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16.05.2021 / 14:47

State-run steel, oil firms to set up 10,500 beds for covid-19 patients

New Delhi: State-run steel and oil and gas firms are setting up 10,500 beds for the treatment of covid-19 patients near their plants and refineries, according to a statement from petroleum and natural gas ministry on Sunday.While inaugurating a 500-bed covid care hospital near Baljattan village in Panipat; steel, petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the steel sector is setting up jumbo covid facilities in 15 places using gaseous oxygen, and around 8,500 oxygenated beds will be made available for the treatment of covid patients.Also, 2,000 beds are being set up at state-run oil firms’ refineries at Bina in Madhya Pradesh, Kochi in Kerala, Panipat in Haryana, Bathinda in Punjab and Chennai in Tamil Nadu.With the

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Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates West Bengal's first oil and gas reserve to nation

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, on Sunday dedicated West Bengal's first oil and gas reserve, the Bengal Basin, to the nation.He said production from the petroleum reserve in Ashoknagar, about 47 km from Kolkata, has started with the extracted oil being sent to Haldia refinery of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)."With the commencement of production from the Ashoknagar oil and gas reserve, West Bengal finds a place in the oil map," he said after inaugurating the project.The comes in an attempt to boost the energy need for Atmanirbhar Bharat, the ministry said in a statement,The discovery of the eighth producing basin of India will play a role for India's energy security, Pradhan said.Congratulating the Oil and

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Union minister Krishan Pal Gurjar tests positive for COVID-19

coronavirus, becoming the latest member of the Narenda Modi ministry to catch the infection.The minister of state for social justice and empowerment revealed his COVID-19 status on Twitter on Thursday, urging others to take precautions.“I consulted doctors and will undergo treatment.

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Dharmendra Pradhan tested positive for covid-19

New Delhi: Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said that he has tested positive for covid-19.Pradhan, who also holds the steel ministry portfolio in a tweet said that after experiencing covid-19 symptom, he got himself tested wherein his report was positive. He added that he is healthy and has been admitted to hospital.This follows after home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said he has tested positive for covid-19.“After having symptoms of coronavirus, I got myself tested and my report is positive.

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Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests positive for coronavirus

#COVID19 के लक्षण दिखने पर मैंने टेस्ट करवाया जिसमें मेरी रिपोर्ट पॉज़िटिव आई है। डाक्टरों की सलाह पर मैं अस्पताल में भर्ती हूँ और स्वस्थ हूँ।Earlier on Tuesday, Pradhan was quite active on Twitter where he retweeted Finance Ministry over money sanctioned by public sector banks under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme.He also congratulated the candidates who have cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2019.Pradhan, 51, had developed COVID-like symptoms on Monday and was tested on Tuesday.Sources told PTI that Pradhan had last week met Shah, who was admitted to Medanta on Sunday after testing positive of coronavirus.His staff too had earlier tested positive and has been isolation since.Pradhan is one of the several high-profile

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India to gradually end govt control on gas pricing: Pradhan

New Delhi: Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said India will gradually end government control on gas pricing and will instead gradually make gas prices linked to market forces.He also said that the country's current fuel demand is at 85% of June 2019 levels and that by end of second quarter of FY21, fuel demand will be as usual.He said country's fuel demand, except jet fuel, will recover to pre-coronavirus level by September-October.Petrol price in the national capital on Friday crossed ₹80 per litre mark, for the first time in more than two years, as oil companies continue to raise petrol and diesel prices in line with costs.Oil companies hiked petrol price by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 17 paise a litre, according to a

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India looks to store cheap oil in United States: Dharmendra Pradhan

NEW DELHI : India is looking at storing some low priced U.S. oil in facilities there as its local storage is full, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told CNBC TV18 news channel.

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India may soon get a new gas policy, minister says low oil prices no answer

NEW DELHI : With current pricing formula making natural gas production economically unviable, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday hinted at bringing in a new gas policy as well as launching a gas exchange very soon as part of reforms to promote greater use of environment-friendly fuel in the world's third-largest energy-consuming nation.

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India devises a unique way to store cheap oil as storage tanks are now 100% full

The country’s 25 million tons of crude and fuel storage capacity at refineries, pipelines and inland depots are all full

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India's fuel demand shows signs of recovery, improves in April H2

India's fuel demand is set to recover as authorities eased restrictions from Monday on industrial activity and transport in areas that have contained the spread of coronavirus, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on social media.

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India stores cheap oil at sea as onshore tanks are now 100% full

Indian refiners are taking advantage of cheap oil to bulk up its supplies even as every corner of the nation’s onshore storage tanks fills to the brim, according to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Amid Opec+ production cut, India pitches for affordable oil prices

New Delhi: India on Friday made a case for affordable oil prices at G20 energy ministers’ meeting, in the backdrop of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries-plus (Opec+) combine slashing production amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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India to buy Middle East crude oil for its strategic reserves

India, the world’s third biggest oil consumer, is set to snap up millions of barrels of Middle East crude for its strategic reserves to take advantage of low prices, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

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India leverages energy security ties with UAE for domestic cooking gas supply

NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirates' (UAE) state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) will help India provide free cooking gas cylinders for three months under the Ujjwala Scheme.

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