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India.com
20-05-2025
- Business
- India.com
Not Mukesh Ambani but Anil Ambani to challenge Gautam Adani, signs Rs 20000000000 deal with…, will develop largest…
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited recently inaugurated its first solar panel manufacturing unit. The company is building giga-factories on 5,000 acres in Jamnagar, Gujarat. However his brother Anil Ambani is also doing business in the green energy segment, and has taken a major step. The company announced that it has signed a commercial term sheet for a long-term power purchase agreement with Green Digital Private Limited (GDL) which is a company owned by the Government of Bhutan. GDL is under Druk Holdings and Investments Limited (DHI), the investment arm of the Bhutanese government. Reliance Power will now develop Bhutan's largest solar power project under this agreement. The project entails a capital outlay of up to Rs 2,000 crores under Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model, representing the largest private sector foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bhutan's solar energy sector to date. Gautam Adani's Adani Group is already operating in the solar energy sector, with various projects and investments. Adani Green Energy is the main entity which handles Adani's solar projects . Now new player Anil Ambani's Reliance Power will give him tough competition in the sector if becomes successfull. This initiative is expected to play a pivotal role in advancing regional clean energy integration, and enhancing cross-border infrastructure collaboration across South Asia, it stated. Reliance Power has commenced the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) tendering process, adhering to international competitive bidding standards to ensure optimal technical execution and cost efficiency. The company has also initiated engagement with leading financial institutions to structure sustainable, long-tenor project finance solutions, focused on optimizing capital structure and enhancing overall financing efficiency. The project will be implemented in phased tranches over the next 24 months, closely aligned with Bhutan's strategic sustainability framework and broader regional energy transition agenda across South Asia. This initiative is poised to significantly diversify Bhutan's renewable energy portfolio beyond hydropower and enhance grid stability and integration. In October 2024, Reliance Enterprises, jointly promoted by Reliance Power Ltd, and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd initiated a strategic partnership with DHI Ltd to develop solar and hydropower projects in Bhutan. As part of the agreement, Reliance Enterprises and DHI will jointly develop a 500 MW solar power project. The partnership also entails the execution and long-term operation of the 770 MW Chamkharchhu-I hydroelectric project, a run-of-the-river asset structured under a long-term concession model, aligned with Bhutan's national energy strategy. (With Inputs From PTI)
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Federal jury finds Texas man guilty of threatening Nashville DA's life
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A federal jury found a Texas man guilty of threatening to 'lynch and kill' the District Attorney General for Nashville and Davidson County, according to the Department of Justice. A press release from the DOJ said that on July 14, 2024, members of Goyim Defense League, described as a 'national and international network of antisemitic provocateurs who espouse vitriolic antisemitism' online, were protesting in downtown Nashville. PREVIOUS: Texas man charged with 'threatening to lynch and kill' Nashville District Attorney While in the city, GDL members reportedly posted about their activities on social media platforms — including Telegram. A Telegram user associated with the GDL — later identified as 60-year-old David Aaron Bloyed — allegedly posted threats against DA Glenn Funk. The DOJ said that Bloyed posted an image of Funk with the caption 'Getting the rope,' and a finger emoji pointed toward the image. Posts allegedly also included a photograph of someone hanging by the neck from a gallows. Law enforcement officers reportedly identified another social media account with a nearly identical username belonging to Bloyed containing nearly identical threats. 'The conviction of David Bloyed is yet another example of the FBI's commitment to holding those accountable who threaten public officials and the Jewish community,' Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, David J. Scott, said. 