Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Gradually, the world is becoming more conscious of climate change and its severe effects.

New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) held a review meeting on Friday with the eleven City Gas Distributers (CGDs) of NCR and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to take stock of the status of commissioning of gas infrastructure/ PNG/ CNG connectivity in the districts of the National Capital Region (NCR).

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG) on Tuesday clarified that the levy of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) from day one of July this year was accompanied by the government's announcement of a mechanism of fortnightly review.

New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Taking a significant step toward building a Natural Gas-based economy, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday dedicated 166 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations to service of the community.

New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI) Consumption of petroleum products in India during the month of June soared 17.9 per cent year-on-year to 18.67 million tonne, data from Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas showed.

New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Green hydrogen as an alternative source of energy has the potential in providing momentum to India's journey towards energy independence by the year 2047, said Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep S. Puri.

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India on Thursday welcomed the announcement by the International Energy Agency for a collective oil stock release of 120 million barrels.

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a public interest litigation PIL challenging the eligibility criteria set by public sector undertakings for empanelment of law firms A bench headed by Justice Manmohan said the concept of standing has been relaxed in PILs in case of aggrieved persons who are too poor or do not have the means to approach the court but the same relaxation cannot be extended to cases wherein lawyers are stated to be the affected parties as they appear in courts daily and are fully familiar with its practice and procedure The bench also comprising Justice Navin Chawla stated that the concept of PIL is primarily linked to the enforcement of social and economic rights in India and it would not be proper or appropriate to relax the standing doctrine to entertain the present cause as a PIL The settled principle of law is that an aggrieved person must approach the court The standing doctrine characteristic is that a potential litigant must be injured by the action it is challenging Standing for individuals has been relaxed by the Indian courts by entertaining Public Interest Litigation in the event of the person aggrieved is too poor or does not have the means to approach the court the court said in its order passed on February 17 This court is of the view that the persons aggrieved in the present case are lawyers or law firms who appear in courts daily They are fully familiar with the practice and procedure of the court and have access to the court all the time it added The petitioner Md Ehraz Zafar who appeared in-person before the court argued that setting an economic criteria in terms of turnover for eligibility infringes the fundamental rights of lawyers under Articles 14 16 191g and 21 of the Constitution of India and was ultra vires the Advocates Act 1961 The petitioner submitted that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has issued an e-tender for empanelment of law firms for a period of three years on open national competitive bidding basis and added the eligibility criteria clearly stipulates that the applicants should have an average annual turnover of at least Rs 50 crore in the last three financial years He clarified that he did not want to apply under the e-tender but was raising the issue as a public cause The petitioner sought a direction to the Centre to formulate a new uniform guideline for engagement and empanelment of lawyers PTI ADS SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked in Delhi and Mumbai on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], Sep 22 (ANI): Crude oil production during August totalled 2,519 thousand metric tonnes (TMT), down 5.9 per cent than the target and 2.29 per cent lower than production in same period of last year, the government said on Wednesday.