Time to tap coal bed methane
Coal bed methane exploration has to be concurrent with the search for coal - Reuters×
Systematic exploration, tech validation and global accreditation are key to harnessing this clean energy source
Policy-makers in India are focussing on migration from a predominantly fossil driven energy economy to the cleaner renewable sources. This is a welcome move, especially with the country being a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Despite the increasing clamour against coal, realistically, India’s energy needs would still be coal dependent to a large extent. ‘Clean Coal Technology’ assumes critical importance in this context.
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The notification had said only female candidates need send applications to fill the junior staff nurse posts
The petitioner argued that there cannot be recruitments based on gender. PTI
Hyderabad: Discrimination towards male candidates by way of restraining them from applying for nurse posts is unacceptable under the law and this amounts to a violation of the Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, the Telangana High Court has ruled.
The ruling was made in response to a writ petition alleging discrimination based on gender in recruitments by the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao said government recruiting agencies cannot take shelter under Rule 22 and 22-A (Special Reservations) of the Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996, and exclude anyone in the filling of posts. Unless and until a policy decision is taken to reserve the posts exclusively for some category, the recr
Company plans to achieve 100 million tonnes production per year in the next five years
Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) will soon take up a detailed investigation in Tadicherla Block-II reserve forest area in Jayashankar-Bhupalapally district for prospecting and coal exploration as part of the company’s plans to enhance coal production and achieve 100 million tonnes per year in the next five years.
As part of scaling up its production to 70 million tonnes during 2021-22, the company management has already put in motion plans to commence production in four opencast mines as also from the new panel in the Adriyala Longwall project. Further, it is planning to take up mining in the Naini coal block in Odisha at least in the second half of the next fiscal.