'This criminal behavior and these disgusting threats will not be tolerated. The FBI will continue to work with our partners across the nation to investigate, identify, and hold those accountable who threaten violence and harm to specific communities and people.' GDL members also encountered an employee at a Nashville bar and a fight broke out, the DOJ said. Ultimately, a GDL member was arrested and charged with aggravated assault for hitting the employee repeatedly with a metal flagpole that had a swastika affixed to the top. RELATED: Neo-Nazi protester charged with assaulting Nashville bartender with flag 'The defendant's heinous threats strike at the heart of our justice system and the safety of those who have chosen to serve. As today's verdict demonstrates, violent threats and intimidation against government officials and law enforcement will not be tolerated,' Head of the DOJ's National Security Division, Sue J. Bai, said. 'I am grateful to our law enforcement partners and prosecution team for their swift and determined work to bring justice in this case.' Bloyed faces up to five years in federal prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRN News 2.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
‘My child would still be here if graduated driving licences were the law in the UK'
'Everyone in our [campaign] group,' says Crystal Owen, 'would still have their child here if this law was in place.' She's discussing rules governing young, newly qualified drivers. Currently in Great Britain, there are no special rules. A 17-year-old passes his test and can immediately get behind the wheel of a car full of passengers. This, despite all the devastating road death statistics, which Owen can reel off without a moment's hesitation. Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 29-year-olds worldwide. In Britain, young drivers were involved in around a fifth of all fatal or serious collisions in 2023. Male drivers aged 17 to 24 are four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than drivers aged 25 and over. These are government figures – and Owen, along with other bereaved parents in the Forget-me-not Families Uniting campaign group, hopes they'll finally prompt action on restrictions for young drivers. Among the supporters of this campaign are mothers Toni Purcell and Juliet Seccombe. Purcell's son Harry, 17, and Seccombe's daughter Tilly, 16, both died near Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, alongside Frank Wormald, 16, in April 2023 when the Ford Fiesta they were travelling in crashed with a Fiat 500. The Fiesta's 19-year-old driver, Edward Spencer, had passed his test just six weeks earlier. In March this year, he admitted causing his passengers' deaths by careless driving. Owen's son Harvey died the same year, aged 17, while travelling in a car driven by a friend who had passed his test six months earlier. Owen, 40, from Shrewsbury, is sure he would still be alive if a graduated driver licensing (GDL) system had existed. Harvey Owen died while travelling in a car driven by a friend who had passed his test six months earlier - David Rose This system could mean that for the first six months after passing their test, or until they turn 20, new drivers would be banned from carrying passengers aged 25 or under, unless accompanied by an older adult. Owen's petition, calling for GDL for newly qualified drivers aged 17-19, has attracted more than 100,000 signatures, meaning the Government must respond. A year and a half after losing her 'kind-hearted' son, the second oldest of her four children, she is determined to prevent more tragedies like hers. She had never previously worried about Harvey coming to harm in a car, and was more concerned for his safety on his pushbike. A laid-back boy who loved music, artwork and poetry, he had recently started at a sixth-form college and, as far as his mother knew, had no friends with driving licences. She didn't know his friend Hugo Morris, 18. When Harvey told her one weekend in November 2023 that he was going to stay at a friend's grandfather's house, Owen had no reason to doubt him. He said his friend's father would be driving them. What she didn't know was that the boys also planned to go camping in Snowdonia. Harvey had only packed a tiny rucksack – inside were his poetry book, a thin jacket and flat leather shoes. Hardly the kit you'd take camping in Snowdonia in November. 'I certainly wouldn't have allowed him,' says Owen. Before Harvey set off, he played the Johnny Cash song Ring of Fire on his guitar. 'He knew I loved that song and it was the first time he'd ever played it,' says Owen. 'I gave him a hug and told him I loved him. I said, 'I'm so proud of you, Harvey.' Not long after that, he left. I couldn't have had a better last meeting with him.' Not that she had any idea then of what lay ahead. Only the previous week, Harvey had been talking of his plans for the future. 'He had dreams of either opening an Italian deli selling his homemade breads, or when he'd learnt to drive, getting a pizza van and going to all the festivals to sell his pizza,' says Owen, a business owner. 