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Committed to creating linkages between skilling, employment: Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday assumed charge of the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry and said he is committed to creating linkages between skilling and employment. "We are committed to strengthen the skilling efforts of the ministry and equipping the youth with necessary skills to prepare them for Future of Work, and creating linkages between skilling and employment," he said. Rajeev Chandrasekhar also took charge as the Minister of State in the ministry.

Dharmendra Pradhan puts ONGC, OIL on notice: Perform or get shipped out

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday put state-owned ONGC and OIL on notice saying oil and gas reserves they hold need to be monetised through joint ventures with domain experts

Former Telangana minister Eatala Rajender joins BJP in presence of Pradhan

Former Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Third round of discovered small field auctions begins

Production from DSF-1 Elao field in Cambay basin expected to being in a weeks

Production from blocks awarded in first round auctions expected in a week

Third round of discovered small field auctions begins

Fossil fuels will be a bad word in decades to come: Oil Minister Pradhan

He asked oil and gas firms to take a lead in clean fuel initiatives, urging them to focus more on using farm waste to energy projects

Shiv Sena says ONGC's negligence led to the barge tragedy during cyclone

The Shiv Sena on Saturday held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation responsible for the death of several personnel of the barge that sank off the Mumbai coast when cyclone Tauktae brushed past the city

Congress seeks resignation of petroleum minister over barge tragedy

Maharashtra Congress demanded the resignation of Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on moral grounds over the death of 37 personnel on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea

Oil for oxygen: India welcomes Saudi covid aid, boosts oil imports

Indian oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday thanked Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern oil producers for supplying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to help the country in its battle with the Covid

India in process of securing commercial supplies of LMO from Gulf countries

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said he had close consultations during the last week with his counterparts from some Gulf countries on ways to increase import of oxygen

Pradhan holds meeting to augment supply of medical oxygen from steel plants

Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday held a meeting with senior officials of the ministry to augment availability of medical oxygen in the country.

Working on hydrogen-natural gas synergy, broader role for former: Pradhan

Minister says role of hydrogen to go beyond transport, embrace chemicals, iron, steel, fertiliser and refining, among other areas

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets US special envoy John Kerry

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday discussed efforts to revamp strategic energy partnership between India and the US with the visiting US Presidential Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Calling his meeting "productive", Pradhan tweeted that the discussions focused "on collaborating on technology and finance to further develop mutually beneficial low-carbon pathways in fast-growing India's energy market, including in gas, RE, biofuels & in hydrogen." RE stands for renewable energy. "Also, discussed the ongoing efforts to revamp the strategic energy partnership with Energy Secretary @SecGranholm with focus on cleaner and green energies, including through the deployment of future technologies for carbon capture, battery storage and hydrogen," he added. Late last month, Pradhan had a meeting with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to discuss revamping strategic energy partnership between the two nations with a greater focus on cleaner energy sectors. The two leaders

No dearth of Covid-19 vaccine doses in Odisha says Dharmendra Pradhan

Days after the Odisha government raised concern over shortage of Covid vaccine doses in the state, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan assured on Saturday that there was no dearth of jabs in the state

India to buy oil from cheapest supplier on favourable terms, says Pradhan

UAE, Kuwait and Nigeria -- some of the biggest suppliers of oil to India -- are all OPEC members

India calls Saudi Arabia's advice on tapping stored oil 'undiplomatic'

India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, has asked refiners to speed up diversification and cut reliance on Middle Eastern oil

India, UAE vow to strengthen energy cooperation: Dharmendra Pradhan

UAE is a key oil supplier to India and a partner in an Indian joint venture that plans to build a 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) refinery and petrochemical complex on the country's west coast

No plan to split Gail, says Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

The government is not considering any proposal to bifurcate state-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd, Pradhan said

Petrol stable at Rs 91.17 in New Delhi since two weeks, diesel at Rs 81.47

In Mumbai, petrol price stood at Rs 97.57 per litre--the same since Feb 27

Pradhan, other Odisha MPs meet Prakash Javadekar over Simlipal forest fire

Days after a fire devastated the Similipal forest division in Odisha, Pradhan and other MPs from the state met Prakash Javadekar, demanding his intervention in the issue of forest fires in the state