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So far this year, NTPC has soared 36 per cent, Torrent Power zoomed 39 per cent and Power Grid Corporation of India advanced 21 per cent. Overall trend in these power stocks continues to remain sturdy

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Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Wednesday said it has received a recognition for conserving water against consumption.
"AGEL has been certified Water Positive by DNV, an independent global assurance agency. The verification statement signifies that AGEL's water conservation is greater than consumption," a company statement said.
DNV conducted qualitative and quantitative assessment of water balance index for AGEL's operational sites having greater than 200 MW capacity in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.
As per the assessment, the water balance index is 1.12 (positive), surpassing its target to become net water neutral by FY25, way ahead of time.
The verification process entailed sample-based checks and the methodology, measurement techniques, estimation methods, assumptions and uncertainties involved in the process of water accounting as adopted by AGEL.
AGEL has recorded a 99.5 per cent lower freshwater consumption per unit of generation as against 3

Adani, Gautam Adani

The Congress on Thursday accused the government of indulging in "blatant favouristism" and giving the Adani group "undue advantage" in major small arms contracts for the armed forces.
Posing a set of three questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the party's "Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun" series, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party had asked the PM a series of questions on February 15 regarding the "handing over" of large chunks of the India-Israel defence partnership to his "close friend" Gautam Adani.
The Congress' slew of allegations have continued weeks after Adani Group stocks had taken a beating on the bourses after US-based short seller Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation.
The Gautam Adani-led group has dismissed the charges as lies, saying it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.
"While he (PM) gives his gyan to G20 Foreign Ministers, he cannot run away from 

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The government has invoked emergency powers under Section 11 of the Electricity Act to impose the rule as it expects record surge in power demand this summer

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The list includes generation units of state-owned NTPC, and privately owned units of Tata Power, Adani Power, CESC, Hindustan Power

Gautam Adani

Adani Wilmar, Adani Power, and Adani Total Gas are expected to see up to 18 per cent upside in the coming sessions

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On Tuesday, the S&P BSE Power index hit a 10-year high of 3,008, a level last seen in January 2011, in intra-day trade. Adani Power, meanwhile, hit a record high of Rs 151

power, electricity, plant, renewables, thermal

Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation will infuse liquidity in the discoms to the extent of Rs 90,000 crore in two equal instalments

power

An overall generation down by 3.6 per cent YoY in March 2020, creating financial problem for producers

Tata Power and Adani Power rallied up to 7% on BSE on reports that the Gujarat government decided to increase tariffs of three coal-based power plants.

Ahead of a delimitation exercise, the government would be well advised to pre-emptively make offers like greater regional autonomy or an unchanged Rajya Sabha to the southern states, writes T N Ninan

Rajya Sabha, Parliament

Fiscal, monetary policies will need to be cognizant of global perceptions and sensitivities, says Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran

Laptop, tablet, PC, and small server makers need to register on DGFT platform starting Nov 1

Jio Cloud-linked laptops

India had a total of 1,580 GCCs with a talent base of 1.66 million as of FY23, according to the latest Nasscom-Zinnov report

Global capability centres go beyond Tier-I cities, chasing cost and talent

The inclusion of G-Secs will be staggered over a 10-month period from June 28, 2024 to March 31, 2025, indicating one per cent increment on its index weight

The United Nations said on Wednesday it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities in Afghanistan during arrests and detentions of people, and urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees.
Nearly 50 per cent of the violations consisted of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said.
The report by the mission's Human Rights Service covered 19 months  from January 2022 until the end of July 2023  with cases documented across 29 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. It said 11 per cent of the cases involved women.
It said the torture aimed at extracting confessions and other information included beatings, suffocation, suspension from the ceiling and electric shocks. Cases that were not considered sufficiently credible and reliable were not included in the report, it said.
The Taliban have promised a more moderate rule than during their previous period 

Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. (Photo: PTI)

Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid

The women's reservation bill is not about reservation but an "act of removing bias and injustice," DMK leader Kanimozhi said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday while asserting that women want to be respected as equals.
Participating in the discussion on the constitutional amendment bill 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', she said the clause pertaining to 'after delimitation' in the bill should be removed as there could be an inordinate delay in the implementation of the reservation for women.
The 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, as proposed in the bill, will come into effect only after census and the delimitation exercise.
"How long should we wait to see this bill implemented? It can be easily implemented in the coming Parliamentary elections. This bill, you should understand, is not a reservation but an act of removing bias and injustice," she said.
She stressed that the politics of tokenism must evolve into politics of ideas.
"This bill is called 

DMK MP Kanimozhi

A rescue operation was underway Wednesday morning for dozens of migrants on board a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities said.
The coast guard said the yacht, believed to be carrying around 90 people, was spotted about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometres) west of the small town of Pylos.
Six of the people on board were picked up by another yacht sailing in the area and transported to Pylos, where one woman was transferred to a hospital in the southern city of Kalamata.
Another 25 people were picked up by a passing tanker ship and were being transported to Kalamata, while the remaining passengers were being transferred to another passing cargo ship, the coast guard said.
A coast guard lifeboat was on the scene, and another coast guard vessel was on the way. There were no reports of any missing passengers.
The area is near where a deadly migrant shipwreck in June left hundreds of people dead and missing and led to allegations that Greek .

