September 10-11: National Level Seminar at St. Aloysius College
Mangaluru, Sept 07: A two-day national level seminar on the topic 'Radioactive Materials and Uses of Radiation' has been organized on September 10th and 11th at the St. Aloysius College in the City.
Informing this to media persons here, College Principal Prof. Praveen Martis said “the seminar will be held in association with the National Association for Application of Radioisotope and Radiation at the LF Raskeena Hall in the College.
“District in-charge Minister UT Khader will inaugurate the program at 9 o’clock on September 10. Dr.Bharadwaj, Chairman of the Central Government's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, and Principal of Miranda Women's College of Delhi University and member of the Union Cabinet Advisory Council Dr. Pratibha Jolly will be the guests. St. Aloysius Group Institutions head. Dr. Dionysius Vas will preside over the function,” he informed.
“As a part of the programme, a public lecture on the topic ‘Public Perceptions- Myth and reality about Nuclear Power will be organized at 5 pm on September 11. SK Malhotra, the former head of the Government of India's Public Awareness Department, will be delivering the lecture and the public will have the open entry for this,” Praveen Martis said.
Prof. Prakash Kamath, Rita Krista, Program Organizer Dr. Chandrashekhar Shetty were present.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
