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Heatwave to persist across central and northwest India until the end of May, IMD says

New Delhi, May 25 -- Large parts of central and northwest India are likely to continue experiencing heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over the next four to five days, the India Meteorological Dep... Read More


Govt urges power restraint as IMD warns of severe heatwave across India

New Delhi, May 22 -- The government has urged citizens to use electricity with restraint after the weather bureau forecast severe heatwave conditions across large parts of the country over the next we... Read More


India's peak power demand hits record 270GW as temperature soars

New Delhi, May 21 -- India's peak power demand hit an all-time high of 270.7 GW on Thursday afternoon, marking the fourth consecutive day of record-breaking electricity consumption as a severe heatwav... Read More


IMD warns of severe heatwave across north India as monsoon advances; power demand hits record

NEW DELHI, May 19 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of severe heatwave conditions across north and central India this week, with record electricity demand underscoring the strain... Read More


Recent fuel price hike reduced OMCs' daily losses on retail sales by Rs.250 cr: official

New Delhi, May 18 -- State-owned oil firms have reduced their combined daily losses to Rs.750 crore from Rs.1,000 crore after a Rs.3-per-litre fuel price hike from Friday, but remain significantly und... Read More


Cabinet approves Rs.2.6 trillion kharif MSP outlay, energy security measures

New Delhi, May 13 -- Amid heightened global volatility and supply chain disruptions due to the West Asia war, the Union cabinet on Wednesday cleared a series of proposals to support India's food and e... Read More


PM's appeal: Diesel consumption in agriculture can be scaled back with use of alternative energy, experts say

New Delhi, May 11 -- A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly appealed for the public to cut down the use of transport fuel, economists and farmer groups said agriculture was a prime sector t... Read More


India plans Rs.51,000 crore push to procure 62 ships amid West Asia crisis

New Delhi, April 30 -- Shipping Corp. of India and state-run oil and gas companies together aim to float tenders this financial year to procure 62 vessels for Rs.51,000 crore as the ongoing West Asia ... Read More


IMD forecasts temperature spike in orthwest, heatwave alerts for Vidarbha and Rajasthan

NEW DELHI, April 30 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a 2-3 degrees Celsius rise in maximum temperatures across northwest India until 2 May, followed by a sharp 3-5degC drop be... Read More


Brief respite from heatwaves from today, peak power demand may ease from record

New Delhi, April 27 -- The intense heatwave conditions being witnessed across India's north-western and central regions over the past few weeks are expected to ease from Tuesday, the weather bureau sa... Read More