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power ministry has asked states that are not following renewable purchase obligations to strictly follow their renewable consumption trajectory and meet their targets. The directive was given after it was observed that some states fell short of their targets in FY23 and FY24, according to people aware of the development.

Haryana elections, all eyes are on the formation of the next government likely to be led by current chief minister Nayab Saini along with one or two deputy chief ministers.

Haryana Assembly poll outcome has come as a blow to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which hoped to make a mark in the elections. The party drew a blank so far with its senior vice president of the state unit Anurag Dhanda is among those set to suffer a big defeat. Dhanda, who contested from the Kalayat seat in the Kaithal district, was at the seventh position with Congress' Vikas Saharan leading by a margin of 13,419 votes.

BJP and increase its bargaining power in the Mahayuti's seat-sharing talks for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, according to political analysts. Conversely, the Congress, which had won the maximum number of constituencies during Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, may lose the edge in Maha Vikas Aghadi's seat-sharing deliberations.

assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, as the National Conference (NC) emerged the single largest party with 42 seats. Among the prominent names who lost the polls are former minister and ex-JKPCC president Vaqar Rasool, J-K BJP president Ravinder Raina, former minister and JKPCC working president Raman Bhalla, and former ministers Altaf Bukhari, Usman Majid, Chowdhary Lal Singh, Manohar Lal Sharma, Chowdhary Zulfiqar Ali, Harsh Dev Singh, Ghulam Nabi Lone, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, and Asiea Naqash.

CRPF is undertaking a «massive» exercise of realigning more than 130 of its battalions spread across the country to improve the operational efficiency of the force and provide quality «family time» to its troops deployed extensively in operations and hard duty areas, official sources said. The mega exercise is being carried out after eight years. It was approved by the Union home ministry last week.

Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti faces an uphill task to keep the PDP flag flying. The PDP, which formed a government in the erstwhile state 2014 in alliance with the BJP, won just 3 seats of the total 84 it contested in the assembly elections.

Biotech startup BioPrime has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Belgium-based Edaphon, with equal participation from existing investors Omnivore and Inflexor.

TQM practices also played an important role in reducing aggregate technical and commercial losses (AT&C) of Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power DDL) by 30 per cent in the past five years to 5.9 per cent as of March 2024, a company statement said.

GIC Pte is considering options for its 50% stake in India’s Greenko Energy Holdings, including a possible sale that could be worth around $5 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

Episode 3 of The Penguin, titled «Bliss,» continues the series' dark narrative. Airing on Sunday, October 6, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, the episode reveals the evolving criminal alliances and power struggles in Gotham’s underworld.

passenger vehicles, two-wheelers and commercial vehicles in September, pulling the overall sales to customers down 9.26% year on year to 1,723,330 units, Federation of Automobile Dealership Associations (Fada) said on Monday. While the passenger vehicle retails have been on a decline for some months now, this is the first monthly sales drop at an aggregate level (across the segments) since the start of this fiscal, indicating a broad-based slowdown in the world’s largest two and three-wheeler market and third-largest car market. Despite steep discounts and attractive consumer offers, car retail sales fell nearly 19% year on year last month. Passenger vehicle (PV) dealers are facing all-time high inventory levels of 80-85 days, equivalent to 790,000 vehicles worth about ₹79,000 crore, due to aggressive dispatches by automakers, Fada said in a statement.

Heavy rainfall in Kerala's Wayand on Monday triggered a flood-like situation, months after the district was affected by massive landslides which claimed more than 200 lives. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday had issued yellow alerts for six districts in Kerala for October 7 as the state continues to receive moderate rainfall. The Met department sounded alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Wayanad. Further, the weather office also forecast thunderstorms accompanied by light to moderate rainfall, ranging from 5-15 mm per hour, and gusty winds with speeds reaching 40 km/h in parts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Kottayam districts.

HDFC Bank on Monday faced an unscheduled downtime on its net-banking and mobile banking operations. The downtime that lasted for more than an hour affected some customers performing NEFT and RTGS transactions through its banking channels. Customers took to microblogging website X (formerly twitter) to air their angst. «Is HDFC Bank server down?,» a customer Abhishek Choudhari wrote. «Can't access net-banking or the mobile app.»

Kamala Harris is not looking in very good shape, when it comes to male voters, according to anchors and pollsters in America. Many have claimed that US voters, especially the males, have a thing for Donald Trump, and have an affinity towards him, but if Harris works on some of her critical factors, she may end up being in the good books of male voters, which is the biggest need for the Democrats at this hour.

DGCA) has asked airlines with Boeing 737 planes not to do landings in less than 150 feet and to conduct training for their pilots for a scenario where the rudder is jammed, restricting its control. This is after the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB), the accident investigator of the US, issued an urgent safety alert last week for a potential rudder failure in the 737 aircraft. The incident was discovered after a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 experienced “stuck” rudder pedals while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in February. DGCA’s advisory will not immediately impact any airline as low visibility conditions with visual range as low as 150 feet is not prevailing in the country, say experts. However, if the issue is not sorted before the foggy days of December, airlines may face challenges with some of their planes barred from operating from the Delhi Airport.

Decade of Transformation' in the Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff on Monday witnessed the rollout ceremony of the overhauled T-90 Bhishma tank, according to a press release from the Indian Army. The successful overhaul of the T-90 Bhishma was conducted by the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) at the 505 Army Base Workshop in Delhi Cantonment. The comprehensive overhaul of the T-90 at the 505 Army Base Workshop represents a significant step in ensuring the operational readiness of the Indian Army's armoured formations, the press release said.

coal exports to India to tap into growing demand for the fuel in the Asian country, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. China remains the biggest buyer of Russian coal but Moscow has said India may overtake it by the start of the next decade as Beijing plans cutbacks on coal usage for power generation. India has increasingly relied on coal to address record power demand, with the rise in coal-fired power output earlier this year outpacing renewable energy growth for the first time since at least 2019.

Rajat Dalal is one of the participants in ‘Bigg Boss 18’. In his introduction video, Dalal addressed some of his controversies which included his much-publicised spat with fellow influencer Carry Minati. He stated that while many people have an image of him due to his controversies, nobody ever bothered to know the reason behind them. “Everyone on social media is trying to defame me. I am called a bad boy, a villain. People must have seen my controversies, but no one ever tried to know the reason behind them. I was a professional powerlifter. When I wore medals, no one paid attention. But when I was handcuffed, that’s when everyone searched my name,” he said. Talking to the host, superstar Salman Khan, Dalal said that he never started feuds, only reacted when he had no other choice. “The audience likes to see fights, my positive side was never seen, only the negative side got highlighted. As for controversies, I am at fault, but I never start those controversies. I have only messed up with Carryminati once. I never made any hate comments against him until his roast video where he made fun of me. If you influence a huge audience, you should not defame someone.”