Day: April 21, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub Khan on Monday held talks with the independent power producers (IPPs) and discussed the issues pertaining to lowering power tariff of the electricity produced by them, ARY NEWS reported citing sources. According to details, the federal minister was briefed during the meeting that there overall 124 power plants producing electricity from wind energy remained operational in the country. “They produce 1236 megawatts of electricity,” they said. It was briefed that solar power plants were also producing 436 megawatt electricity while power plants…

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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday said that the federal cabinet has decided to send chloroquine tablets to “friendly nations” to help them in their time of need. While briefing the media after a cabinet meeting in Islamabad, Awan said that one million chloroquine tablets will be sent to Saudi Arabia and United States each, 500,000 to Turkey and Italy each, 5m to the United Kingdom, 700,000 to Kazakhstan and 300,000 to Qatar. The SAPM added that Prime Minister Imran Khan…

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Thanks to government stimulus packages, liquidity is coming back to the market. It will keep enough of the economy afloat so that it can climb out of recession rapidly once the various lockdowns are lifted. But the way much of it is structured means that it will likely benefit already better capitalized larger businesses, over the smaller operators who may struggle. It would be an over-simplification, however, to paint this new era as one of “big” versus “small”, or “incumbents” versus “upstarts”. The past decade’s tropes that pitted fintechs and…

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When we asked readers to send their questions about coronavirus, a common theme emerged: Many people are fearful about tracking the virus into their homes on their clothes, their shoes, the mail and even the newspaper. We reached out to infectious disease experts, aerosol scientists and microbiologists to answer reader questions about the risks of coming into contact with the virus during essential trips outside and from deliveries. While we still need to take precautions, their answers were reassuring. Should I change my clothes and shower when I come home…

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In light of the current global situation which does not allow international travel and physical meetings, WWEA will launch a new series of webinars presenting first hand information about the latest developments in wind power from experts from around the world. The first WWEA webinar will be held on 16 April presenting latest developments of key wind markets around the world. After introducing the latest global wind statistics, experts from countries including China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia, Germany, Brazil, North Africa and more will present the market performance during the…

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