Centre eases FGD norms for power plants, electricity costs to come down

IANS | July 13, 2025 4:57 PM

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has relaxed the requirement for mandatory installation of flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems at most coal-based thermal power plants, marking a move towards differentiated compliance based on proximity to urban populations and the sulphur content of the coal used.

Kolkata Police forms nine-member SIT to probe IIM-Calcutta rape case

IANS | July 13, 2025 12:53 PM

Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Police have formed a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of an outsider woman by a second-year student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) inside the campus hostel at Joka in Kolkata.

Why no RG Kar-like mass outcry on Kasba law college rape case?

Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri | July 13, 2025 11:55 AM

Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Almost three weeks have passed since the incident of rape of a law college student took place within her college premises at Kasba in South Kolkata, however, no public outcry has been witnessed like the one seen over the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.