20 March 2022
Issues that matter
Maruti Suzuki’s electric switch: Suzuki to invest Rs 104 billion in India to make EVs and batteries; India's largest carmaker hopes to roll out affordable EV models in both Japan and India as early as 2025 from Gujarat plant
Low carbon freight transport: Indian Railways is coming up with a rating system which allots ‘rail green points’ (RGP) to companies that choose railways over road transport to ferry goods, as the latter leads to over four times the carbon emissions
Diesel prices for bulk users rises: The price of diesel sold to bulk users such as fleet operators and power generation backup has been hiked by about Rs 25 per litre; The wide difference of about Rs 25 per litre between the bulk user rate and petrol pump price has prompted bulk users to refuel at petrol pumps rather than book tankers directly from oil companies
Rising land in Gujarat due to lignite mining: Land has risen approximately 10 metres in height and 700 metres in width at a lignite mining site near the Bhuteshwar-Bhumbhali village in Gujarat
Biren Singh re-elected as Manipur CM: Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Manipur have unanimously voted for the sitting Chief Minister to continue for another term in the state