humans and chimpanzees share the same combination of genetic variants.
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Power (Independent charge) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said that the Government is committed towards sustainable development and rapid expansion of the physical infrastructure in general and the power sector in particular.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco), a part of the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group, has been conferred an award by President Pranab Mukherjee for its achievements on sustainable development.
New York, Jan.3 (ANI): Resolutions to change behaviour are common around the start of the New Year, and some corporates around the world have reportedly resolved to wean their employees away from their electronic devices.
Raipur, Dec 20 (IANS) In a major blow to controversy-hit, under-construction thermal power plant of Vedanta Resources-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) in Korba, the Chhattisgarh government has suspended the project's factory licence, the state assembly was told Thursday.
Washington, December 19 (ANI): Scientists have used ESA's Cluster quartet of satellites as a space plasma microscope, to zoom in on the solar wind and reveal the finest detail yet.
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Hancock Coal Infrastructure Pty Ltd (GVK Hancock) has signed a deal with QCoal company of Australia to provide coal transportation services for its undeveloped coal projects in Australia's Queensland state.
Washington, December 6 (ANI): participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) helps men and women differently in maintaining sobriety.
London, Nov 28 (IANS) The US planned to blow up the Moon with a nuclear bomb during the Cold War as a show of strength, a British media report said Wednesday.
Washington, Nov. 26 (ANI): The U.S. had planned to blow up the moon with a nuclear bomb in the 1950s.
Johannesburg, Nov. 21 (ANI): American parents are keeping close tabs on their teen aged kids' activities on Facebook and other social networks, provoking a "mixed" reaction from the youngsters, a new survey has revealed.
Washington, Nov. 9 (ANI): The collapse of the Maya is one of the world's most enduring mysteries, but new findings suggest that decades of extreme weather crippled, and finally decimated, first, the political culture and later ancient Maya's human population.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Ircon International, the Chhattisgarh government and the South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) have signed a pact to build around 300 km of rail corridor for better transportation of coal, a statement said Monday.
Washington, Nov. 3 (ANI): Former presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have been rated among the best recent US presidents.
Buenos Aires, Oct 26 (IANS/EFE) US automaker General Motors Co. plans to invest 2.13 billion pesos ($448 million) in the production of a new model in Argentina in 2015, the industry ministry said.
Washington, October 25 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has created a nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars, using the UK-built VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory.
London, Oct. 16 (ANI): Primary school students in the UK are routinely lying about their age to circumvent social websites such as Facebook, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Oct 13(ANI): The Cuban Missile Crisis transpired 50 years ago this October, when Soviet leaders and US pulled back from the very brink of nuclear war.
Sydney, Sep 26 (ANI): Search engine Google's virtual globe and geographical information program, Google Earth, is offering a "virtual dive" off The Great Barrier Reef for Internet users.
Melbourne, September 22 (ANI): A dig at Rano Raraku, the mine where Easter Island's statues were hewn out of rock, is casting new light on a remarkable discovery forgotten for decades.
London, Sept. 16 (ANI): Britons would support a political party that promises to stop immigration or promises to reduce the number of Muslims than one that encourages multiculturalism, a survey conducted in the United Kingdom after the Olympics Games revealed.
London, Sept 15 (ANI): One in five women in America are now using image-based social networking service Pinterest, a survey has revealed.
Yangon (Myanmar), Aug.31 (ANI): The ambitious Kaladan multi-modal trade transit project will bring greater trade and other economic opportunities to this region.
Raipur, Aug 29 (IANS) A health official in Chhattisgarh was found to have amassed assets worth Rs.11 crore, which was disproportionate to his known sources of income, a senior Anti-corruption Bureau ACB) official said here Wednesday.
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Adding teeth to its surface combatants fleet, India Saturday commissioned INS Sahyadri, the third of its indigenously designed and built warships which will enhance the country's blue water capacity and ensure maritime security.
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) With the induction of the stealth frigate INS Sahyadri in Mumbai on Saturday, the Indian Navy will add teeth to its surface combatants' fleet, apart from the country showcasing its advances in indigenously designing warships.
CG PMT result 2012 has been declared. The results are available on the Chhattisgarh CG Vyapam website http://cgvyapam.choice.gov.in/ and http://cgvyapam.gov.in/
London, July 2(ANI): Teenage British girls are the biggest binge drinkers in the whole of Europe as more than half of 15-year-olds drink to excess at least once a month, according to a report by drawn up by UK's Department of Health.