Greece

The revenue density, calculated as revenue per square feet, is, however, expected to remain below the pre-pandemic level: CRISIL

Apparel

England batter Joe Root is counting on his squad to draw from the lessons they learned in the 2019 World Cup as the Three Lions look to defend their title in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India

Joe Root: Photo courtesy: Joe Root X handle

Joe Root

Overseas institutions are also a better bet for Adani. Tapping Indian banks, especially state-run lenders, would be a tad cheaper, but might invite greater political scrutiny ahead of general election

Adani, Adani Group

While posing a complex challenge, slums also offer a unique opportunity for morally and economically imperative urban development

Dharavi

India's ambitions for green hydrogen are riding the coat-tails of Chinese equipment, with Beijing's global stranglehold on the green hydrogen business now extending to New Delhi

green energy targets in mind, but is India technology-ready?

green energy

The advisory from India's external affairs ministry said students in particular should "remain vigilant," aiming its message at the huge population of young Indians attending Canada's colleges

Indians, Immigrants

As part of the partnership, Infosys will have access to NVIDIA's full-stack gen AI program and will set up a NVIDIA Centre of Excellence

NVIDIA Founder & CEO, Jensen Huang with Infosys Co-founder & Chairman, Nandan Nilekani (Photo: Infosys)

NVIDIA Founder & CEO, Jensen Huang with Infosys Co-founder & Chairman, Nandan Nilekani

The Asian Games women's cricket semi-final between India and Bangladesh will begin at 06:30 AM IST on Sunday, September 24

India vs Bangladesh women

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that mobile internet services, which were suspended after ethnic violence erupted in the northeastern state on May 3, will be restored from Saturday.
He also called for the cancellation of the free movement regime that allows people residing close to both sides of the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km deep into each other's territory without any document.
Addressing a press conference here, Singh said, "The government had suspended mobile internet services on May 3 to check the spread of fake news, propaganda and hate speech. However, with the improvement of the situation, mobile internet services will be restored across the state from today."
He said the government will continue to deal with the influx of "illegal immigrants" and stressed the need for fencing the India-Myanmar border.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh

Erik ten Hag's second season at Manchester United is not going to plan.
Three defeats in the Premier League already have left his team a long way off the pace at the top of the standings, while United's return to the Champions League ended in a 4-3 loss at Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
Ahead of Saturday's trip to Burnley, Ten Hag has had to deal with reports of unrest among some players and on Friday faced questions about the influence of agent Kees Vos in terms of the club's transfer dealings.
Vos is Ten Hag's agent, and his Sports Entertainment Group also represents Rasmus Hojlund, who was an $82 million signing from Atalanta in the offseason, and negotiated Sofyan Amrabat's deadline day loan move from Fiorentina.
Reports this week claimed there were concerns from some United staff about Vos' involvement in deals, but Ten Hag dismissed suggestions that there could be a conflict of interest.
For player decisions, transfers, it's always 50-50, we both have a veto  the club, represen

Erik Ten Hag, Harry Maguire

Jack Grealish is close to returning from injury and could be involved in Manchester City's game against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday, Pep Guardiola said.
The England international has been sidelined with a knee injury that has seen him miss City's last three games.
But he is back in training and in contention to make the squad for the home game against Forest.
Jack is coming back. He has trained well and maybe he will be ready for some minutes, City manager Guardiola said Friday.
Mateo Kovacic is also nearing recovery from muscular injury, but Bernardo Silva is out after being withdrawn in the first half of City's Champions League win against Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.
(Silva) has a little injury. It is nothing much. The clinical development is good but it could be one week, 10 days, two weeks that he will be out, Guardiola said.
Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones are also out for City.

Jack Grealish, Manchester City

India's stand-in captain KL Rahul believes it is always good to put himself in "challenging situations", especially after returning from a long injury lay-off.
Leading the side in the first two ODIs against Australia in absence of Rohit Sharma, Rahul struck an unbeaten 58 as India won by five wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match dress rehearsal series before the World Cup.
"Not the first time, always happens with me. I'm used to it, I love it," Rahul said about leading the side in place of regular skipper Rohit Sharma.
"I think the intensity in the afternoon was great, after Colombo this felt like heaven at the start but it was really hot and humid. It gets tough and physically challenging, but we've all worked on our fitness and that's showing on the field."
Rahul said it was imperative to build a partnership with Suryakumar Yadav (50) once set Shubman Gill (74) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) departed.
"After Shubman got out, it was a bit tricky with the set batter out. But ..

KL Rahul poses with Australian captain Pat Cummins. Photo: ANI

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NTPC, Adani Power: Power stocks may surge up to 12% on robust trend

Adani Green Energy gets certification from DNV for water conservation

Cong accuses govt of 'favouritism' in small arms deal with Adani Group

Power stocks surge as govt orders coal-based plants to run at full capacity

Power ministry earmarks 81 thermal units to move coal to renewable by 2026

Adani Wilmar, Adani Power: Is it time to book profit in Adani Group stocks?

BSE Power index hits over 10-year high; analysts advise booking profit

Power stocks rally on FM's Rs 90,000 crore liquidity boost for discoms

Post coronavirus lockdown, industrial demand for power plummets by 30%

Tata Power, Adani Power gain as Guj to raise tariffs of coal-based plants