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Mumbai, March 31, 2026: The NGEL Group has achieved a significant milestone in its renewable energy journey by surpassing 10 GW of installed capacity, following the declaration of Commercial Operation of 78.02 MW under the NTPC REL Khavda-I Renewable Energy Project and 90 MW under the Khavda-II Project, effective 00:00 hrs on March 31, 2026. With this achievement, the Group's total installed capacity has reached 10,076 MW as of March 31, 2026. This milestone underscores an exceptional capacity addition of 4,175 MW during FY 2025-26, including a remarkable 2,065 MW commissioned in Q4 alone, reflecting the Group's accelerated execution capabilities and strong commitment to renewable energy expansion.
Bengaluru, 4th December 2024- PURE EV, one of India's leading electric two-wheeler manufacturers, has unveiled an ambitious roadmap to strengthen its presence nationwide and expand globally while introducing innovative solutions for sustainable mobility. Over the next 30 months, the company aims to add 250 new dealerships, taking its total network to over 320 across India. The expansion will be driven by the growing demand for long-range scooters, electric motorcycles, large B2B contracts, and the company's entry into the house-hold brand space. Dr. Nishanth Dongari, Founder & MD of PURE EV, ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre is exploring the option of converting retired coal-based power plants to nuclear plants, said two people in the know of the developments. The need for conversion arises due to the requirement of large land parcels for nuclear plants even as the government aims to install over 22 GW of nuclear capacity by 2032 and 100 GW by 2047 from the current 8.7 GW. The government has already asked states to come up with plans to set up at least one nuclear plant each. "The possibility of converting retired thermal plants is being looked at and talks are underway within the governme ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Sunday expressed concern over the government inaction in bringing to justice the terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians, including a Nepali citizen. As the Parliament Monsoon session begins, Chowdhury stated that the INDIA bloc will raise this issue, demanding answers from the government. Speaking to ANI, Chowdhury said, The Parliament session is starting, so we have reached Delhi. We have not been able to see those who killed our countrymen in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam arrested yet. T ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and AMPIN Energy Transition, in collaboration with Deloitte & Sumitomo Corporation, successfully concluded its pivotal seminar titled 'Renewable Energy Transition for Commercial and Industrial Consumers in the Southern Region' at Hotel Taj MG Road. The event brought together a diverse group of industry leaders, policymakers, and C&I consumers who discussed the roadmap to achieve 100% RE for Corporates & Industrial consumers in South India. Also Read | Hooghly Shocker: Nurse Found Hangi ...Read More >
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) anticipates a revenue surge. The company aims for a 21% increase in revenue from operations, targeting Rs 8,200 crore this fiscal year. IREDA signed an MoU with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The government set a revenue target of Rs 8,200 crore for fiscal year 2025-26. IREDA exceeded its previous revenue target. State-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on Monday said it is eying over 21 per cent growth in revenu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Suzlon Group on Tuesday said it has secured an 838 MW order from Tata Power Renewable Energy, the largest order of this fiscal year, as part of its firm and dispatchable renewable energy project. This is also Suzlon's second-largest order ever, following the 1,544 MW order from NTPC Green Energy, and demonstrates the growing role of FDRE projects in accelerating India's energy transition, a company statement said. The 838 MW project will comprise 266 of Suzlon's S144 wind turbines, each with a rated capacity of 3.15 MW, strategically located across Karnataka (302 MW), ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Coimbatore region of Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) is set to install rooftop solar panels on 30,000 houses by March 2027 as part of the Prime Minister Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. The initiative is a key step in boosting clean energy use and helping households cut down on electricity expenses. Statewide, TNPDCL plans to cover 1.8 lakh homes with rooftop solar systems by the same deadline. Since the scheme's launch in February 2024, around 36,000 houses across Tamil Nadu have already installed solar panels, with 6,000 of them i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) NIRL, the renewable energy arm of state-owned NLC India, is expected to go public in the second quarter of the next financial year to raise around Rs 4,000 crore to part fund its expansion plans, a top official of the company said. In an interview to PTI, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) Prasanna Kumar Motupalli said that the public sector enterprise is targeting to ramp up its renewable energy capacity from the current 1.4 GW to 10 GW by 2030 and the company plans to raise Rs 4,000 crore through initial public offering (IPO) route. Also R ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Commodity exchange MCX has received approval from the markets regulator SEBI to launch electricity derivatives. "This development underscores the strong commitment and support of the Regulators - SEBI and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) - in enabling a dynamic and sustainable power market," MCX said in a statement Friday, announcing the development. Also Read | Bhagyashree's Husband Himalay Dassani Finally Goes Down on One Knee To Propose to the Actress (See Pics). The electricity derivatives contracts to be introduced