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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project Reviewed

India’s strategic petroleum reserve programme includes underground crude oil storage facilities at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Mangaluru in Karnataka, and Padur in Tamil Nadu. The Centre reviewed the...

 April 29, 2026

Facebook Identified as Leading Source of Online Scams in the United States

In 2025, Americans reported losses of $2.1 billion to scams that began on social media platforms in the United States. Facebook was the leading source of these losses...

 April 29, 2026

Odisha Notifies Treated Used Water Policy

On 28 April 2026, the Government of Odisha notified the Policy on Reuse of Treated Used Water (TUW) of Urban Odisha, 2026. The policy was framed by the...

 April 29, 2026

South Sudan Acute Food Insecurity

UN agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and UNICEF, warned on 28 April 2026 that 7.8 million people in South Sudan, or 56%...

 April 29, 2026

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Fuel Loading Begins

Bangladesh began fuel loading at Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant on 28 April 2026 at Ishwardi in Pabna. The plant is Bangladesh’s first nuclear power...

 April 29, 2026

Australia’s News Bargaining Incentive

Australia’s News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) is a proposed levy-based framework announced on 28 April 2026 to require large digital platforms to pay for news content used in Australia....

 April 29, 2026

China’s Share in India’s Industrial Imports

A Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) report released on 28 April 2026 stated that China supplied 30.8% of India’s industrial goods, compared with a 16% share in India’s...

 April 29, 2026

France Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Plan

France has set phase-out deadlines for coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 for energy use. The plan was announced during a global conference in...

 April 29, 2026

New Zealand Working Holiday Visas for Indians

New Zealand and India signed a Free Trade Agreement in New Delhi on 27 April 2026. The agreement includes a Working Holiday Scheme for 1,000 Indians aged 18...

 April 29, 2026

UAE Exits OPEC and OPEC+

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its withdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the wider OPEC+ alliance, with the decision set to...

 April 29, 2026

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