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TREND | 13 Apr 2025

Global energy firm BP bets on NEC-25 for gas surge, credits govt reforms

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Global energy giant BP Plc, which produces one-third of India's natural gas, is targeting nearly 10 million cubic meters per day of additional output from the NEC-25 block in the Mahanadi basin, spurred by recent upstream reforms introduced by the Modi government. Its chief executive Murray Auchincloss said India's upstream oil and gas policy overhaul through a new legislation has made several improvements important for foreign investors and will help attract global players. BP and its partner Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) produce about 28 million standard cubic meters per day or almost a third of India's total gas output, from their Krishna Godavari basin deepsea block KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) in the Bay of Bengal. The two are now looking to put into production discoveries in the Block NEC-OSN-97/2 (NEC-25) off the Odisha coast. "Block NEC 25 represents an opportunity to unlock the hydrocarbon potential of a new hub on India's East coast, with production potential of up to 9.9 mmscmd o

Congress accuses govt of looting, demands CAG audit on fuel duty hikes

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TREND | 13 Apr 2025

PM Modi, leaders honour Jallianwala Bagh 'martyrs' on 106th anniversary

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Several other leaders also remembered the victims and the impact of the brutal massacre, which took place on April 13, 1919, during British colonial rule

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TREND | 13 Apr 2025

German official calls urban development key focus of ties with India

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Blume recalled that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed in 2022 to strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

PM Narendra Modi carrying forward Shivaji Maharaj's struggle: Amit Shah

Business Standard | 12 Apr 2025

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TREND | 12 Apr 2025

Delhi CM directs formation of monitoring cell for updates on infra work

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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta issued several directives including one for formation of a monitoring cell for regular updates on ongoing infrastructure work in the city, officials said on Saturday. In a recent meeting with top officers and heads of government departments, she also asked for weekly reports from them on various schemes, projects and programmes, they said. The chief minister sought cooperation and support from the officers in ensuring that the government achieves its targets as people have "high hopes" from it. She expressed confidence that the bureaucracy will meet her expectations in working for the people, said a senior government officer. Gupta directed Chief Secretary Dharmendra to set up a monitoring cell under him to strengthen supervison of infrastructure projects and furnish regular updates to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), said the officer. The BJP government in its first budget worth Rs one lakh crore for financial year 2025-26, tabled in the Assembly

Indian Youth Congress stages protest against LPG, fuel price hike

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TREND | 12 Apr 2025

Dharma leads to happiness, shouldn't be changed for greed or fear: Bhagwat

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One may encounter greed, temptation and enticement in everyday life, and they may take people away from their religion, but dharma alone can lead everyone to happiness, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday. People should not change (religion) under the influence of greed or fear, said Bhagwat at Sadgurudham in Barumal of Gujarat's Valsad district, where he participated in the silver jubilee celebrations of the Shree Bhav Bhaveshwar Mahadev Temple. We know how to unite and want to unite. We do not want to fight. But we will have to save ourselves. For this, there have been arrangements since ancient times, because there are forces today that want us to change (convert). But even when there is no such force in our daily life, incidents of greed, temptation and enticement come up, said the top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader. At the time of the Mahabharata, he said, there was no one to convert, but what Duryodhan did in greed to take the kingdom of the Pandavas was...

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TREND | 12 Apr 2025

OBC artisans trapped in neglect, struggle in textile sector: Rahul

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday claimed many skilled artisans from backward classes fail to make it big in the textile sector and asserted that he was fighting to break this "vicious circle of neglect and injustice". In a post on X, he shared a video of his visit to the workshop of a textile artisan trying to make his place in the fashion design sector. During the visit, Gandhi met the artisans in the workshop and tried his hands in the trade. In a post in Hindi, he said, "'I have never met an OBC at the top of the textile design industry'. This was told by Vicky, a youth who has built his business in this field based on his skills." "The artisans in his factory work hard for 12 hours a day, weaving magic with needle and thread. But the situation is the same, there is no appreciation for the skill," Gandhi said in his post. He said like other industries, the Bahujans neither have representation in the textile and fashion sector, nor access to education or a place in the...

Govt to start Atal canteens near slums, construction sites: Delhi CM

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Parvesh Verma blames AAP govt, says Delhi drains to be cleaned in a month

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Delhi government has assigned the Flood and Irrigation Department a special responsibility to ensure the timely desilting of drains

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TREND | 12 Apr 2025

IPL 2025 SRH vs PBKS pitch report, Hyderabad Cricket Stadium key stats

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Key Stats at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium: Highest Total -286/6 by SRH vs RR in 2025; Lowest Total- 80/10 by DD vs SRH in 2013; Highest Run-chas- 217/7 by RR vs DCH in 2008

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TREND | 11 Apr 2025

Govt will protect national interest, avoid haste in trade pacts: Goyal

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In February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Trump announced their intention to finalise the first trance of a mutually beneficial multi-sectoral bilateral trade agreement

India wants to seal US trade deal with an 'urgency' not seen before

Business Standard | 11 Apr 2025

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TREND | 11 Apr 2025

Kashi emerging as new health capital with better care access: PM Modi

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He further noted that the Ayushman Bharat scheme has saved crores of rupees for lakhs of families in Uttar Pradesh

NIA will decide where Rana will be taken for probe, says CM Fadnavis

Business Standard | 11 Apr 2025 9 more