China’s power consumption slows down
August 14th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 14 (IANS) China's power consumption growth slowed further in July, as the country's factory activity and industrial output posted weaker growth amid the economic downturn, authorities said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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China’s power consumption rises
April 14th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) China's power consumption rose 7 percent year-on-year to 416 billion kilowatt hours in March, increasing 0.3 percentage points from the January-February period, the National Energy Administration ... Read more...
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China’s electricity consumption goes up
March 14th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) China's power consumption rose 6.7 percent year-on-year to 749.7 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) in the first two months, authorities said Wednesday.National Energy Administration (NEA) data shows the ... Read more...
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China’s power consumption growth slows in October
November 15th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 15 (IANS) China's power consumption rose 11.35 percent in October from a year earlier, but slowed from September's 12.2 percent growth, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Nepal reels under 14-hour power cuts daily
February 7th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 7 (IANS) As Nepal's new communist Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal assumed office Monday, Nepal's power authorities announced a stringent 14-hour daily electricity blackout, citing the drying up ... Read more...
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Noida land scandal: Ex-official gets four-year jail (Second Lead)
December 7th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 7 (IANS) A former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh was Tuesday held guilty of wrongfully allotting a plot during her tenure as Noida authority chief and sentenced to four-year ... Read more...
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China shuts down 1,355 coal mines
October 15th, 2010 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 15 (IANS) China has shut down 1,355 coal mines with total production capacity of 125.19 million tonnes until September this year as part of the country's efforts towards restructuring the ... Read more...
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US teacher fakes stair fall to avoid classroom observation by supervisor
August 5th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 5 (ANI): A high-school teacher in Brooklyn is said to have thrown herself down a school stairwell in a bid to avoid a classroom observation by her supervisor.Staffers at ... Read more...
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China dismisses IEA analysis of being world’s top energy user
July 20th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): A Chinese energy official on Tuesday rejected a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) saying China had surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest ... Read more...
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Nepal Electricity Authority cuts load shedding
June 5th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, June 5 (ANI): The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced load-shedding from nine to five hours a week.
Nepalnews quoted electricity authority as saying that it was able to reduce load-shedding ... Read more...
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Singapore set to meet recycling goal
April 14th, 2008 - 8:43 am ICT by admin
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Singapore, April 14 (DPA) Singapore is set to meet its target of recycling 60 percent of its rubbish by 2012, environmental officials said in a published report Monday. Nearly 54 percent of ... Read more...
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Interstellar space may be scattered with tiny whiskers of carbon
February 29th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): Scientists at the Carnegie Institution, US, have discovered that interstellar space may be strewn with tiny whiskers of carbon, dimming the light of far-away objects, which may have ... Read more...
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