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[ad_1] Air India completed 46 years of air service between India and Maldives and to commemorate the occasion A-267 was greeted with a water cannon salute at Male airport on Monday. The air carrier operated its first flight from Trivandrum to Male in February 1976. Air India shared a clip of the occasional salute on Twitter. The video showed water propelling from opposite sides and the aircraft moving in between the water canopy as it lands on the Male airport. AI-267 then slowly glides on the runway.  The clip has been viewed, shared and liked by several netizens on the social media platform since it has been shared. “Great achievement. Glory and laurels for the nation. Proud” a tweet said. #Fly AI: AI-267 was welcomed with a water canon salute as it landed at Male airport #MACLmedia today to commemorate 46 years of air service between India & Maldives. Air India operated its first flight from Trivandrum to Male in Feb 1976. pic.twitter.com/lGqfrYFWuo — Air India (@airindiain) February 21, 2022 Amid the Covid pandemic air bubble agreement between India and Maldives continued. The “Transport Bubble” are temporary travel arrangements made between two countries under which commercial passenger vehicles can be resumed when regular international flights remain suspended. India emerged as one of the top source markets for tourist arrivals in the Maldives in 2021. Resorts and travel agents saw an uptick in demand since the gorgeous islands opened doors to South Asian travelers including India last July with visa-on-arrival on producing a negative RT-PCR test report. Meanwhile, Tata Group regained its control on country’s national carrier Air India after almost seven decades this January by placing the highest bid of Rs 18,000 crore in the Air India disinvestment. On January 27, the government officially turned over the airline to Tata Group. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Omicron Coronavirus India Live News, Coronavirus Vaccination Statistics and Registration Latest Updates, Covid-19 Cases and Deaths in India Recent Updates, Covid Restrictions Feb 22 Latest Updates: India recorded 13,405 new Covid-19 cases, 235 deaths and 34,226 recoveries in the last 24 hours, as per the official data shared by the Union Ministry of Health on Tuesday morning. The country’s active case load currently stands at 1,81,075 and total death toll is logged at 5,12,344. Given the consistent decline in Coronavirus infections, regular international flights are also likely to resume from March 15, government sources reportedly said on Monday. A decision on resuming scheduled international flights has almost been arrived at by the Civil Aviation Ministry following consultation with the Health Ministry, as per a PTI report. However, no official announcement has been made by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation so far. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has also granted final approval to Biological E’s Covid-19 vaccine, Corbevax, for children between the age group of 12-18. Corbevax vaccine is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) Protein sub-unit vaccine against covid-19. The Health Ministry had earlier stated that additional need for vaccination and inclusion of population for vaccination is being constantly examined by the states and Centre. “The @CDSCO_INDIA_INF has granted emergency use authorisation to COVID-19 vaccine #CORBEVAX for 12-18 year age group. It is India’s 1st indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain Protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19.This will further strengthen our fight against COVID19,” Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya posted on twitter. Financial Express brings you the latest and verified Covid updates from India and around the globe. Check out here: [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] The Green Hydrogen Policy, announced by the Union power ministry last week, sets India on the path of achieving the goals of the National Hydrogen Mission; the policy targets to produce 5 million tonnes (MT) of green hydrogen per annum by 2030. The government has earlier also talked of aiming to push down the cost of the clean fuel to $1/kg, from the current levels of $3-6.5/kg. As renewable power costs 50-70% of the cost of green hydrogen, the move to waive inter-state transmission charges for green hydrogen producers (GHPs), for projects commissioned before July 2025, should prove a significant leg-up. The new policy may also lead to substantial cost savings as it lets the GHPs to use power from renewable plants set up by them at the location of the hydrogen plant or a remote location, apart from third-party plants and renewable power procured from power exchanges. Allowing banking of renewable power for 30 days will bolster GHPs’ production efficiency, given reduced uncertainty of power supply and the concomitant effects on capacity utilisation of the electrolysers. Several other policy prescriptions such as single-window clearance for all approvals required can also be meaningful boosts to green-hydrogen production. But, as with many good intentions, these forward-looking proposals may also get limited in scope unless implementation issues are looked at more holistically. For example, states will have a key role to play in the endeavour. For one, the question of the open access charges of the states will have to be addressed—these disparate charges, also varying depending on what renewable source is, need to be harmonised so as not to distort the green hydrogen market, as Hemant Mallya of the Council for Environment, Energy and Water (CEEW) has pointed out. Also, while the policy leaves the fixing of the banking charges to the state regulators (though bound by a prescribed capping formula), states would do well to take a cue from the CEEW analysis which posits that not having banking charges could lower production costs by 40%. This is not to argue that states should forego any such charge entirely, but a lower rate could be the impetus that green hydrogen production needs. Apart from this, while the new policy talks of a small margin above the cost of procurement and wheeling charges that discoms can charge when GHPs buy renewable power from them, the margin is going to be determined by the state electricity commissions. States must keep this margin meaningfully low. There were expectations of consumption mandates, especially for those industries that are currently using grey hydrogen, derived from fossil fuels with large consequent emissions. Hopefully, this will be announced at a later date. The government must also, in Phase 2, bring in viability gap funding. Currently, electrolysers, including maintenance, constitute a large chunk of the cost of producing green hydrogen—even with cheaper solar tariffs, solar-powered electrolysers can cost 6X those powered by natural gas. Even as the Rs 19,500 crore PLI will boost domestic solar component production, a PLI for electrolysers is also needed. India must bear in mind that competition is heating up as the EU, China and Australia have announced very ambitious targets, and many countries in the global south are cashing in on their cheap and abundant solar availability. India’s total hydrogen demand is expected to touch 11.7 MT by 2029-30 from the current 6.7 MT. While blue hydrogen plans announced by leading players may take care of a fair amount of the need at low costs, the fact is that this remains a relatively ‘dirty’ option, with little on the ground in terms of carbon capture, storage and utilisation. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] We had one of our standby meals this past week — potatoes, sausage, carrots, and onions in the crockpot. I made up a recipe for one dinner — I made a white sauce and added cooked chicken and broccoli and we served it over noodles. A peek into a few lunches for Kierstyn and Baby D. Jesse and I have been testing out the Eat to Evolve Meals for lunches this past week since they wanted to offer a deal to my Instagram followers and wanted me to give my honest review on them. (Spoiler alert: we were super impressed!) Guess what we used these marked down items to make? French toast! Kroger didn’t have that many great stock-up deals this past week when I went shopping on Saturday, but I still found some pretty good deals to purchase. I’m hopeful there will be more stock-up deals next week (and am grateful there were lots of great deals the past few weeks to tide us over on weeks like this that are slimmer pickings!) I spent $65 on all the groceries shown. [ad_2] Source link

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