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172 hydrocarbon discoveries reported since 2015, including 62 in offshore area Andaman Basin emerges as key frontier in India’s energy exploration India is witnessing a renewed surge in oil and gas exploration, particularly in offshore regions, underscoring the country’s vast untapped hydrocarbon potential. In a written reply to a starred question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, stated that the opening of nearly one million square kilometres of erstwhile ‘No-Go’ offshore areas…

Industry Experts Call for City-Level Convention Bureaus and a Strong National MICE Brand As India positions itself as a global leader in the tourism and events ecosystem, the Ministry of Tourism reaffirmed its strong commitment to scaling up the country’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) sector. The announcement was made at the South India Thought Leaders Conference (SITLC) in Chennai organised by the Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA) in association with the Ministry. Inaugurating the conference, Mr. Suman Billa,…

Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of Earth’s continental rocks have generated natural hydrogen in massive amounts. Some of this hydrogen may have accumulated within accessible traps and reservoirs under Earth’s surface. This store has the potential to contribute to the global hydrogen economy for hundreds of years. These have been demonstrated by the production of near-pure hydrogen from a single gas field in Mali, attracting the attention of governments in the United States, Canada, Australia,…

CETA opens a world of opportunities for India’s textiles, leather and footwear industry: Shri Piyush Goyal CETA to make Indian exporters more competitive:Shri Goyal CETA to Boost Demand for Indian Textiles; Major Clusters like Tirupur, Jaipur, Surat, Ludhiana, Panipat, Bhadohi and Moradabad to Benefit India’s leather and footwear exports to UK likely to double to USD 1 billion in three years CETA to boost visibility of GI products like Kolhapuri footwear and Mojari in UK’s USD 8.7 billion leather and…

NEW DELHI  – REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power and a leading NBFC, has been certified with ISO 31000:2018 (Risk management — Guidelines) for its enterprise-wide risk management framework. This significant achievement marks REC as the first Indian Public Sector Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to receive this certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI). The ISO 31000:2018 is an internationally recognized standard that provides principles and guidelines for effective risk management. This is a testimony…

The 118 years old company, Tata Steel’s, investments in digital frameworks and AI over the years have kept the company at the frontier of new technologies and are paying rich dividends in areas of productivity and savings. The company plans to use technology in accelerating steel delivery — from weeks to days. The 72 hours delivery commitment was reaffirmed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jayanta Banerjee who said, “We are now trying to become the Zepto, Zomato or Blinkit…

India’s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services, will reduce its global workforce by around 2%, or roughly 12,000 roles, as it seeks to adapt to shifting client needs and invest more heavily in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. CS Chief Executive K. Krithivasan said the decision followed an extensive review of internal capabilities and projected requirements in light of evolving delivery models and widespread AI deployment. “We need to be future-ready and agile” he told in a Press Meet…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow, successfully organised a National Symposium on ‘Women’s Safety at Work and Public Spaces’ on 26th July, 2025. This marked the second national symposium on this critical subject, following the inaugural symposium held on 9th September, 2024. The initiative comes in the wake of rising incidents of crimes against women in both professional environments and public domains across the country.…

The strange silence of Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh on Anil Ambani’s fraud highlights the curious case of selective outrage and political convenience. Mumbai : A politician’s silence often reveals more than their loudest declarations. For the Congress party—particularly its two most vocal critics of corporate influence, Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh—a perplexing quiet now surrounds the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) charge sheet against Anil Ambani. And this is no minor case. According to the ED, the younger Ambani siphoned off…

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India with support from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, hosted the second edition of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) Workshop from 21 to 25 July 2025 in New Delhi. The event, organized under the aegis of WADA and in partnership with INTERPOL and Sport Integrity Australia, was attended by representatives from National Anti- Doping Organizations (NADOs) and law enforcement agencies from India, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam,…