Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 12 (ANI/PNN): Ducon Infratechnologies Limited is increasing its footprint in India's Flue gas Desulfurization (FGD) market, the Company announced. India has been dependent upon coal-based thermal power generation for its electricity production which significantly contributes to air pollution. However, recently, India has planned to mitigate the air pollution from all power plants by implementing new emission norms, requiring retrofitting existing coal thermal power plants with equipment to control Sulfur Dioxide (SOx), & Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions by installing equipment such as Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems respectively. At present out of installed capacity of 211 GW of coal thermal power plants in India, FGD equipment has been ordered only for 87 GW and the remaining 124 GW power plants have yet to order this FGD equipment. The growing awareness regarding environmental pollution and the
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): In its continued efforts to recognize the contribution of nurses to mankind and to the healthcare community, Aster DM Healthcare has announced the next edition of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award. The award invites registered nurses from across the world to apply for the award by submitting nomination of their work on the mentioned site directly. Registered nurses can now start applying in their preferred language - English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic or Tagalog via www.asterguardians.com by November 30, 2022. Nurses can apply in one Primary and up to two Secondary areas of contribution, namely - Patient Care, Nursing Leadership, Nursing Education, Social or Community service and Research or Innovation. The secondary areas of contribution can be optional. Once the applications are received, it will follow a stringent multi-round review process to be managed by a third-party external agency and an independ