Everything you need to know about Thermal Nagagr: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Thermal Nagagr: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The "brave" six-year-old girl undergoing treatment at AIIMS after being allegedly raped had apparently resisted the assault, which may be the reason for her serious throat injuries, her uncle said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The "brave" six-year-old girl undergoing treatment at AIIMS after being allegedly raped had apparently resisted the assault, which may be the reason for her serious throat injuries, her uncle said Saturday.
New Delhi, Apr. 25 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that there is a need to change the approach from 'acquiring technology' to 'development of technology' in order to achieve desired level of indigenization, and added that the aim should be to equip the Indian armed forces with state of art equipments to bring them at par with the world leaders.
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology has started a research and development programme to develop new rail-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems, Deputy Defence Minister Yury Borisov said.
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) The Paradip Port Monday said that despite a slump in the iron ore export, its traffic was up by 4.24 percent in the fiscal year ended March 31 in comparison to the previous fiscal.
Raipur, March 11 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh lawmaker Monday accused public sector National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of dumping fly ash in state's Hasdeo river even as Industry Minister Rajesh Munat denied the charge.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) Wednesday approved the setting up of the 1,980 MW North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Plant in Jharkhand by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The government will divest 9.5 percent stake in power giant NTPC Thursday to raise Rs.12,000 crore, Disinvestment Secretary Ravi Mathur said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India's largest power generator National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Monday reported a 21.89 percent rise in net profit at Rs.25.97 billion in the third quarter ended December 2012 as against Rs.21.30 billion in the same period last year.
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) At least two people have perished in a fire at a petrol (motor spirit) tank of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Hazira in Gujarat, an official said Sunday.
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday sought the intervention of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia for the allocation of coal linkages for thermal power projects in Bihar.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Some people who had set up "political retail shops" were okay with India importing gas at high prices but not for exploring energy within the country, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday in an apparent dig at Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal.
London, Dec 11 (ANI): The US military is backing the development of camouflage fabrics that could one day make their soldiers completely invisible.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) State-run power major NTPC Sunday said it wants the proposed disinvestment in the company to go through before March 2013.
New Delhi, Oct. 31 (ANI): Giving its assent to the charges levelled by India Against Corruption (IAC) against the UPA-II government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said nothing is new in these allegations.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Opposition Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh answer allegations that losses were caused to the exchequer as his government agreed to Reliance Industries Ltd's demand for a hike in price of gas from the Krishna-Godavri basin.
Washington, October 14 (ANI): An international team of astronomers have discovered an intriguing spiral structure surrounding a pulsing red giant star, which they believe may offer a preview of how the sun will behave at the end of its life.
Beijing, Oct 11 (IANS) China's coal prices have fallen sharply this year, as a slowing economy has reduced industrial demand and coal supplies have continued to grow, an official said Thursday.
Washington, October 6 (ANI): A quick pit-stop at the gas station is enough to leave with a hole in your pocket.
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) The country needs national leaders from science and engineering and not just politics, sports and cinema, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Saturday.
Gurgaon, Aug 11 (IANS) Two autorickshaw drivers were Saturday arrested for murdering an NTPC engineer here July 27 after robbing his car and valuables, police said.
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) City based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) company, BGR Energy Systems Ltd., targeting a revenue of Rs.3,750 crore this fiscal, is confident of beefing up its order book position when several tenders are set to be opened soon, said the company chairman here.
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) State-run thermal power major NTPC Friday posted an increase of 20.4 percent at Rs.2,498.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30 against Rs.2,075.8 crore during the same period in the last financial year.
Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is drafting a scheme to help state power utilities with interest subsidy or additional electricity allocation to enable them meet energy efficiency obligations, Chairman Arvinder Singh Bakshi said Thursday.
Sydney, July 17 (ANI): The US military is planning to fly a hypersonic plane that will travel 20 times the speed of sound by 2016.
Washington, June 19 (ANI): When restoring damaged and faded works of art, artists often employ lasers and other sophisticated imaging techniques to study intricate details, analyze pigments, and search for subtle defects not visible to the naked eye.
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian court has convicted an employee at a defence firm for passing on secrets about latest Russian weapons to a foreign intelligence service, and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An employee at a Russian defence firm has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service.
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): A US researcher has spotted lava flows on Mars that reveal coiling spiral patterns, which resemble snail or nautilus shells.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a more efficient and a less expensive way of cooling electronic devices - especially devices that generate a lot of heat, like lasers and power devices.
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Holding a bottle of cold water to cool your palms could help you work out longer and stick with a physical activity program, say experts.