by MCX will ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) AM Green BV will buy Japanese financial service firm Orix Corp's 17.5 per cent stake in clean energy producer Greenko Energy Holdings for USD 1.28 billion, the firms said on Monday. AM Green is owned by the founders of Greenko, Anil Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli. Post this transaction, AMG will own around 25 per cent of Greenko, whose largest owner is Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte with a 58 per cent stake. Orix will transfer 17.5 per cent holding in Greenko, out of its total ownership of 20 per cent, to AM Green Power BV (a subsidiary of AM Green BV). T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Two people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a house in east Delhi's Old Govindpura area on Tuesday evening, an official said. Police have identified the deceased as Tanveer (28) and Nusrat. A call was received at Jagatpuri police station at 8.46 pm regarding a fire incident at Band Gali, Old Govindpura, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said. When a police team reached the spot, it found that 10 people were trapped inside a residential building that caught fire, the DCP said. With the help of police personnel and fir ...Read More >
Crisil Ratings anticipates a 9-11% revenue increase for diversified EPC companies this fiscal year, fueled by infrastructure capital expenditure growth and efficient project execution. The study, encompassing 15 firms with a combined revenue of ₹3.15 lakh crore, highlights the sector's reliance on government and private capex. Diversified engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies are likely to witness a modest rise of 9-11 per cent in revenue in the current financial year, acco ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) State-owned IREDA has sanctioned loans worth Rs 33,148 crore in April-September FY26, up 86 per cent from Rs 17,860 crore in the same period a year ago. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said its loan disbursements have also recorded healthy growth of 54 per cent to Rs 15,043 crore, up from Rs 9,787 crore in H1 of FY 2024-25. The company's outstanding loan book stood at Rs 84,445 crore as on September 30, 2025, reflecting a 31 per cent increase over Rs 64,564 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The company's CMD Pradip Kumar Das sa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (Genco), has sought approval from the government to go ahead with the setting up of a 1x800 MW coal-based super critical thermal power plant at Ramagundam. The proposed plant will replace the aged 1x62.5 MW Ramagundam B Thermal Power Station, which the TGGenco is awaiting government permission to decommission. The proposed 800 MW plant will come up in its place. Genco in its request to the energy department, also laid out the need for setting up the thermal power station, a proposal first mooted in September last year. Genco said ...Read More >
New Delhi: Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and the first among three siblings to be appointed Executive Director on flagship Reliance Industries, will be paid Rs 10-20 crore salary annually plus a host of perks, including a commission on company profits, according to a shareholder notice. While the richest Asian's all three children - twins Akash and Isha, and Anant - were inducted on board of the oil-to-telecom-and-retail conglomerate in 2023 as non-executive directors, the youngest of the three was in April this year appointed Executive Director of Reliance Indus ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Signalling the government's intent to move ahead with the impeachment motion of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that main opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled for July21-August 21. Rijiju said that the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. For the Lok Sabha, signatures of a minimum 100 MPs is required. The requirement is the support of at least 50 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. H ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday received dividend cheques to the tune of Rs 5,304 crore on behalf of the government from three public sector banks for the financial year ended on March 31, 2025. A dividend cheque of Rs 2,335 crore for FY 2024-25 was presented to the Finance Minister, in her North Block office, by Punjab National Bank MD and CEO Ashok Chandra, while Bank of India MD & CEO Rajneesh Karnatak presented a cheque of Rs 1,353 crore. The third dividend cheque of Rs 1,616 crore for FY 2024-25 was presented to Finance Minister Sitharama ...Read More >
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the public sector power financier, on Tuesday posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 549.33 crore for Q2 FY26, up 41.5% year-on-year (YoY) from Rs 388 crore in the same quarter last year. Post earnings announcement, shares of the company rose 4% to the day's high of Rs 155.85 on the BSE. Revenue from operations rose 26.2% YoY to Rs 2,057 crore, compared with Rs 1,629.55 crore in Q2 FY25, the company said in an exchange filing. Asset quality i ...Read More >
New Delhi: On this day in 2024, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs and lifted the T20 World Cup title at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. India posted a 177-run target for the Proteas in 20 overs after opting to bat first. Virat Kohli smashed 76 runs off 59 balls with the help of six boundaries and two maximums. Axar Patel also batted brilliantly and scored 47 runs off 31 balls, hitting four maximums and one boundary in his sensational knock. Chasing the target of 177 runs, Bumrah provided India their first breakthrough when he removed Reeza Hendricks in the second over of the run-chase, ...Read More >
