May 2025 – Page 12

India’s coal sector demonstrated 3.63% growth in April 2025

2 May 20252 May 2025 Vijay Raman

India’s coal production and dispatch witnessed steady growth in April 2025, compared to the same period last year. This reflects the continued efforts of the Ministry of Coal and its subsidiaries to ensure consistent supply and operational stability in the sector. Several factors may contribute to this increase. Fluctuations in energy demand, particularly during the summer pre-peak, could necessitate increased coal-fired power generation. Furthermore, unforeseen disruptions in other energy sources, such as hydroelectric power due to drought or natural gas infrastructure maintenance, may have temporarily shifted reliance towards coal.…

Air Marshal Tejinder Singh Takes Over Training Command

2 May 20252 May 2025 Vijay Raman

Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command on 01 May 2025. After assumption of his new appointment, the Air Marshal paid homage to the brave hearts by laying wreath at the Training Command War Memorial. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Tejinder was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF on 13 June 1987. He is a Category ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4500 hours of flying, an alumnus of Defence Service Staff College and National Defence College.…

Maj Gen Lisamma PV Appointed ADG, MNS

2 May 20252 May 2025 Vijay Raman

Major General Lisamma PV has assumed the prestigious appointment of Additional Director General (ADG) of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) as of May 1, 2025. She succeeds Major General Sheena PD, who retired on April 30, 2025, after an illustrious four-decade career in military nursing. Major General Lisamma PV brings extensive experience and leadership to her new role. Her appointment underscores the Indian Army’s continued commitment to strengthening the Military Nursing Service, which plays a critical role in providing medical care and support to armed forces personnel and their…

Aster RV Hospital Successfully Completes over 300 CSR Camps during FY24-25

2 May 20252 May 2025 Vijay Raman

Aster RV Hospital and Aster Volunteers have successfully completed 312 camps during FY 24-25. Through various outreach camps and medical camps, Aster RV Hospital reached out to 33,150 people in and around Bangalore, remaining steadfast in their mission to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all. Free medical camps were one of the key focus areas, organized at community centres such as public parks and apartment complexes. Routine checkups and primary healthcare were made available at these camps. With a focus on children’s health equity, camps were conducted at…

NORD Drivesystems, Packaging: Process advantage NORD

1 May 20251 May 2025 Vijay Raman

Packaging: Process advantage NORD How NORD DRIVESYSTEMS generates cost benefits in packaging machinery NORD-Packaging.jpg: NORD supplies drive solutions for efficient operation of packaging systems completely from a single source Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMSDrive solutions from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS increase the efficiency in system operation at several points in the packaging process chain. With two concepts, the company mainly focuses on the fields of end-of-line packaging and primary packaging, where its decentralised drive technology and wash-down-capable aluminium housings achieve significant cost benefits.Packaging processes require a high level of dynamism, flexibility and cost efficiency. End-of-line packaging and primary packaging…

Cabinet Clears ₹22,864 Cr Shillong–Silchar Greenfield Highway

1 May 20251 May 2025 Vijay Raman

The Union Cabinet has approved the development of a 166.80 km greenfield high-speed corridor along National Highway-6 (NH-6), connecting Mawlyngkhung near Shillong in Meghalaya to Panchgram near Silchar in Assam. The project, with a capital outlay of ₹22,864 crore, will be executed under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) . The proposed Greenfield high-speed corridor will improve the service level for the traffic moving from Guwahati to Silchar. The development of this corridor will improve the connectivity to Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and the Barak Valley region of Assam from mainland…

Gyaneshwar Singh Takes Over as IICA Chief

1 May 20251 May 2025 Vijay Raman

Shri Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, an accomplished officer of the Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS) from the 1992 batch, has been serving as the Director General and CEO of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). In this capacity, he also holds the position of CEO of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) and serves as a Government Nominee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) . With over three decades of experience in finance, law, and governance, Shri Singh has held…