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New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday chaired the fifth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers to review the existing risks to energy supply chains and domestic availability of essential commodities in the wake of the conflict in West Asia.​ “The government, under the leadership of PM Modi, has been working to ensure uninterrupted supplies of essential goods across the country,” the minister said in a post on X.​Singh urged people to remain calm and avoid …

New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth around Rs 9,400 crore for Telangana aimed at creating large scale employment and better connectivity in the state.Addressing the gathering via video conferencing, the Prime Minister highlighted Hyderabad’s transformational significance as a centre of both national and global importance and outlined how multiple large-scale projects…

Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that if the Centre extends to Telangana the same level of assistance that Gujarat received during the 10 years of Congress rule at the Centre, the state would end up getting only half of what it currently receives. PM Modi made the remarks in response to a request from the Chief Minister at an event in Hyderabad, where he launched and inaugurated projects worth Rs 9,400 crore.Seeking li…

Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS) The Zaheerabad Industrial Area in Sangareddy district and the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal are among the key development projects to be inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event here on Sunday.The Prime Minister, who is visiting Telangana for the first time after assuming office for the third time, is scheduled to lay the foundation stone, inaugurate and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects worth around Rs 9,377 crore.Chi…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The supply of domestic LPG is normal, with online bookings for cooking gas rising to 99 per cent on Sunday and no dry-outs reported at retail distributorships despite the disruptions due to the West Asia crisis, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Monday.Domestic LPG deliveries based on the authentication code sent to the registered mobile number of the consumer have increased to around 94 per cent to prevent diversion at the distributor level.More than 23.5…

Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha on Thursday asked teachers and students to adapt classrooms to the changing global landscape. The L-G inaugurated the new school building of Swami Pranavanand Vidyamandir in Panjgrain locality of Jammu’s Nagrota.The school is run by Bharat Sevashram Sangh, a renowned socio-cultural and philanthropic organisation.Bharat Sevashram Sangh started pre-primary to Class 8 education here in 2014 under ‘Har Ghar Shiksha’.More …

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A subsidiary company of Larsen & Toubro Ltd signed a long-term deal with Japan’s ITOCHU Corp on Wednesday to supply three lakh tonnes of green ammonia per annum from its proposed production facility at Kandla in Gujarat.ITOCHU will utilise the green ammonia supplied by L&T Energy GreenTech Ltd. to support its expanding green bunkering applications in Singapore and other locations, aligned with its strategy to develop a global green ammonia ecosystem across key …

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The government is looking at stepping up efforts to promote Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) as it looks to deepen ethanol use in the transport sector amid disruptions in the world oil market due to the Middle East conflict.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is scheduled to hold a key stakeholder meeting on Monday to chart out a road map for adopting FFVs in India, according to reliable sources.The meeting, to be chaired by the Additional Secretary at MoPNG, wi…

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) India-flagged merchant ship Green Asha, which crossed the Strait of Hormuz on April 5, has safely reached Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday with its cargo of 15,400 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), according to an official statement.The arrival of the tanker has come at a crucial time to augment cooking gas supplies in the country amid the West Asia crisis. The has moored at JNPA’s liquid berth operated by Bharat Petroleum and In…

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday announced that increase in the commercial LPG limit to 70 per cent of the pre-March 2026 bulk consumption level will be extended to industrial units in the pharma, food, polymer, agriculture, packaging, paint, uranium, heavy water, steel, seed, metal, ceramic, foundry, forging, glass, and aerosol sectors.The increase will be subject to an overall sectoral limit of 0.2 thousand metric tonnes per day.Besides, conditions regarding registration with …