'He had his whole life mapped out.' The first part of her son's trip seemed to follow the lines he had told her it would. He sent her pictures of the view from his friend's grandfather's cottage in Harlech, north Wales, when he arrived. The morning after, he sent her a picture message of the view, not long before climbing into the car with Morris at the wheel and his long-time friends Jevon Hirst, 16, and Wilf Fitchett, 17. By the evening, Owen started to worry. She had sent her son a funny video message that had not been received. She rang friends of his and his older sister, who was away at university. They all assured her she was fretting needlessly, telling her, 'It's Wales, there's no [phone] signal.' Her partner reassured her too. Harvey would be fine, he said. If anything had happened, she would have heard about it by now. She allowed herself to believe this until the next day, when she received a call from Jevon's mother, who mentioned the word 'camping' and asked if she had heard from the boys. That was when Owen started to panic in earnest. A friend of hers had died on Snowdonia. She called the police immediately. 'I was an absolute nervous wreck, I was so worried,' she says. 'But they just kept saying, 'No, don't come to Wales, just stay by the phone. If you come here you're not going to have any signal.'' She didn't sleep a wink that night, and just sat there calling the police every 30 minutes to ask for news. When dawn broke, she and her partner drove to Wales, where the police were searching. Arriving in Snowdonia, Owen was hit by the icy cold and a sense of dread. 'I just went into absolute panic,' she says. 'I thought, 'This is so vast, how are we going to find them?'' A series of false sightings sent her and her partner driving frantically here and there, following one lead and then another, until eventually the police called and asked her to come to the police station. They had located the car. She didn't know it at the time, but it had come off a rural road on a bend in Garreg, Llanfrothen, and landed upside down in a ditch full of water. All four teenagers drowned. A road is blocked off near the scene of the crash in Garreg, north Wales - Rob Formstone Owen struggles to recall much of what happened when she learnt at the station that her son was dead. 'Everything was echoey and I felt like I was having a heart attack, like the physical pain was just immense,' she says. 'I felt my hands were being squished by nails. They went white. I was in absolute shock. [My partner says] I was howling, 'It can't be Harvey!'' That night, she again didn't sleep. 'I was like a zombie,' she says. For six weeks, she could barely leave her bed – except to walk to the church and make funeral arrangements. When she finally began to re-emerge, she spoke to an old acquaintance about losing her son. They told her about the GDL scheme used in Australia, where drivers must be at least 20 to hold a full licence. New Zealand and Canada have similar systems. So does Northern Ireland. But not the rest of the UK. It was a moment of revelation that set Owen on her current path. 'I was horrified,' she says. 'I couldn't believe it when I found out they had debated [this issue in Parliament]. I thought, 'If only they had done something. How on earth can they be faced with so much evidence and nothing be done?'' Exasperated, she points to the weight of expert opinion behind GDL systems. Brake, the road safety charity, has long called for the adoption of a progressive licencing system in the UK, to allow young drivers to develop skills and experience gradually while being less exposed to danger. 'I felt like I was having a heart attack': Owen describes the moment she learnt her son had died in a crash - David Rose 'Without these kinds of measures, young drivers will continue to not only put themselves at risk, but also their passengers and other road users,' says campaigns manager Luca Straker. 'This is an important public health concern, not a problem with young drivers. Where this has been implemented in other countries, there have been significant reductions in death and serious injuries on the road.' The charity is urging the Government to include these measures in its forthcoming Road Safety Strategy, which has a stated aim of ensuring the UK's roads remain among the safest. In January, MPs held a debate on road safety for young drivers. They discussed the idea of bringing in new restrictions to bring down deaths. The debate was attended by members of Forget-me-not Families Uniting, all of whom have lost loved ones in crashes involving young motorists. But the Government says it is not considering introducing a GDL system. 'Every death on our roads is a tragedy and our thoughts remain with the families of everyone who has lost a loved one in this way,' says a Department for Transport spokesman. '[We] absolutely recognise that young people are disproportionately victims of tragic incidents on our roads. We are determined to tackle this, including through our THINK! campaign, which has a focus on men aged 17-24.' This isn't enough for Owen. She says losing Harvey has 'ruined our lives' and is determined to continue the fight, for the sake of other children including her own. Harvey's little sisters, aged six and four, sleep with a photograph of him by their bed. 'They can't understand the death, they don't understand what's happened,' says Owen. 'We can't make sense of it, never mind them.' What she can do is continue to make her case for a safer system. To spread awareness so that perhaps, in the future, other parents will be saved from similar agony. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Daily Mirror
