The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in separate decisions okayed additional 75 lakh deposit-free LPG connections under the existing Ujjwala Yojana and expanded the e-Court facility across the country. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said, “We will give 75 lakh more LPG connections for free. This will […]
Category: Oil & Gas
India, S Arabia firm up energy ties, kick-start $50 bn refinery project
India and Saudi Arabia today kick-started their stalled $50 billion refinery project and separately announced two joint working groups to channel Saudi investment into energy, railways, freight corridor, highways, gas grid, optical fibre and information technology. This came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman held the […]
Petrol station salesman robbed of Rs 13K
Three armed miscreants looted cash from an employee of Punjab Petrol Pump, Plasaur, here on Monday evening. The masked armed robbers came to the petrol station on a motorcycle and suddenly made a bid to rob Rs 13,900 from the salesman, Happy, who was busy in work at that time. The salesman tried his best […]
Residents protest as pits dug to lay LPG pipeline not filled yet
Residents of Dayanand Nagar are irked over laying of LPG pipeline by a private firm in their area. The company workers had dug pits to lay the pipeline in streets of Dayanad Nagar on the Lawrence Road around 15 days ago. The uncovered pits are posing a threat to the lives of residents and commuters. […]
India’s imports of Russian oil fall to seven-month low in August as monsoon rain dampened demand
India’s import of cheap Russian oil plunged to lowest in seven months in August as monsoon rains dampened demand, industry data showed. The world’s third largest oil consumer reduced imports from Russia for a third consecutive month in August. It took 1.46 million barrels a day from Russia in August, down from 1.91 million barrels […]
IndianOil creates world record
IndianOil has created a world record in road construction by maintaining uninterrupted supplies of Durapave bitumen by laying 100 lane km in 100 hours at Ghaziabad-Aligarh Expressway. Tanishq Celeste collection Tanishq recently held an exhibition for the launch of its Celeste solitaire collection in Chandigarh. It showcased designs for rings, earrings and bracelets.
MC starts work on establishing bio-CNG plant at Bhagtanwala
After getting the nod from the government for the installation of a bio-CNG plant at Bhagtanwala, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has started making the required arrangements such as land and segregation of garbage to implement the project. The Central Government approved the proposal of a bio-Compressed Natural Gas (bio-CNG) plant in Amritsar recently. On the […]
Zira ethanol plant dumped toxic effluents into ground
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has stated in its report that the reverse boring technique was allegedly used at the Zira ethanol plant to dispose of harmful chemicals, which led to contamination of underground water, thus making it unfit for drinking. Ironically, the management had claimed that it was a ‘zero liquid discharge unit’. […]
Govt cuts windfall tax on domestic crude oil to nil
The government has cut windfall gains tax on domestically produced crude oil to nil while continuing the rate at zero on the export of diesel and ATF. The government has slashed the special additional excise duty (SAED) on crude oil produced by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to nil from Rs […]
Ex-Audi head pleads guilty in diesel emissions scandal
The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, becoming the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. Rupert Stadler answered “yes” to wrongdoing and regret for his failure to keep rigged cars off […]
HPCL to set up Rs 500 cr ethanol plant in Una
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today said that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) would set up an ethanol plant at Jeetpur Baheri in Una district at a cost of Rs 500 crore. Sukhu presided over a meeting here yesterday evening to discuss various aspects of the construction of the proposed ethanol plant on 30 acres. […]
India’s imports from OPEC at all-time low as Russian oil buy peaks
Oil producers cartel OPEC’s share in India’s oil imports fell to an all-time low of 46 per cent in April as purchases of cheaper Russian oil peaked, industry data showed. Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations, mainly in the Middle East and Africa, had a 72 per cent share of all crude oil […]