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Holding a bottle of cold water to cool your palms could help you work out longer and stick with a physical activity program, say experts.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The world's oceans may be turning acidic faster today from human carbon emissions than they did during four major extinctions in the last 300 million years, when natural pulses of carbon sent global temperatures soaring, a new study has revealed.
Ranchi, Jan 4 (ANI): Displacement, a major problem in Central Asia, has, over the "developing" years, spread its roots intensely in Indian sub-continent. It has been 64 long years that its central regions are bearing the brunt of land acquisition for development.
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): A significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth has been released, thanks to NASA's Terra spacecraft.
Washington, Sept 12 (ANI): A newly made thermal imager amplifies the vision of the war fighter to a different spectrum, thereby giving the soldier a super vision.
Washington, Sept 01 (ANI): A research has supported the use of ablation procedures for the treatment of lung cancer.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a prototype of new technology that has the potential of addressing one of the leading problems in energy use around the world today - the waste of half or more of the energy produced by cars, factories and power plants.
London, June 6 (ANI): An international team of geologists has indicated that the rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million years ago, the best analog we can have for current global warming.
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): A groundbreaking report on Concentrating Solar Power has concluded that India has sufficient land to allow solar power to make a major contribution to its energy mix.
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has analysed evidence from a prehistoric event and come to the conclusion that the Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought.
London, April 21 (ANI): The entire workers at Thermal Ceramics, an English company based in France, have gone on strike because their British boss can't speak the native tongue.
London, Mar 17 (ANI): Periods of intense global warming lasting tens of thousands of years occurred more frequently in the past than previously believed, according to a new study.
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): A new study has found evidence that suggests that the key to locomotion in snails stems from the animal's complex muscle movements, and not from its mucus, as had been previously thought.
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): NASA is conducting studies to examine whether beamed energy propulsion can be used for launching crafts in space.
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): By the middle of next week, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, which entered orbit around Mars on Oct. 24, 2001, will have worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history.
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): Global warming may not have any adverse effect on the Tropical forests, as scientists have suggested that nearly 60 million years ago rainforests prospered at temperatures that were 3-5 degrees higher and at atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 2.5 times today's levels.
Patna, Nov 4 (ANI): Countering the allegations made by his political opponents, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his Government brought back rule of law in the State and delivered justice to every section of the society.
Patna, Nov 4 (ANI): Countering the allegations made by his political opponents, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his Government brought back rule of law in the State and delivered justice to every section of the society.
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): U S based multinational energy company, Bergamo Acquisition Corp, today announced ambitious plans to set up mega solar thermal power plants in India.
Washington, Sep 24 (ANI): Using data from ESA's Venus Express spacecraft, a new animation has shown that the double eye of the giant vortex at Venus's South pole has disappeared.
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): A study by Italian scientists has revealed that methane in the atmosphere of Mars lasts less than a year.
Washington, August 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa say that seawater from the Hawaiian Islands may be ideal for future ocean-based renewable energy plants.
Washington, July 24 (ANI): A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever.
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh), July 15 (ANI): Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam District have demanded a judicial probe into an incident of police firing on protestors, who refused to vacate their lands for a proposed 2,000 MW Srikakulam Thermal Power Project.
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday signed 31 Product Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for 31 oil and gas blocks awarded to 23 companies in the eighth round of auction, under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP).
Washington, June 19 (ANI): A group of 16 seventh-grade students have found a cave on Mars using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Researchers and entrepreneurs in Slovenia and Serbia are developing a heat pump technology that would make ground-source heat a cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels-a feat that could cut CO2 emissions and improve energy security.
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Venus is alive - geologically speaking, say researchers. t was ESA's Venus Express that clearly indicated that Venus is geologically active.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) was found to be a fast and effective fever-screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.
Washington, March 5 (ANI): New research indicates that flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, which probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface of Mars.
New Delhi, March 2 (ANI): The Government released Rs. 46.21 crore to various States in under the Modernisation of Police Forces Scheme in the month of February, said Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here on Tuesday.
Washington, March 2 (ANI): An experiment has indicated that random thermal fluctuations in magnetic memory can be harnessed to reduce the energy required to store information, a development that could lead to computer memory that operates at significantly lower power than conventional devices.
Paris, Feb 2 (ANI): The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites, with a ESA (European Space Agency) project creating inventory data for more than 1000 glaciers in Kashmir.
New Delhi, Dec 11(ANI): Hero Honda, country's leading motorcycle manufacturer, on Friday joined hands with the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 (OC CWG Delhi 2010) to be its official partner for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organisers to be its official partner here on Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov.14 (ANI): A five percent stake sale of the state-run power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) could fetch the government 1.8 billion dollars (81 billion rupees), Disinvestment Secretary Sunil Mitra said on Friday.