23-04-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mirror
Drivers support new 50-mile radius rules for certain driving licence holders
New proposals to introduce a Graduated Driving Licence scheme are gaining traction, with nearly 60 percent of drivers backing a 50-mile restriction for new motorists A majority of UK drivers have backed plans to introduce new driving licence rules aimed at improving road safety for newly qualified motorists. Among the most talked-about proposals is a 50-mile travel restriction for new drivers during their first few months on the road. The idea forms part of wider support for a Graduated Driving Licence (GDL) scheme, a structured system that would introduce stricter conditions for young and inexperienced drivers. Almost six in 10 drivers surveyed said they supported the introduction of such a framework. The proposed restrictions would not only limit driving distances but also introduce curfews and bans on carrying same-age passengers. Campaigners believe these steps could help reduce the high number of road incidents involving young drivers, especially during late-night hours. Currently, those aged between 17 and 24, particularly men, are statistically more likely to be involved in fatal or serious road collisions. Research from the Department for Transport found that they are four times more at risk than other age groups. Under the new proposals, new drivers would be required to display a 'recently passed' plate for up to a year after passing their test. Half of drivers agreed this visual reminder could increase caution on the roads, both from new drivers themselves and those around them. One particularly popular idea involves limiting new drivers to carrying just one passenger under 25 in the first 12 months. Although more severe suggestions have been floated, including a total ban on young passengers, 50% of respondents felt a moderate limit would be more realistic. The 50-mile radius rule, while more extreme, was supported by more than one in five respondents. Supporters say it could help reduce the temptation to drive long distances on unfamiliar or high-speed roads, such as motorways. Bridgestone UK's Senior Marketing Manager, Helen Roe, said: "It's clear that motorists want better preparation for new drivers, and tyre safety plays a crucial role in reducing accidents and keeping roads safer." Tyre safety was another key concern, with 70% of people believing it should be taught during driving lessons or even earlier in schools. Many believe small measures like these could make a big difference when it comes to real-world driving confidence. Some 38% of people also supported the idea of mandatory refresher courses within the first year of passing the practical test. Campaigners say this could help reinforce safe habits before bad ones set in. While enthusiasm for GDL continues to grow among the public, the Department for Transport has said it has no immediate plans to implement the scheme. However, the growing conversation highlights a shared concern for keeping young drivers, and everyone else, safe on the roads.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Racicts flyers hit Miami neighborhoods
MIAMI, Okla. – A known antisemitic hate group is believed to be behind a flood of White supremacist flyers hitting Miami neighborhoods. 'The flyers reference several derogatory racial words and phrases against Blacks,' said District Attorney Doug Pewitt. Pewitt said an investigation was launched into the matter. The group 'GDL' is believed to be behind the Miami flyers, he said. The Miami paper drop comes from a similar activity in Joplin. White supremacist and antisemitic group flyers that display a QR code, which links to a website, were distributed throughout both communities. The GDL is known for its paper drops, papering neighborhoods with flyers in an attempt to harass Jews. The Southern Poverty Law Center currently tracks the GDL as a hate group. GDL stands for Goyim Defense League. The Antidefamation League says the GDL is a 'loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism.' What is known about GDL is that the group includes five or six primary organizers, and has dozens of supporters and thousands of online followers. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
