Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 poll, get more votes than Messi, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle
Mumbai: King Khan has won the 2023 TIME100 reader poll in which readers voted for the individuals they felt deserved a spot on Time's annual list of the most influential people. He received 4 percent of the 1.2 million votes cast by readers in the 2023 TIME100 poll. Iranian women who are protesting for their rights won second place.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan also scored more votes than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who took the fourth spot, with each of them getting 1.9% of the votes. He also got more votes than Lionel Messi who took the fifth spot on the list getting 1.8% of the votes.
TIME’s annual list of the most influential people for 2023 will be released later this month. In 2022, Gautam Adani, Karuna Nundy, and Khurram Parvez were the only Indians who featured on the list.
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BWSSB to extract biogas from sewage sludge
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is set to roll out a major biogas initiative to extract compressed biogas from sewage sludge, aiming to generate over Rs 120 crore in additional revenue over the next two decades.
The project approved by the state cabinet is expected to be the largest of its kind in the country, utilising about 550 MLD of sewage across five major sewage treatment plants, according to an official release.
"This brilliantly structured PPP model allows us to generate over Rs 120 crore in fresh revenue without investing a single rupee in capital or operations," BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said in the statement.
Under the project, raw biogas currently used for in-house power generation or flared will be upgraded to CBG meeting national standards for injection into the city gas distribution network or use as a clean transport fuel, the release said.
The initiative will be executed on a public-private partnership model, with the private concessionaire bearing the entire Rs 85 crore capital expenditure and operational costs, while BWSSB will provide land within treatment plant premises.
Describing it as a step towards energy security and the circular economy, officials said the project could serve as a national model for similar urban initiatives.
