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Oil India Limited has discovered natural gas in the Andaman Sea at the "Sri Vijayapuram-3" exploratory well. This significant find, located 15 km off the Andaman Islands, was confirmed through continuous flaring during initial production testing. The discovery is part of the government's "Samudra Manthan Mission" to boost offshore exploration.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri assured stable fuel and cooking gas supplies, stating the country holds 69 days of crude oil and LNG reserves and 45 days of LPG. Daily LPG production has been significantly increased to 54,000 tonnes amid Middle East geopolitical tensions. Puri also echoed Prime Minister Modi's call for austerity to mitigate economic pressures.

An India-linked supertanker, Sarv Shakti, has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy corridor under intense pressure due to Middle East tensions. This passage marks a significant breakthrough for India, the world's second-largest LPG consumer, as it secures essential cooking fuel amid disrupted supply chains and a US blockade on Iran-linked shipping.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri heads to Qatar on April 9-10 amidst Middle East tensions and global energy supply worries. This visit follows a US-Iran ceasefire, but the Strait of Hormuz remains a concern for India's crucial oil imports. The trip aims to secure India's energy interests amid geopolitical uncertainties, as fuel prices have recently risen.

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister reiterated calls for former PM Sheikh Hasina's extradition during his India visit, marking the new government's first official approach. Discussions also covered energy cooperation, visa easing, and increased diesel and fertilizer supplies. Dhaka emphasized a "Bangladesh First" foreign policy, while India expressed a desire to strengthen bilateral ties.

Union minister hardeep puri on Wednesday inaugurated two central government residential colonies at Thyagraj Nagar and Mohammadpur in Delhi, which have 1,400 newly-built flats

Traders have written to Union minister for housing & urban development hardeep puri for early notification of the Delhi Master Plan 2041 after getting it passed by a group of ministers.

The government earned Rs 3.4 lakh crore in financial year 2020-21 from central excise duty and cess on petroleum products, petroleum minister hardeep puri informed the Lok Sabha on Monday, adding that it used a large part of the money to provide free vaccines and relief to the poor through the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, under which free ration was given to 80 crore beneficiaries during April-November in 2020 and May-June this year.

NEW DELHI: The external affairs ministry has announced appointments of new ambassadors to several countries. Himachal Som, currently chairman ICCR and host of the on-going "international festival of Indian literature" here, is headed for Italy next month.

A 1974-batch IFS officer, Puri was also India’s ambassador to Brazil. In 2011 and 2012, as permanent representative at the UN in New York, he led the Indian delegation in the UN security council.

If turban-less Sikhs looking into the camera for a picture on the identity documents in France was not shocking enough for the community, the news of India's permanent envoy to UN, hardeep puri being asked to remove his turban, has now provoked them to question the increased screening guidelines.

Though BJP candidate for Amritsar parliamentary constituency hardeep puri has rubbished the “outsider- insider” narrative being whispered after his nomination, a section of BJP leadership here is apprehensive that Puri may meet the fate of Arun Jaitley

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting with Union housing and urban affairs minister hardeep puri on Monday and discussed issues related to the development of Delhi. The chief minister, accompanied by Delhi urban development minister Satyendar Jain, discussed a range of issues with Puri in the meeting.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) received appreciation from Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri for its contributions in the areas of healthcare and education.

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, hardeep puri, was subjected to a pat down at Houston Airport, Times Now has reported. This is the second instance of an Indian envoy being patted down at a US airport.

The windfall tax will also help the Centre partly offset the impact of the excise duty cut. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs chairman Vivek Chaturvedi said the windfall tax on exports will result in a gain of about Rs 1,500 crore in the first fortnight while the govt will have to forgo over Rs 7,000 crore in revenue because of the excise duty cut. He said the export tax will be reviewed fortnightly.

Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange as Rahul Gandhi's speech on the energy crisis was cut short by Speaker Om Birla. Gandhi was questioned for targeting Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and deviating from the stated notice regarding gas shortages. The opposition had previously accused the Chair of limiting Gandhi's speaking time.

The benchmark Saudi Contract Price for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) rose by 203% from $236 per tonne to $725 per tonne between April 2020 and July 2022 but the price of 14.2 kg refills supplied to households for cooking increased 41.5% from Rs 744 to Rs 1,053 during this period, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Just when hardeep puri seemed to have settled down in the urban affairs ministry, he was given the charge of the high-profile civil aviation too. In an interview with TOI the minister talks about the challenges facing real estate and aviation sectors and his strategy to deal with them.

Retired career diplomat hardeep puri, who served as India's permanent representative at the UN, on Thursday joined BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, following in the footsteps of former home secretary R K Singh and petroleum secretary R S Pandey.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia claimed on Wednesday that it was the Centre which had prepared a blueprint to permanently settle Rohingyas in EWS flats in west Delhi’s Bakkarwala and Union minister hardeep puri had gone on record to take credit.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has conducted a preliminary study at six sites for new airports identified by the Telangana government including Warangal, Adilabad, Peddapalli, Nizamabad, Kothagudem and Mahabubnagar. However, the Union ministry of civil aviation said that it had not received any proposal for development of new airports in Telangana.