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Indian Navy will add teeth to its surface combatants' fleet with the induction of the indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri on July 21 in Mumbai.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): International approval for US President Barack Obama's foreign policy has fallen steeply, according to Pew Research survey.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): A consortium of scientists has identified thousands of microorganisms that reside in and on the human body using advanced DNA-sequencing techniques.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): A father's love contributes as much - and sometimes more - to a child's personality development as does a mother's love, researchers have found.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): The International LOFAR Telescope has made the first images of galaxy cluster Abell 2256 in the frequency range of 20 to 60 MHz.
Melbourne, May 18 (ANI): Next month, one of Australia's biggest wineries will be releasing a brew based entirely on what 3000 drinkers downed in May.
Washington, May 15 (ANI): ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping an eye on space hazards, including disruptive space weather, debris objects in Earth orbit and asteroids that pass close enough to cause concern.
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Observations from two of European Space Agency's space telescopes have been combined to create a multi-wavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy Centaurus A.
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) In his mesmerising baritone, megastar Amitabh Bachchan set the stage alive at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a heartwarming poem written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi.
Washington, March 30 (IANS) An 18-year-old Indian American singer, whose parents hail from Kerala, could well emerge as America's new singing sensation after making the top 24 on NBC's reality singing show "The Voice"
Washington, August 24 (ANI): The governments in the US, UK and Canada are promoting youth smoking and undermining tobacco control efforts by subsidising major motion pictures that depict smoking, a US scientist says.
Washington, Aug 16 (ANI): Cisco, one of the world's largest technology companies, is in the dock for allegedly aiding the Chinese Communist party to implement the 2000 Golden Shield Project.
Washington, June 20 (ANI): A team of researchers including an Indian-origin has ended a 50-year search for the calcium channel that links many essential biological processes such as neurological disease and diabetes.
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): The Indian Government and the World Bank have signed a 350 million dollar loan to accelerate the development of Karnataka's core road network through the Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II).
Kathua, May 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, has said India is fully prepared to fight militants trying to infiltrate into the country.
Kathua, May 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, has said India is fully prepared to fight militants trying to infiltrate into the country.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): The US Army is creating an online application marketplace in order to empower its soldiers and boost efficiency.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The death of Osama bin-Laden had has come as a severe blow to the al-Qaeda, leaving it "wounded" and disorganised, experts have claimed.
Washington, April 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that soy food consumption does not increase the risk of cancer recurrence or death among survivors of breast cancer.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): The Government of India and the World Bank signed agreements amounting to IDA credit of 7.98 million dollars additional finance for the Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Project which will support the ongoing watershed development Project in Uttarakhand.
London, Mar. 11 (ANI): Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has candidly revealed that he has come back from the dead twice while trying to overcome his addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Scientists have been able to determine how often the biggest black holes have been active over the last few billion years, thanks to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Scientists have been able to determine how often the biggest black holes have been active over the last few billion years, thanks to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
London, Oct 28 (ANI): A new study has found that each of us carries up to 100 of the genes responsible for diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
New Delhi, Oct. 20 (ANI): Financial Inclusion Scheme has taken a new turn with the State Bank of India (SBI) launching mobile banking services in Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) in collaboration with Bhopal-based organization AISECT.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday inaugurated the Indian Air Force's gigabyte digital information grid - AFNET (Air Force Network), dedicating it to the people of the nation, for their direct or indirect participation in the communication revolution.
London, Aug 20 (ANI): Horror classic The Exorcist has been named the 'Most Disturbing Film Of All Time'.
New York, July 29 (ANI): Women are usually the ones who hoard cats, and even they have the animal's best interests at heart, they may be harming their health.
London, July 19 (ANI): The Church of England has entered cyberspace with an online wedding planner that is now used by one third of Brit couples. The under-trial website has been designed to guide people through the order of service as well as providing a selection of hymns, readings and vows to choose from.
London, July 19 (ANI): Curry spices such as coriander and turmeric could help cut down greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
London, July 6 (ANI): Curry spices such as coriander and turmeric could help cut down greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (ANI): Over a thousand oustees of the controversial Maheshwar Dam all on an indefinite hunger strike over a demand for the immediate suspension of construction.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The Union Government on Monday approved a new centrally sponsored scheme-"India Statistical Strengthening Project(ISSP)" to strengthen the capacity and operations of the Indian Statistical Systems.
