'Urja' service for cylinder booking - Introduced by Bharat Petroleum
- For the first time in the country's oil and gas sector, Bharat Petroleum has introduced 'Urja' communication service for services including booking of cooking gas cylinders and change of company distributing cylinders.
- Customers can change their mobile numbers to book cylinders through this facility. As well as changing cylinder supply companies, you can also avail services such as repair services by paramedics and requesting two-cylinder connections.
- Apart from this, the service also provides petrol, diesel prices, information on nearby petrol stations, home delivery of petrol and diesel in 13 languages including Tamil, English, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam.
- A 900-year-old stone-squeezing oil check has been found in Venkalam village near Perambalur. Its height is 33 cm. Outer diameter 71cm. The inner diameter is 64 cm. The depth of the pit in the middle of the check is 30 cm and the diameter is 20 cm.
- It can be considered to belong to the 11th century with the form of writing found in Calcutta. In ancient times checks were used to smash food items and to extract oil from oil seeds to light lamps in temples, houses and streets.
- For this, kings, generals and the rich donated stone checks for temple worship and public use. Such stone checks have already been found in the villages of Chencheri and Chattramanai Vellore in Perambalur district. Located in the bronze village, this stone is very old and dates back to the 11th century.
- Malladi Nattan has done this stone check. Couldn't figure out who he was. Bandal Ambalam is a public place with a bandal. This may be the area where the present Celliyamman Temple is located.
- The National Thermal Power Corporation has set up the country's largest floating solar photovoltaic project at the Simhatri Thermal Power Station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- The 25 MW project was announced by the central government in 2018. Covering an area of about 75 acres in the reservoir, more than one lakh solar photovoltaic panels have been installed.
- The project will not only light up about 7,000 homes but also reduce the use of at least 46,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. It is estimated that this will save 1,364 million liters of water per year. This will meet the water needs of 6700 households
- India's tallest herb garden opens in Uttarakhand Samoli district is located in the state of Uttarakhand. Mana, the last village in India is located here.
- Located on the India-China border. The famous Badrinath Temple is also located nearby. Similarly, the Government of Uttarakhand has made efforts to set up an herb garden in Mana of various importance.
- Accordingly, under the financial assistance of the United States Government, 3 acres of land in this village have been selected and a herb garden is currently being set up.
- 'The herb garden is located at an altitude of 11,000 feet and is proud to be the tallest herb garden in India. The park is divided into 4 sections with various rare herbs.
- In particular, 40 varieties of herbs found in the Himalayas and Alps are planted here. The spiritual and scientific Badri Tulsi and Bhojputra trees are also maintained here.
- The World U20 Athletics Championships are being held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The Indian team, including Tamil Nadu's Bharath Sreedharan, won a bronze medal in the mixed 4x400m relay and started the medal count.
- In this situation, Indian athlete Amit Kadri participated in the men's 10,000 meter race.
- Harriston took first place in 42 minutes, 10.84 seconds to clinch the gold medal. Amit finished 2nd (42: 17.94) and kissed the silver medal. 3rd place finisher Paul McGrath (42: 26.11) won the bronze.
- This is the 2nd medal won by India in this series. Matches end today. Kenya topped the medal list with a total of 7 medals, including 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Binlatu (2-1-0) and Ethiopia (1-3-1) are next. India (0-1-1) is ranked 16th.
