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Russia, the United States and the UAE together accounted for a record 66.8% of the oil India imported by volume in August 2026. Russia led with 44.3% (84.8 lakh tonnes), followed by the UAE at 17.4% (33 lakh tonnes) and...
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has reported a natural gas discovery in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin, located off the coast of Odisha. The find was made under the Samudra Manthan initiative and came from ONGC's ver...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced the Information Technology Resilience Index (ITRI) for Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs). It will rate IT systems on nine parameters such as availa...
The Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) has moved into a new phase with digital tools aimed at greater transparency, better fertilizer availability and tighter supply-chain monitoring. New dashboards track pro...
The GOBARdhan Central Sector Scheme, approved by the Union Cabinet on 6 August 2026, came into force on 1 September 2026 with a total outlay of ₹23,731 crore. Running until 2035–36, it seeks to expand production and use...
The Reserve Bank of India's special USD-INR forex swap facility has drawn in $136.377 billion. Of this, $127.226 billion came via FCNR(B) deposits, $5.260 billion via Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings and $3.891 billi...
India's solar photovoltaic module manufacturing capacity hit 233 GW by June 2026, but cell capacity is only about 35 GW, with very little ingot and wafer capacity, exposing a large upstream gap. Module plants run at just...
Hindalco Industries has commissioned India's first Superfine Precipitated Aluminium Trihydrate (PPT ATH) plant at Belagavi, Karnataka, with an initial yearly capacity of 30,000 tonnes, expandable to 60,000 tonnes. PPT AT...
India received $30.7 billion in gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in April-June 2026, the highest in at least 15 years, nearly 46% above the previous quarter and about 15% above April-June 2025. Net FDI for the quart...
Chhattisgarh has become India’s first inland State to start exporting value-added Tilapia fish products, shipping 382 tonnes to the United States. The State has put nearly ₹900 crore into fisheries under the Pradhan Mant...
Scientists have named S301 the fastest-moving star on a confirmed orbit in the Milky Way. It reaches a top speed of about 25,000 km/s, nearly 8% of the speed of light, while following a highly elliptical 8.7-year orbit a...
The Union government has cleared an incentive scheme to speed up household Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections through City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies, starting 1 September 2026. India now has 1.74 crore domestic P...
