Central transmission utility Power Grid Corporation has sought USD 500 million loan assistance from the World Bank for financing projects.
“Discussions are undergoing with the Ministry of Power and Ministry of Finance and the World Bank regarding funding assistance of transmission systems for evacuation of power from the solar parks,” Power Grid said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges.
A row between the United States and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has deepened further as the Israeli leader accused America of “giving up” on trying to stop Iran from procuring nuclear weapons, a report said.
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry questioned Netanyahu’s judgement on the issue, reported the BBC.
The statement came as Republicans invited Netanyahu to address the U.S. Congress next week, angering Democrats.
A White House spokesman warned against reducing U.S.-Israeli relations to a political issue.
Plants can help prevent liver damage in women caused by fat accumulated during menopause, claims a new study.
Researchers at the University of Georgia have shown in studies of post-menopausal animals that a mix of phytochemicals, along with vitamin D, may help protect the liver against inflammation caused by the accumulation of fat.
Study’s lead author Colette Miller said that women going through menopause have an increased tendency to store fat in their liver. They also have increases in visceral fat-the fat around their organs-where inflammation also occurs.
The House Committee has begun its probe, which was constituted to inquire into Wakf lands in Telangana State. The first meeting was held in the Committee’s Hall on the State Legislative Assembly premises on Wednesday.
The meeting chaired by Bajireddy Govardhan was attended by MLAs DK Aruna (Congress), Akbaruddin Owaisi (MIM), Shakil (TRS) and S Rajender Reddy (TDP) , MLCs Mohammed Ali Shabbir (Congress), Mohammed Saleem (TRS) and Syed Altaf Hyder Razvi (MIM).
A new study has shed new light on the process, known as abscission, that governs how and when plants shed their petals.
Lead author O. Rahul Patharkar from the University of Missouri said that insight into the process of floral abscission in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana provides a foundation for understanding this fundamental process across organs and in other plant species.
Pakistan has reportedly said that it would discuss “all disputes” with Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar when he visits Pakistan next month.
Welcoming the Indian initiative, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told the press that the discussions would be focused on Kashmir, Siachin, Sir Creek and other issues, reported the Dawn.
India suspended foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan last year after the Pakistani envoy met Kashmiri separatist leaders.
Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Pakistan between March 3rd and 4th. (ANI)
Two-time IndyCar champion Gil De Ferran has advised injured Formula One racer Fernando Alonso not to rush comeback into the racing arena after crashing his McLaren-Honda in the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on Sunday that left him concussed.
Alonso hit the wall on the exit of the 150 miles-per-hour Turn Three at the Circuit de Barcelona -Catalunya, which is one of Formula One’s most demanding corners.
De Ferran, who suffered major concussions in his career, won the 2003 Indianapolis 500.
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a man in Bania village here and her mutilated body was today recovered from railway tracks, police said.
The accused, Dilkhush Yadav, lured the minor yesterday to an isolated place where he allegedly raped her before murdering and dumping her on railway tracks, Superintendent of Police Shekhar Kumar said.
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Will Smith might be making a comeback to his music career after a 10-year-hiatus, as the actor has revealed that he recently attended some studio sessions with Kanye West .
The ‘Focus’ actor said that he has been in the studio with the ‘Gold Digger’ rapper many times where he had always pushed the actor for better, and with that advice he is on a trip to found his voice and bring out some amazing music, E! Online reported.
As the U.S. Congress debated giving Pakistan aid worth 500 million dollars, lawmakers have demanded the release of Dr Shakil Afridi, the man who helped America find Osama bin Laden.
While remarking that America’s biggest friends were those who considered America’s enemy, their enemy, Dana Rohrabacher, a lawmaker from California, pointed out that the man who helped the U.S. hunt down the Al Qaeda chief was languishing in jail, reported the Dawn.
Online food ordering platform foodpanda.in and The Akshaya Patra Foundation have teamed up to support under-served children via an initiative ‘Ticket to Cheer’, in tune with the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup.
With the ongoing World Cup fever, the six-week-long campaign urges cricket lovers to showcase their love for the game and their team with a personalised ‘ticket to cheer’.
An European woman, named Milo Moire left every one shocked when she walked naked carrying a baby around the LWL Museum for Art and Culture.
Moire who previously caught attention when she pushed paint-filled eggs out of her vagina, was filmed holding the naked baby while looking at paintings of nudes and wandering around the museum in the city of Muenster in north-western Germany, the Mirror reported.
The 32-year-old artist said that she did this as she wanted to show that a naked infant is safe in the arms of a naked woman.
Madonna has said that Lady Gaga doesn’t want her “crown” in the world of pop but has also stood by her opinion that Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ was a ‘rip-off’ of ‘Express Yourself’.
The ‘Material Girl’ hitmaker asserted in an interview with a magazine that they lived in a world where people like to pit women against each other and this was why she loved the idea of embracing other females who were doing what she was doing, the Mirror reported.
In what could potentially slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease, researchers have developed a peptide that sticks to the protein that causes this incurable disease, stopping it from killing brain cells.
“The results so far are very encouraging. These findings could herald a new approach to treating Parkinson’s,” said Jody Mason from the University of Bath in Britain.
Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition where brain cells die causing a lack of the chemical dopamine, which acts as a messenger that coordinates movement.
Sri Lanka recorded an impressive 92-run win against minnows Afghanistan in their World Cup tie at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, thanks to Tillakaratne Dilshan’s unbeaten 161-run knock and Lasith Malinga ‘s exploits with the ball.
Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka posted a mammoth 332-1 in their allotted 50 overs, courtesy of a half-century by opener Lahiru Thirimanne and Dilshan and former skipper Kumar Sangakkara’s unbeaten tons.
Dilshan fired away 161 runs off 146 delivers, as he ripped open Afghanistan’s bowling line-up. His knock included 22 fours.
People who use snus, a moist powder tobacco product, run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency as compared with non-users. This suggests that nicotine dependency in any form could lead to alcohol addiction, says a new study.
The researchers added that the more one uses snus, the higher the risk. “This is the first time research has succeeded in showing that middle-aged people, who use snus run an increased risk of developing alcohol dependency,” said Margareta Norberg, adjunct lecturer at the Umea University in Sweden.
A woman teacher in an Indian school in Qatar’s capital Doha has reportedly been forced to quit her job after she posted a caricature of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on her Facebook page, media reported Thursday.
According to the report in The Peninsula daily, the incident took place last week triggering a big controversy among a section of the expatriate Indian community who said the Photoshop caricature was an insult to Modi.
In the caricature, a picture of the Indian prime minister is superimposed with that of a black-and-white striped dog emptying its bladder.
South Korean technolofgy firm Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that it has begun mass production of a new flash memory chip for smartphones, offering greater speed and capacity than those currently available on the market.
The new Universal Flash Storage (UFS) would be the industry’s first 128GB chip, though other versions with storage capacities of 32GB and 64GB would also be available, Samsung said in a statement from its headquarters in Seoul.
How many species of crocodiles can co-exist in close proximity? Well, some 13 million years ago, as many as seven different species lived and hunted in the swampy waters of Peru, says a research.
This is the largest number of crocodile species co-existing in one place at any time in earth’s history, probably thanks to an abundant food source – molluscs like clams and snails.
The work helps fill in gaps in understanding the history of the Amazon’s remarkably rich biodiversity.
Describing the rail budget as “extremely disappointing” for Uttarakhand, Congress today said the Hindu deities will never forgive the Railway Minister for neglecting the hill state also called “Devbhoomi”, the land of Gods.
Reacting to the rail budget, PCC president Kishore Upadhyay said, “The rail budget is full of hollow promises and has no provision for Uttarakhand. Prabhu will never be forgiven by Mother Ganga and Bhagwan Badrivishal for neglecting Devbhoomi.”
“Uttarakhand gave five MPs to BJP in Lok Sabha elections but the party neglected the state at every step,” he said.
Employees who point out problems in the office may help the company improve but could be hurting themselves in the process, says a new research.
Such negative-minded workers are more likely to become mentally fatigued and defensive and experience a drop-off in production, the findings showed.
“The irony of that is, when people are mentally fatigued they are less likely to point out problems anymore,” said study co-author Russell Johnson, management professor at Michigan State University.
Thirty-three fresh cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana where 54 people have succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus this year.
So far, as many as 4,381 samples have been tested for the epidemic this year out of which 1,385 emerged positive even as the number of deaths because of swine flu and related complications as on date stood 54, a health bulletin issued by the state government here said today.
According to the bulletin, 139 samples were tested yesterday and 33 were found positive for the viral infection.
Four Nigerian nationals and a film director and a businessman who allegedly consumed drugs were today arrested and 90gms of cocaine 400gms of ganja were seized from them, police said.
Acting on a tip-off that a few Nigerians were trying to sell cocaine to drug addicts, a police team went to Jubilee Check Post where they found Nigerian national Samson Ebuka having money transactions with film director Anugu Shushanth Reddy and businessman Panasa Ravi Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) A Venkateshwara Rao told reporters.
Singer Lady Gaga will star in the fifth season of “American Horror Story”.
The newly-engaged singer posted a video on Twitter revealing the news and the new title for the anthology series — “American Horror Story: Hotel”, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“Make your reservation now. #GagaAHSHotel,” the 28-year-old tweeted along with a short video that sees her removing her mask and whispering “hotel”.
Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is releasing its first official Twitter plug-in for WordPress, said media reports.
The new plug-in would bring a plethora of features.
For instance, it will automatically generate Twitter Cards for your pages, enable Twitter Analytics, embed video and add a tweet button to posts in the admin interface.
There is an option that allows you to tweak the look of embedded tweets on your site, so it matches your theme, along with a number of features that help users get started with Twitter advertising.