Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Friday trekked for 18 kilometers to the remote polling booths of Uttarakhand to assess the challenges faced by polling parties in hilly areas.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 11 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal for questioning on Wednesday in Ranchi in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and other charges, said the sources.

New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday targeted the Jharkhand government alleging that a mining scam worth Rs 150 crore has been exposed following raids by the Enforcement Directorate on the premises of officials and businessman in the state.

New Delhi Jan 23 PTI Researchers from various IITs have developed a new technology for charging Electric Vehicles which costs about half of the current on-board charger technology and can help to significantly reduce the cost of two-and-four-wheeler EVs According to the team the lab scale development has already been done at IIT BHU and upgradation and commercialisation was in progress One of the countrys leading electric vehicle manufacturer has also shown interest in this new technology and is ready to develop a full-fledged commercial product that can be applied to existing electric vehicles the team claimed without naming the company The technology has been developed at IIT BHU Varanasi in collboration with experts from IIT Guwahati and IIT Bhubaneshwar The rising prices of petrol and diesel in the country is worrisome for the common man Amidst the rising cost of petroleum products and rising pollution levels electric vehicles EVs are the best alternative to conventional IC engines but lack of high power off board charging infrastructure forces automakers to incorporate onboard chargers into the vehicle itself said Rajeev Kumar Singh Chief Project Investigator IIT BHU The vehicle owner can charge the vehicles through the outlet and hence this leads electric vehicles become very expensive In the proposed onboard charger technology we are reducing one additional power electronics interface required for propulsion mode and therefore the components involved are reduced by 50 pc The proposed charger is reconfigurable that can act as a charger for charging mode and inverter for propulsion mode he told PTI Singh explained that because of this technology the cost of the onboard charger will be reduced by almost 40-50 pc in comparison with the existing one The cost reduction in the charger will subsequently reduce the cost of the EV as well In this way the proposed technology is giving low cost technology for EVs The technology will be completely indigenous and will have a significant impact on driving electric vehicles on Indian roads in a big way he said IIT BHU Director Pramod Kumar Jain said the techno-commercial social economic and environmental impact of technology will also be positive The technology will improve charging infrastructure and support the governments mission to bring electric vehicles on Indian roads he said PTI GJS GJS AQS AQS

Lucknow Dec 28 PTI The Congress on Tuesday demanded from the Election Commission of India to keep Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi away from the poll process of the state assembly so that he does not affect it The UP Congress party raised the demand during its meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and elections commissioners Rajeev Kumar and Anoop Chandra Pandey The CEC and the two ECs reached Lucknow on Tuesday evening and are slated to take stock of the states poll preparedness over the next few days The poll panels 13-member delegation is on a three-day visit to the state As part of its review of the Uttar Pradesh poll preparedness the Election Commission held a series of meetings with the representatives of various political parties which raised their specific poll-related demands and concerns While the Congress party sought the side-lining of the states key bureaucrat the UP BJP urged the poll panel to depute women security personnel at every polling booth in the state to identify genuine women voters The Samajwadi Party on the other hand urged the poll panel delegation to prepare a separate list of specially-abled voters and those above the age of 80 years and arrange for them to vote from their homes UPs Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi be kept away from the electoral process as he may affect polls UP Congress leader Virendra Madan said in a statement here after the meeting of the Congress delegation with the poll panel functionaries UP BJP general secretary J P S Rathore also told PTI that his party made three points to the poll panel including a request to it to ensure that the voters from the same family can exercise their franchise at the same polling booth The first point was that women security personnel should be posted at every booth so that they can provide security top women and if needed the women police personnel are roped in to identify genuine voters Rathore said Secondly we requested the Election Commission to ensure that voters from the same family should be able to cast their votes at the same polling booth Apart from this a request was also made to relocate the polling booths from densely populated areas to less populated areas so that the Covid protocol can be followed he said In a statement issued here after its delegations met the CEC and ECs the Samajwadi Party said it demanded a free and fair election The SP demanded that a separate list of voters above the age of 80 years and divyaang specially-abled ones be prepared for all assembly constituencies The list should be made available at all polling booths The number of such voters in the state is 40 lakh it said On January 5 2022 when the final voters list is published this list should also be provided Such voters should be given the option of voting from their homes it added The RLD demanded that the VVPAT slips should be recounted It also demanded that the elections should be held in time and there should be a ban on statements against the Constitution The Bahujan Samaj Party demanded that elections should be held in time PTI NAV ZIR RAX RAX

Lucknow Dec 28 PTI The Congress on Tuesday demanded from the Election Commission of India to keep Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi away from the poll process of the state assembly so that he does not affect it The UP Congress party raised the demand during its meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and elections commissioners Rajeev Kumar and Anoop Chandra Pandey The CEC and the two ECs reached Lucknow on Tuesday evening and are slated to take stock of the states poll preparedness over the next few days The poll panels 13-member delegation is on a three-day visit to the state As part of its review of the Uttar Pradesh poll preparedness the Election Commission held a series of meetings with the representatives of various political parties which raised their specific poll-related demands and concerns While the Congress party sought the side-lining of the states key bureaucrat the BJP urged the poll panel to depute women security personnel at every polling booth in the state to identify genuine women voters The Samajwadi Party on the other hand urged the poll panel delegation to prepare a separate list of specially-abled voters and those above the age of 80 years and make arrangement for them to vote from their homes UPs Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish Awasthi be kept away from the electoral process as he may affect polls UP Congress leader Virendra Madan said in a statement here after the meeting of the Congress delegation with the poll panel functionaries PTI NAV ZIR RAX RAX RAX

NEW DELHI Nov 18 2021 PRNewswire -- Outlast How ESG Can Benefit Your Business is a masterful overview of the Environment Social and Governance ESG landscape and the issues that businesses face The first Indian-authored book on how ESG can help businesses build resilience and outlast their competition is slated to release on 7 December 2021 Outlast is a panoramic sweep of the ESG domain rich with case studies as the authors draw upon their considerable experience of working for some of Indias largest organizations It includes case studies drawn from the Tata Group as well as examples from other businesses like Marico The Gap Unilever Olam Foxconn Page Industries Apollo Tyres Nike Ranbaxy Enron Arthur Andersen Volkswagen Coal India Cognizant and many more Dr Mukund Rajan and Col Rajeev Kumars new book has received dazzling praise and endorsements from corporate leaders policymakers practitioners and thought leaders The book can be pre-ordered on Amazon here bitlyESGbook A SNEAK PEEK INTO 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International Association of Business Communicators He has a PhD in Organizational Communication and was a Fulbright Doctoral Fellow at Texas AM University He was the Head of Learning and Development at Tata Group Corporate Communication PRAISE FOR THE BOOK This book is a welcome addition to the Indian business environment drawing from years of experience with practical suggestions on how to build a more successful multi-stakeholder long-term business with purpose at its core Any business that leverages the life wisdoms of the authors will increase its chances of success After all business cannot succeed in failing societies nor can it be a bystander in a system that gives it life in the first place Paul Polman Co-founder and Chair IMAGINE former CEO Unilever Creating prosperity requires business leaders to build trust in their organizations Outlast provides valuable insights on how to do so in a context where environmental social and governance issues are becoming increasingly 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New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): Outlast: How ESG Can Benefit Your Business is a masterful overview of the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) landscape and the issues that businesses face.

New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): A firing incident was reported in the Farash Bazar area of Shahdara in the national capital on Sunday, Delhi Police said.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], September 1 (ANI): The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday ordered for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Rupa Tirkey, who was a sub-inspector with Jharkhand Police.