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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicHardeep Singh Puri

Topic: Hardeep Singh Puri

Oil refineries in India may be of smaller capacity in future, says Union Minister Hardeep Puri

India aims to raise its annual refining capacity to 9 million barrels per day (bpd), Puri said. Oil refining capacity in the country is currently at about 5.2 million bpd.

Govt plans to mandate use of 1% sustainable aviation fuel for domestic airlines by 2025

The initiative is introduced in a bid to cut emissions from the sector, since India does not have policies governing sustainable aviation fuel yet.

IAS officer’s Northeast book launch unites Lutyens’ Delhi. They bond over butter chicken

In 'A Resurgent Northeast', Ashish Kundra mentions Mizoram extensively. But at the launch in Taj Mahal Hotel, the non-BJP-ruled state is mentioned once, at the tail end of the session.

‘To get an ass to run horse’s race…’: It’s Puri’s turn to target Rahul in UK speech row, day 6

At press conference, Union minister tears into Congress leader and demands he 'apologise unambiguously'. Meanwhile, both houses of Parliament adjourned as BJP keeps up attack on Congress.

MCD polls: BJP targets AAP’s slum & middle-class vote bank, promises better homes, facilities

The polls to a unified Delhi civic body are slated for 4 December; votes will be counted on the 7th.

‘India has moral duty to consumers’ — Hardeep Singh Puri to CNN anchor on purchase of Russian oil

When asked how India would respond if pressured by the EU or US to halt Russian oil purchases, Puri said Modi govt feels no such pressure but also has back up plans ready.

India under no moral conflict to stop buying Russian oil, says Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Responding to question by CNN, the Union Petroleum Minister also defended India's Russian oil purchases stating that India buys in a quarter what Europe buys in one afternoon.

‘We’ll look at what’s on offer,’ Union Minister Puri on Russia’s Sakhalin-1 ownership revamp

Last week, Russia gave a state-run company the authority to decide whether foreign shareholders, including India's ONGC Videsh, can retain their participation in the project.

‘India will buy oil from wherever it has to, even from Russia,’ says Union Minister Puri

Washington: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Hardeep Singh Puri has said that India will buy crude oil from whichever country it wanted...

Arnab to Shashi Tharoor to Imtiaz Ali—Event brings Delhi University alumni together

Former Delhi University V-C Dinesh Singh said the government needs to find good people to lead the university and requested minister Hardeep Puri’s help in getting that message across.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.