Bengaluru : INOXGFL Group, one of the leading business Groups in India in the energy transition space, announced today that Inox Clean Energy Limited's renewable independent power producer (RE IPP) arm, Inox Neo Energies Private Limited, has completed the acquisition of Skypower Solar India Private Limited, which has a portfolio comprising 50 MW (AC) / 57.5 MW (DC) of solar power assets located in Madhya Pradesh. The transaction values the asset at an enterprise value of ~Rs 265 crores, translating into a trailing EV/EBITDA multiple of ~ 5.3x. The 50 MW (AC) / 57.5 MW (DC) solar project, comm ...Read More >
The bridges are being built under the 'Operation Pravah' project, which aims to protect the areas surrounding the airport from flood threats Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday (September 27, 2025) promised to complete the works on three bridges to be built by Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) in the neighbouring panchayats in 18 months. He was inaugurating the construction of bridges that would come up at Puliyampilly, Madathimoola, and Chovvara at a total cost of ₹40 crore. ...Read More >
July 14 (Reuters) - Indian renewable energy firm SAEL Industries Ltd will invest 82 billion rupees ($954.04 million) to build a 5-gigawatt (GW)-per-year integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the company said on Monday. Through one of the largest investments seen so far in the solar manufacturing space in India, the plant in Greater Noida will boost SAEL's total module manufacturing capacity to 8.5 GW. Construction is expected to begin th ...Read More >
West Bengal [India], February 5 (ANI): At the 8th edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025, Bhutanese Minister Younten Phuntsho emphasised the importance of the summit as a platform for strengthening the collaboration between India and Bhutan. Addressing the audience, he said, "For Bhutan, this summit is an opportunity to further deepen our (India-Bhutan) collaboration and identify strategic areas where our shared aspirations align. There are several key areas where we can forge even stronger partnership - first is tourism, we invite investors to explore opportunities in wellness tou ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): GAIL (India) signed a Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement with Oil India Limited (OIL) for extending the existing Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement for another 15 years, starting from 1st July, 2025, according to an official statement by the company. GAIL on Thursday stated that the agreement is to supply up to 900,000 Standard Cubic Meters per Day (SCMD) of natural gas from OIL's Bakhri Tibba Block of Rajasthan, covering Dandewala, Tanot and Bagi Tibba fields. The agreement was executed by Sumit Kishore, ED (Marketing-Gas), GAIL, and Ranjan Goswami, ED (BD), OIL, ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 19 (PTI) The India Cements Ltd, a subsidiary of UltraTech Cement Ltd, an Aditya Birla Group company, reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 132.90 crore for the April-June 2025 quarter, the company said on Saturday. The city-based cement maker had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 58.47 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. For the year ended March 31, 2025, the consolidated net loss stood at Rs 143.68 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The consolidated total income for the quarter under review was Rs 1,033.85 crore, compared t ...Read More >
Jaipur: Union minister for new and renewable energy, Pralhad Joshi, Saturday inaugurated the 435-MW Gorbea Solar Power Project, developed by Zelestra India, in Rajasthan. He said, "With every megawatt we generate, we are not just producing power, we are building a New India." The Gorbea Solar Power Project, delivered in under eight months, spans 1,250 acres and is backed by a 25-year power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India. Joshi noted that almost 70% of Rajasthan's power ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Navratna public sector undertaking Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) on Monday signed a performance-based Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to achieve a revenue from operations of Rs 8,200 crore during the financial year 2025-26. The IREDA had exceeded its Revenue from Operations target in FY 2024-25, achieving Rs 6,743.32 crore against the target of Rs 5,957 crore. The MoU also includes key performance parameters such as Return on Net Worth, Return on Capital Employed, NPA to Tot ...Read More >
(Bloomberg) -- The US is investigating whether Waaree Energies Ltd., India's largest solar panel maker, evaded anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from China and other Southeast Asian nations. US Customs and Border Protection has started a formal investigation of Waaree and Waaree Solar Americas Inc. and imposed interim measures because there is reasonable suspicion the company evaded duties when bringing merchandise into the US, according to a public notice by the agency obtai ...Read More >
According to company executives, significant progress has also been made on Reliance's 40 GWh battery-storage project, with the first facility expected to become operational next year. Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) will commission its solar cell manufacturing unit next month, marking a key milestone in the conglomerate's plan to build India's first fully integrated solar manufacturing value chain. The group is creating a new-energy ecosystem that spans the entire chain -- from solar modules an ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) On her milestone 50th birthday, Shilpa Shetty took a heartfelt moment to reflect on her incredible journey and the defining stories that have shaped her both personally and professionally. Celebrating decades of success and growth, she shared insights into the experiences that made her the strong and inspiring woman she is today. Taking to Instagram, she posted a video of her transformation over the years and wrote, "Grateful for my journey and the stories that made me and the ones still on my way. Thank you for all your love and wishes Instafam. #Gratitude #lo ...Read More >