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Ventilator shortage: 'Make in India' devices not picked up by govt

Many facilities stopped production because govt did not procure the ventilators it had ordered last year

Crude oil refinery output falls 11% in FY21 on Covid-led demand destruction

Crude oil and natural gas production also declines

Gateway Rail Freight, Maersk jointly flag automotive express service

Maruti Suzuki transports 180,000 vehicles through trains in 2020-2021

Railway pointsman awarded for bravery after rescuing child's life

The daring rescue was tweeted by Piyush Goyal, who said that Shelke has done an exceptionally courageous act

Covid-19 negative: Testing time for Railways, opportunity for racketeers

According to a Railway Ministry spokesperson, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Odisha have written to the Centre mandating Covid-19 testing for inbound rail commuters.

Trains now running at 69% of pre-Covid levels: Railway Board Chairman

This inching up of rail utilisation is due to rising demand with many passengers going back to their home towns to avoid extended lockdowns because of the resurgent pandemic

Indian Railways throws weight behind port connectivity projects

India has a coastline spanning 7,516.6 km - forming one of the biggest peninsulas in the world

IOC to buy Guyanese crude as India doubles up on cutting Opec dependence

According to oil ministry officials, this deal is at competitive rates and is in line with the strategy to have multiple sources of crude oil for Indian refiners

Discovered small fields: Govt may extend bank guarantee relaxation

Officials in the know say this re­laxation was given during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

Oil and gas production continues to elude discovered small fields

Officials from many new entrants to India's upstream oil and gas exploration sector point fingers towards delays in clearances and faulty data

Numaligarh Refinery evaluates re-entering fuel retail biz via petrol pumps

Development follows govt's move to make BPCL shed stake in Assam Accord refinery (as NRL is popularly called). The stake was recently picked up by fellow PSUs Oil India and Engineers India

US calls for duty on Indian wind energy equipment manufacturers

In November last year, the US department of commerce published its initiation of the countervailing duty investigation of utility scale wind towers from India.

US Commerce Dept wants duty against Indian wind energy equipment makers

The recent steps are a stark reminder of the Obama era fight in the WTO between India and the US to protect their local renewable energy industries

Rail Land Development Authority puts seven land parcels on auction

Among the properties currently on offer is the Boulevard Road land parcel in a posh Delhi locality that has a reserve price of Rs 393 crore

Next leg of Ujjwala to kick off in May; Centre to focus on affordability

Five years after its launch, the scheme seems to have run into a fresh problem: affordability

Indian Oil Corp prepares to make vehicles run on clean hydrogen in 2022

IOC's R&D division is also in the process of closing a tender to generate clean hydrogen and demonstrate running of vehicles with this fuel

Domestic natural gas price kept unchanged at $1.79 per mmBtu for April-Sept

According to officials in the know, this price is applicable on more than 90 per cent of domestic natural gas production

Indian Railways closes the year with higher freight loading than the last

Steps taken to increase freight maybe institutionalized in coming year: Rail Ministry

Next leg of Ujjwala scheme to focus on affordability of LPG: Oil ministry

Oil companies wait to recover around Rs 4,500 cr from existing PMUY beneficiaries

Fuel prices cut for first time in a year ahead of Assembly elections

Reduction, which comes ahead of Assembly elections, may not last as crude oil prices rise with Suez Canal blockage