Melbourne, Feb 10 (ANI): A new study has revealed that women were better off in the 1950s than they are now.
New York, January 28 (ANI): Researchers surveying people aged 57-85 have found that many seniors continued their intimacy in the bedroom.
Surat (Gujarat), Jan 21 (ANI): Upset with the detention of 21 diamond merchants by China, diamond merchants in Surat have threatened to end their Chinese operations.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Labour and Employment will organise a conference of the State Labour Ministers here on Friday to discuss various labour related issues.
Surat, Jan 17 (ANI): Kin of Indian diamond traders detained in China on charges of smuggling diamonds are praying for their early release.
Surat, Jan 13 (ANI): The detention of 21 Indian diamond merchants by China, which has accused them of being part of a smuggling gang, has sent the Indian diamond industry into a tizzy.
Korba (Chhattisgarh), Jan 12 (ANI): Police arrested three Chinese engineers here on Mondaty in connection with the collapse of an under-construction chimney of Bharat Aluminum Company (Balco) that killed 45 workers on September 23 last year.
London, Nov.26 (ANI): Military drones will be deployed to guard Britain's borders from illegal immigrants and drug smugglers, The Sun reports. The pilotless spy planes - capable of reading a car number plate from 20,000 feet - will be patrolling the South East coast within two years.
London, November 19 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that the world is on track to warm by a whopping 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): In a move aimed at breaking the political logjam in Karnataka and to bring dissident leaders to the negotiating table, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today transferred his Principal Secretary V P Baligar.
New Delhi, Nov 5(ANI): The Government on Thursday agreed to frame new rules for payments for royalty, lump-sum fee for transfer of technology, payments for use of trademark/brand name on the automatic route without any restrictions, and subject to FEMA (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000.
Korba (Chhattisgarh), Oct 3 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police would interrogate employees of Chinese firm SEPCO about the chimney collapse, which killed over 40 people in Korba district.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asked Chinese workers involved in the chimney collapse case to stay back and face investigation.
Washington, Sep 29 (ANI): Impaired kidney function may lead to cognitive decline in old age, according to a new study.
lslamabad, Sep. 28 (ANI): Pakistan will approach the World Bank to request the appointment of a neutral expert to resolve the over the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project dispute if Indus Water Commission-level talks between India and fail.
Korba (Chattisgarh), Sep 24(ANI): Salvage and rescue operations were being conducted to recover bodies, save any surviving person and also to clear the rubble caused by the collapse of a chimney at the thermal power plant site of Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) in Chattisgarh's Korba district on Thursday.
Washington, September 24 (ANI): Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are developing a special transparent coating to prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear, in the same way a lotus plant sheds water.
Korba (Chhatisgarh), Sep 24 (ANI): At least 24 people have been killed and many others trapped after a chimney at the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh's Korba district collapsed on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday that India has developed a comprehensive Road Map and Action Plan to phase-out of production and consumption of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in various sectors.
Washington, September 13 (ANI): European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement for European law.
Washington, September 11 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have estimated that wind alone has the potential to meet China's electricity demands projected for 2030.
Washington, September 3 (ANI): A new study has shown that chimpanzees in Congo use "specialised tool kits" to catch army ants.
New Delhi, Sep. 2 (ANI): Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday criticized Pakistan for stockpiling nuclear weapons in the name of protection, and said the country is going beyond the degree of deterrence.
Washington, August 28 (ANI): In an exploration of the 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch', scientists from the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) have discovered extensive plastic debris floating 1,000 miles from land.
Washington, August 15 (ANI): Scientists from Brown University and other institutions have moved a step closer to realising quicker and more precise disease diagnoses, and more targeted treatments of many chronic ailments, by taking the first step towards mapping epigenetic variability in cells and tissues.
Toronto, August 8 (ANI): Excavations led by a University of Toronto (U of T) archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to 2,700 years ago.
Lahore, Aug 3 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that politics is not for everyone, adding that he would never become a politician.
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Central Government is proposing to rationalize the parameters for the Mid-day Meal Scheme, as a step towards further benefiting the children covered under this scheme, according to Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal.