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): A collaborative study is being conducted to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Union Petroleum Ministry on Wednesday assured its support to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the legal battle to get natural gas from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as per the rates decided in 2004.
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites, which could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up to 50 times over conventional methods and enable higher production rates.
Washington, July 16 (ANI): A new research has left scientists puzzled as it indicates that something other than carbon dioxide (CO2) was also responsible for a curious spike in Earth's temperature 55 million years ago.
Paris, July 14 (ANI): Venus Express has charted the first map of the planet's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths, which hints that Venus may once have been more Earth-like, with both, a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water.
Washington, June 30 (ANI): NASA, along with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, known as METI, have released a new digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever before.
Farmingdale (New York) June 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): Ducon Technologies Inc. - Ducon announced that it has secured a prestigious contract from Indian Government owned giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for a limestone based Flue gas Desulfurization (FGD) system for 3 x 250 MW thermal power plant being set up by Indian power company, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.(NTPC) at Bongaigaon in, north east India.
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Arizona State University (ASU) researchers and scientists have created a new feature for Google Earth 5.0, which would enable anyone, anywhere, to recommend places on Mars to photograph.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The state-owned power utility NTPC Ltd, formerly National Thermal Power Corp, posted a net profit after tax of Rs.8,201 crore in 2008-09 against Rs.7,415 crore netted the last fiscal, an increase of Rs.786 crore, the company announced Friday.
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) State-run energy firms have floated a joint venture for overseas acquisition of coal mines and securing cooking and thermal coals supplies.
Mexico City, May 16 (Xinhua) Ecuador and Turkey have confirmed their first cases of swine flu infections.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) State-run power major NTPC Ltd has signed a Rs.8,500-crore ($1.7-billion) loan agreement with State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, it was announced here Thursday.
Dubai, May 4 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has tightened security at airports to spot passengers infected with the deadly influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu, WAM reported.
Ropar (Punjab), Apr 27 (ANI): Thousands of liters of oil drained into Sutlej River in Punjab after a pipe burst at one of a unit of a thermal plant.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has erupted on the Red Planet.
Toronto, April 10 (IANS) A new tool created by scientists has helped them pinpoint the 'edge of space', 118 km above sea level.
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Using data received from a instrument sent to space on a NASA launch from Alaska about two years ago, scientists have located the 'edge of space', and have confirmed that it begins 118 km above Earth.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) State-run power generation firm NTPC Ltd Wednesday reported 5.6 percent increase in its provisional net profit for 2008-09.
Bangalore, Mar. 18 (ANI): In a bid to motivate youngsters to participate in the democracy's biggest exercise 'General Election 2009', a five-city rock show-cum-awareness drive called 'shut up and vote' was launched in Bangalore on Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Indian branch of international NGO World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling upon every resident of Delhi and Mumbai to switch off their lights and all electrical appliances for an hour at 8.30 p.m. March 28 to convey their support for action to combat climate change.
Paris, Feb 25 (ANI): ESA's (European Space Agency's) Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus, which is infrared light coming from nitric oxide.
Washington, February 16 (ANI): Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby Chris Martin may have shown their support for the green campaigns, but a recent survey claimed that their London mansion was "leaking" energy.
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the largest power utility of the country, achieved highest ever monthly generation of 19.2 billion units in January, 2009 with eight power stations of the company achieving more than 100 per cent Plant Load Factor (PLF).
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Yellow band disease (YBD)-a bacterial infection that sickens coral colonies- is apparently getting worse with global warming, say researchers, who have now identified the bacteria responsible for the disease.
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Five state-owned companies forged a pact Wednesday to secure coal assets overseas through a joint venture company.
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) The second 500 MW stage-II unit of the state-owned National Thermal Power Corp's (NTPC) Sipat project in Chhattisgarh has begun commercial production, a company official said Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Why do some troubled children turn out to be artists and others turn their sufferings back against the world?
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): The Canadians have set up the first solar powered community in North America.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged two orders worth Rs.21 billion (Rs.2,100 crore) from National Thermal power Corp (NTPC), the company announced Wednesday.
Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) An official of the Barauni Thermal Power Station was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar Monday, the police said.
After registering an unprecedented growth rate, the Indian Railways is to upgrade rail infrastructure with procurement of new assets amounting an estimated expenditure
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) An Indian American is helping develop a surveillance software that will tell whether a person on the street is acting suspiciously or appears to be lost.
