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Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, J P Nadda, stated today that the green ammonia agreements represent a significant step towards building a self-reliant nation and advancing the country's transition to clean energy. He made this statement while addressing the signing of green ammonia...

Hyderabad, March 30 The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging the Centre to ban the herbicide paraquat dichloride (24%), citing its lethal impact on human health and biodiversity.State Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who moved the resolution, called on...

Mumbai, March 30 Bank credit to the industry grew at a faster pace of 13.5 per cent during the fortnight ending February 28, compared with 7.5 per cent in the year-ago period, according to data released by the RBI on Monday.The strong growth is primarily driven by higher growth in...

Mumbai, March 26 Adhesive maker Pidilite will bear some of the price pressures resulting from rising raw material costs, but does not expect operating profit margins to fall below the 20-24 per cent target range, a top official has said.The city-headquartered company's immediate focus will be...

New Delhi, March 24 India's urea production reached 275.75 lakh tonnes in the first eleven months of this fiscal, the government said on Tuesday.The country's urea production stood at 306.67 lakh tonnes for the entire 2024-25 fiscal."Currently, there are 33 urea manufacturing units in the...

New Delhi, March 24 Shares of agrochemical company GSP Crop Science Ltd closed with a premium of over 11 per cent against the issue price of Rs 320 on Tuesday.The stock started trading at Rs 332.30, up 3.84 per cent from the issue price on the BSE. During the day, it jumped 13.62 per cent to...

March 23, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to review the ongoing conflict in West Asia and the measures being taken and proposed to mitigate its effects.PM Modi directed the formation of a group of ministers and secretaries to work...

Chandigarh, March 18 A fire broke out in a shop in Sector 22 here, one of the busiest commercial zones in the city, on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties have been reported so far.The fire started on the first floor of a shop and spread to the adjacent shops.An official said that more...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 The Odisha government on Tuesday approved 23 investment proposals worth Rs 4,510.65 crore, with the potential to create employment for 10,122 people, officials said.The project proposals were approved during a meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority...

New Delhi, March 14 New Era Cleantech Solutions commenced the development of India's first greenfield Integrated Coal Gasification and Carbon Capture Complex at Bhadrawati in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with an investment of ₹20,000 crore, on Saturday.This development is significant at a time...

New Delhi, March 13 The government on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that it has disbursed ₹15,756.96 crore under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme until December 25 of this fiscal year.This scheme has benefited more than 1.11 lakh exporters so far this...

New Delhi, March 13 India is examining the US announcement to initiate investigations under Section 301 against 16 trading partners, and will respond accordingly, an official said on Friday.The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced on March 11 that it had initiated investigations...

New Delhi, March 13 DCM Shriram Ltd announced on Friday that it will receive $90 million from the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, through sustainability-linked non-convertible debentures.The proceeds will fund the expansion of DCM Shriram's...

Amaravati, March 13 An illegal synthetic drugs manufacturing facility in Kondapalli, NTR District, was raided, and 237 kg of Alprazolam worth Rs 47 crore was seized, the DRI said on Friday.As part of "Operation White Hammer," the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided the clandestine...

New Delhi, March 10 Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday that India's exports of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) stood at around Rs 41,500 crore in the last fiscal, higher than the total imports of Rs 39,215 crore.Responding to a supplementary query during the...

Washington, February 25 – The US has imposed sanctions on more than 30 individuals, companies, and vessels linked to Iran’s oil trade and weapons programmes.The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that the action targets Iran’s so-called shadow fleet and networks that supply ballistic...

Kolkata, February 25 – One of the three children, critically injured in an explosion in a drum filled with chemicals in the Bhangar area of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, died on Wednesday morning.According to police, the child, identified as nine-year-old Sadiqul Ahmed from...

Ahmedabad, February 17 The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Coast Guard have apprehended two Iranian nationals with over 200 kg of a chemical substance in the high seas off the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday.The ATS received information about a suspected chemical being...

Jaipur, February 16 – In a significant breakthrough during a special anti-narcotics operation in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, police dismantled an illegal MD drug manufacturing unit and seized a large quantity of chemicals and equipment allegedly intended for the production of synthetic...

New Delhi, February 14 Anupam Rasayan India reported a 12 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 61 crore for the third quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal, driven by higher sales.The company had reported a net profit of Rs 54.21 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal...