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[ad_1] LONDON: Greta Thunberg joined dozens of climate activists outside a central London hotel on Tuesday to disrupt a meeting of oil and gas company executives. Five people were arrested on suspicion of obstructing a highway during the protest targeting the Energy Intelligence Forum , which is hosting speakers including the chief executives of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor as well as the UK's energy security minister. Protesters attempted to block access to the conference venue, the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane, by sitting on the sidewalk by the entrance. They held aloft banners and chanted “oily money out” and “cancel the conference," while some lit yellow and pink smoke flares. Greenpeace activists abseiled down from the roof of the hotel to unfurl a banner reading “make big oil pay." The protesters accuse fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit. “The world is d...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Afcons Infrastructure has emerged as the lowest bidder for construction of a 21-km-long tunnel, including India’s first 7-km-long undersea tunnel, in Maharashtra for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The tunnel will be constructed in five years, indicating that operation of the first bullet train on the stretch will not be possible before mid-2028. “The financial bids of two technically qualified bidders were opened and Afcons Infrastructure Limited has quoted the lowest bid,” the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) said in a statement. Afcons has quoted Rs 6,397.3 crore for the project. The tunnel will be built between the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in Maharashtra and the undersea tunnel will pass through Thane Creek. It will be a single tube tunnel to accommodate twin tracks for both up and down trains. As per the project, 39 equipment rooms at 37 locations will also be constructed adjoining the tunnel locati...